The Acquisition of English Word Stress by Mandarin EFL Learners

Liú, Dan

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“…There are several studies conducted by some researchers like Ma and Tan (2013), Liu (2017), Yuan and Cheng (2017) who revealed the influences of mother tongue in learning L2 pronunciation. Another research done by Weda (2012) investigated stress shifts of English utterances made by Indonesian speakers of English.…”

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“…They examined the most common errors in pronunciation and the reasons for them in order to make recommendations on how to teach and learn English pronunciation. Liu (2017) investigated how 70 Chinese college students produced word stress while reading aloud. The findings revealed that improper word stress assignment occurs most frequently in two-syllable words, three-syllable words, and the first syllable.…”

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The influence of Madurese dialect toward students’ English word stress production

Puspandari

Basthomi

2022

Indonesian J. Appl. Linguist.

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Communication using English in Indonesia is challenging, especially when English is not used frequently. It’s happen to some area where English is only taught as mandatory subject in high schools. Madura is one of island in East Java that has unique characteristic, especially in the native language. This study aimed to analyze the misplaced of English word stress done by Madurese students and to find out the reason why they frequently misplace the word stress. A questionnaire and recording were used to collect data about students’ background identity and to record the students’ voice in pronouncing English words. The data were analysed by using qualitative research design to find out the causes of word stress misplacement. The findings revealved that the influence of mother language, motivation, attitude, and age are the most influential factors that generate students in misplacing the word stress. Besides, the lack of pronunciation training and practice done by teachers in their high school was also generating factors for students in pronouncing incorrect word stresses.

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The influence of Madurese dialect toward students’ English word stress production

Puspandari

Basthomi

2022

Indonesian J. Appl. Linguist.

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“…Fixed stress pattern means that stress falls on one fixed syllable above every word and its position can be predicted based on the phonological features of the word. Languages such as these do not pose a challenge to cross-linguistic phonological investigations about word-stress behavior and their stress pattern can be easily acquired by foreign language learners (Al-Jarrah, R., 2002; Altmann, H., 2006 8 ; Liu, D., 2017 9 ). Meanwhile, there are some other languages such as Arabic and English that have not fixed stress patterns, they have stress rules that differ from phonological context to another (Al-Jarrah, R., 2002; Liu, D., 2017).…”

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The Acquisition of L2 Modern Standard Arabic Stress Patterns by L1 Chinese Native Speakers

مأمون¹

2022

مجلة کلیة الآداب .جامعة بورسعید

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Chinese learners of Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) as a second language (L2) show many pronunciation difficulties that lead to unintelligible verbal communication with Egyptian native speakers. These difficulties are resulted from many variables, such as the differences between the phonological system of the learners' first language (L1) and the learned one. These pronunciation challenges can occur across segmental and supra-segmental levels. MSA is regarded as a non-tone language, while Chinese is a tone one. Hence, this study aims at describing the acquisition of MSA stress by L1 Chinese speakers. The participants of the current study are twenty Chinese students aged 20 -22. Each participant was asked to read thirty words that represent the MSA stress rules. The percentage of mean of the correct productions of stress positions by the participants was calculated. Results of the current study show that Chinese participants have the ability to place MSA stress in the right position.

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“…It is not just the segment, i.e. the sounds of the L2 (Liu, 2017). Incorrect placement of primary stress in L2 words may lead to the breakdown of communication (Liu, 2017).…”

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“…the sounds of the L2 (Liu, 2017). Incorrect placement of primary stress in L2 words may lead to the breakdown of communication (Liu, 2017). Incorrect placement of primary stress in L2 words may lead to the breakdown of communication (Liu, 2017).…”

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Investigation of Students’ Pronunciation of Word Stress in English Online Class

Prayitno¹,

Hidayat²,

Ahmad³

2022

isllac

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The placement of stress also part of learning pronunciation of foreign language. many nonnative English students cannot pronounce the English word in the right way. This study aimed in analyzing students’ pronunciation of word stress in English online class and how do students correct their word stress mistakes. This study was conducted at public Senior High School in Bekasi that involved five participants who agreed to be tested and answered questionnaires. The genders of participants are choosing randomly in eleventh grade. This study found that students still faced difficulties about the pronunciation of word stress. The misplaced stress happened to the two-syllable words, three-syllable words, and four-syllable words. The words most misplaced stress made by students are the three-syllable. The two-syllable words is also the second most misplaced stress made by students. The students’ misplaced stress are quite similar and those words are not difficult because they are quite familiar to be used in conversation. Since the teacher does not pay more attention to word stress in the class, it makes students do not understand how to pronounce clearly, especially the word stress. Students only follow how the words are produced by the teacher during the learning process. Thus, students use the media on their phones to help them correct the mispronunciation of the word stress

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The Acquisition of English Word Stress by Mandarin EFL Learners

Cited by 14 publications

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The influence of Madurese dialect toward students’ English word stress production

The influence of Madurese dialect toward students’ English word stress production

The Acquisition of L2 Modern Standard Arabic Stress Patterns by L1 Chinese Native Speakers

Investigation of Students’ Pronunciation of Word Stress in English Online Class

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