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Distribution of Practice Effects in the Acquisition and Retention of L2 Mandarin Tonal Word Production
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Li, Man; Dekeyser, Robert – Modern Language Journal, 2019
This study investigated the effects of temporal distribution of practice on the learning and retention of Mandarin tonal word production. Eighty native English-speaking adults with no prior knowledge of a tonal language participated in this study. They were randomly assigned to four experimental conditions varying in intersession interval (ISI)…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Intonation, English, Native Language
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
Applied Linguistics and the Teaching of Intonation
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Leon, P. R.; Martin, P. – Modern Language Journal, 1972
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Articulation (Speech), Electronic Equipment, Intonation
On Teaching Intonation
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Lantolf, James P. – Modern Language Journal, 1976
Reviews significant endeavors in the teaching of intonation, and outlines a specific technique of the instruction of suprasegmentals. (CLK)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Intonation, Language Instruction, Language Patterns
Another Look at How to Teach Listening and Reading Comprehension
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Mueller, Theodore – Modern Language Journal, 1974
Descriptors: Comprehension, Decoding (Reading), Intellectual Development, Intonation