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Perception of Mandarin Tones: The Effect of L1 Background and Training
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Wang, Xinchun – Modern Language Journal, 2013
This study investigates whether native Hmong speakers' first language (L1) lexical tone experience facilitates or interferes with their perception of Mandarin tones and whether training is effective for perceptual learning of second (L2) tones. In Experiment 1, 3 groups of beginning level learners of Mandarin with different L1 prosodic background…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Mandarin Chinese, Intonation, Second Language Learning