Keywords
Non-English majors
Error analysis
Investigation
Second language acquisition
Submitted : 2024-02-20
Accepted : 2024-03-06
Published : 2024-03-21
Abstract
Chinese non-English majors are a large group of English learners. In the process of English pronunciation acquisition, issues such as incomplete phonological knowledge, transfer of mother tongue, and overgeneralization, lead to confusion of phonemes and stress, misunderstanding of syllable structure, and errors of assimilation, drop, and epenthesis. The accuracy of English pronunciation can only be improved by knowing both English and Chinese phonological systems, strengthening the teaching of English phonological knowledge, and adopting various phonological training activities.
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