본문 바로가기
KERD
논문KCI 등재

An acoustic analysis of Korean EFL learners’ English prosody: A longitudinal study

유혜배
한국음운론학회 (The Phonology-Morphology Circle of Korea)|2016.04|음성음운형태론연구 (Studies in Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology)|제22권 제1호|pp. 55-75|DOI 10.17959/sppm.2016.22.1.55

0

조회

0

다운로드

4

인용

0

참고문헌

키워드

gender differenceKorean EFL learnersspeech rateacquisition of English stressacquisition of English rhythmeffect of early English educationF0 differenceacquisition of English prosody
주제분류언어학

초록

This study compares prosodic features of English pronunciation in a Korean student cohort from 2000 with one from 2012 in order to investigate accent improvement in the latter that may be attributable to receiving English education from an earlier age, following its formal introduction in elementary schools. The data were collected from recordings of 94 speakers: 40 students who entered university in 2000, 40 students who did so in 2012, and 14 native English speakers serving as a control group. The data revealed that the student group of 2012 has better English prosody than that of 2000, although the degree by which it was better varied by gender. In terms of the acoustic features of stress, the ratios of stressed to unstressed vowels were significantly higher in duration and intensity but not in F0. The female group of 2012 showed better pronunciation in duration, while the male group pronounced better in intensity. With regard to syllable modification, vowel insertion decreased remarkably. In addition, speech rate and pitch range significantly improved for the female group but did so to a lesser extent for the male group. This study suggests that elementary school English education has had a positive effect on Korean EFL students’ English pronunciation, and also that this effect may differ by gender, a finding that may have implications for the potential usefulness of gender-specific teaching methods.

Abstract

This study compares prosodic features of English pronunciation in a Korean student cohort from 2000 with one from 2012 in order to investigate accent improvement in the latter that may be attributable to receiving English education from an earlier age, following its formal introduction in elementary schools. The data were collected from recordings of 94 speakers: 40 students who entered university in 2000, 40 students who did so in 2012, and 14 native English speakers serving as a control group. The data revealed that the student group of 2012 has better English prosody than that of 2000, although the degree by which it was better varied by gender. In terms of the acoustic features of stress, the ratios of stressed to unstressed vowels were significantly higher in duration and intensity but not in F0. The female group of 2012 showed better pronunciation in duration, while the male group pronounced better in intensity. With regard to syllable modification, vowel insertion decreased remarkably. In addition, speech rate and pitch range significantly improved for the female group but did so to a lesser extent for the male group. This study suggests that elementary school English education has had a positive effect on Korean EFL students’ English pronunciation, and also that this effect may differ by gender, a finding that may have implications for the potential usefulness of gender-specific teaching methods.

참고문헌 (42)

  1. AOYAMA, KATSURA, "Language Experience in Second Language Speech Learning", pp.281~297 (2007), John Benjamins
  2. BECKMAN, MARY. E., "Articulatory timing and the prosodic interpretation of syllable duration", Phonetica, 45, pp.156~174 (1994)
  3. BROSELOW, ELLEN, "The emergence of the unmarked", Studies in Second language acquisition, 20(2), pp.261~280 (1998)
  4. 최한숙, "Acoustic Measurement of English read speech by native and nonnative speakers", 말소리와 음성과학, 3(3), pp.77~88 (2011), 한국음성학회
  5. CHUN, DOROTHY M., "Discourse Intonation in L2: From Theory and Research to Practice" (2002), John Benjamins Publishing Company
  6. 정현성, "타언어 화자와의 담화 상에 나타난 한국인 영어 학습자의 리듬", 말소리와 음성과학, 5(3), pp.3~10 (2013), 한국음성학회[DOI]
  7. CRYSTAL, THOMAS H., "The duration of American English vowels : An overview", Journal of Phonetics, 16, pp.263~284 (1988)
  8. ELLIOTT, A. RAYMOND, "Field independence", dependence, hemispheric specialization, and attitude in relation to pronunciation accuracy in Spanish as a foreign language, 1995, pp.79, 356~371
  9. FEAR, BERVERLEY D., "The strong", weak syllable distinction in English, 1995, pp.97, 1893~1904
  10. FLEGE, JAMES E., "Talker and Listener effects on degree of perceived foreign accent", Journal of Acoustic Society of America, 91, pp.370~389 (1992)
  11. FLEGE, JAMES E., "Factors affecting strength of perceived foreign accent in a second language", Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 97, pp.3125~3134 (1995)
  12. FLEMMING, EDWARD, "Rosa’s roses : Reduced vowels in American English", Journal of International Phonetic Association, 37, pp.83~96 (2007)
  13. GIMSON, ALFRED C., "An Introduction to the Pronunciation of English" (1980), Edward Arnold
  14. GRABE, ESTHER, "Papers in Laboratory Phonology 7", pp.515~546 (2002)
  15. HILLENBRAND, JAMES, "Acoustic characteristics of American English vowels", Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 97, pp.3099~3111 (1995)
  16. IGAWA, KOJI, "Professional development needs of EFL teachers practicing in Japan and Korea", International Buddhist University Bulletin, pp.431~455 (2008)
  17. 강석한, "한국인 영어 발음의 좋음과 나쁨 인지 평가에 영향을 미치는 초분절 매개변수 연구", 말소리와 음성과학, 3(2), pp.3~10 (2011), 한국음성학회
  18. 김지은, "한국인 화자의 영어 발화 속도와 피치, 강세 간의 관계 연구", 말소리와 음성과학, 6(3), pp.101~108 (2014), 한국음성학회[DOI]
  19. 김종미, "Non-native speech rhythm: A large-scale study of English pronunciation by Korean learners", 음성음운형태론연구, 13(2), pp.245~275 (2007), 한국음운론학회[DOI]
  20. KIM, OK-YOUNG, "An acoustic study of English sentence stress and rhythm produced by Korean speakers", Speech Sciences, 14, pp.121~135 (2007), The Korean Society of Speech Sciences
  21. KOCHANSKI, GREG, "Loudness predicts prominence : Fundamental frequency lends little", Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 118, pp.1038~1054 (2005)
  22. 권하림, "A Phonetic Analysis of Advanced Korean EFL Learners' English Reduced Vowels", 영어학, 7(4), pp.547~564 (2007), 한국영어학회[DOI]
  23. LEE, BORIM, "Acoustic analysis of production of unstressed English vowels by early and late Korean, and Japanese bilinguals", Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 28, pp.487~513 (2006)
  24. LEE, OK-HWA, "Syllable-timing interferes with Korean learners' speech of stress-timed English", Speech Sciences, 12, pp.95~112 (2005), The Korean Association of Speech Sciences
  25. 이신숙, "An Acoustic Analysis of Stressed and Unstressed Vowels in English Nouns: A Cross-language Case Study", 영어학연구, 17(3), pp.61~88 (2011), 한국영어학학회[DOI]
  26. ShinsookLee, "Acquisition of English Consonant Clusters Among Korean EFL Learners", 언어, 27(3), pp.439~472 (2002), 한국언어학회
  27. LENNEBERG, ERIC HEINZ, "Biological Foundations of Language" (1967), Wiley
  28. LING, LOW EE, "Quantitative characterizations of speech rhythm: Syllable-timing in Singapore English", Language and Speech, 43, pp.377~401 (2000)
  29. MAJOR, ROY C, "Gender and stylistic variation in second language phonology", Language Variation and Change, 16, pp.169~188 (2004)
  30. MUNRO, MURRAY J., "Language Experience in Second Language Speech Learning", pp.3~12 (2007), John Benjamins
  31. No, Gyeonghee, "Developmental and transfer factors in English pronunciation of Korean elementary school and college students", English Teaching, 52(1), pp.21~39 (1997), The Korea Association of Teachers of English
  32. NUNAN, DAVID, "The impact of English as a global language on educational policies and practices in the Asia-Pacific region", TESOL Quarterly, 37, pp.4589~4613 (2003)
  33. 박미애, "On the acquisition of English word stress by adult Korean speakers", Foreign Languages Education, 13(2), pp.141~169 (2006), 한국외국어교육학회
  34. PEPIOT, ERWAN, "Male and female speech: a study of mean F0, F0 range, phonation type and speech rate in Parisian French and American English speakers", Speech Prosody, 7, pp.305~309 (2014)
  35. PISKE, THORSTEN, "Factors affecting degree of foreign accent in an L2: A review", Journal of Phonetics, 29, pp.191~215 (2001)
  36. PRATOR, CLIFFORD, "Manual of American English Pronunciation" (1985), Holt, Rinehart and Winston
  37. 서진아, "음성 분석을 통한 초등영어 학습자의 영어 리듬 패턴 고찰", 초등영어교육, 21(1), pp.61~81 (2015), 한국초등영어교육학회
  38. VAN BERGEM, DICK, "Acoustic vowel reduction as a function of sentence accent, word stress, and word class", Speech Communication, 12(1), pp.1~23 (1993)
  39. YANG, BYUNGGON., "An acoustical study of English word stress produced by Americans and Koreans", Speech Sciences, 9, pp.77~88 (2002), The Korean Association of Speech Sciences
  40. 염문실, "The Pausing and Stress Patterns of Korean Learners of English", 언어연구, 21(3), pp.331~347 (2006), 한국현대언어학회
  41. 유혜배, "Acquisition of English Sentence Stress by Korean EFL Learners", 영어학연구, 18(1), pp.75~101 (2012), 한국영어학학회[DOI]
  42. 유혜배, "Phonetic Reduction of English Function Words in the Passage Reading by Korean EFL Learners", 영어학연구, 20(1), pp.179~202 (2014), 한국영어학학회

관련 논문AI추천

Comprehensibility of Korean EFL speakers’ English pronunciation: Changes over time유혜배한국음운론학회 · 음성음운형태론연구2017 · 제23권 제1호Acquisition of English Sentence Stress by Korean EFL Learners유혜배한국영어학학회 · 영어학연구2012 · 제18권 제1호Effects of Word Stress on Vowel Duration and Vowel Quality in the Speech of Korean Learners of English전윤실현대영어교육학회 · 현대영어교육2022 · 제23권 제4호한국인 영어학습자들의 영어 주강세 발화: 강도와 길이 중심으로이동명, 이유빈한국음운론학회 · 음성음운형태론연구2018 · 제24권 제3호The effect of pronunciation teaching on the realization of English rhythm by Korean learners of English최욱경한국음성학회 · 말소리와 음성과학2022 · 제14권 제2호Korean Learners’ Production of English Sentence Stress:A Syntagmatic Observation양인영한국영어교과교육학회 · 영어교과교육2016 · 제15권 제1호

이 간행물의 다른 논문 (6건)

Dynamic and static aspects of laryngeal co-occurrence restrictions in Korean오미라, 강희조pp. 3-34한국어 이중모음 /의/의 단모음화 양상한혜승, 조성문, 박선우pp. 35-54Optimality and Element Theory: The case of initial fricative voicing in Southern Old and Middle English최재혁pp. 77-103한국어 설측음화 규칙 위반이 언어처리과정에 미치는 효과최태환pp. 105-120Second radical reduplication in Amharic: Optimality Theory탁진영pp. 121-145
원문 보기