A Comparison of the Auditory Perception of English Tense and Lax Vowels Between Native and Non-native Speakers

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10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_185How to use a DOI?

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Vowel perception; Vowel differentiation; Vowel output; Tense and lax vowels; Length of the pronunciation; Auditory experiment

Abstract

A large number of experiments have studied the perception and output of some English speech sounds of Chinese English learners, yet there are relatively few comparing the perception ability of native and non-native speakers to English speech sounds (taking vowels as an example). Therefore, this article compares the auditory perception of English corresponding tense and lax vowels between native and non-native speakers through an auditory experiment. By referring to relevant experiments and literature, the author also sums up the reasons for the contrast of auditory perception between native and non-native speakers, as well as the limitations and improvement methods of current English teaching in China. The results show that the ability of native English participants perceiving corresponding English vowels is much better than that of non-native English participants. Moreover, English majors’ perception of corresponding English is higher than that of non-English majors, which indicates that systematic listening and pronunciation training (taking vowels as an example) is of great help to the perception of corresponding English vowels in the learning process of English majors; In addition, practicing more and forming the same or similar vowel phonemes as English native speakers on the basis of experiential perception are more feasible and accurate than the method of vowel identification by the length of tense and lax vowels that most Chinese English learners rely on.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Wei Kong
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/29
TI  - A Comparison of the Auditory Perception of English Tense and Lax Vowels Between Native and Non-native Speakers
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 6th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1570
EP  - 1577
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_185
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