Download or read book Mother Tongue Interference in English Language Pronunciation of the Chinese Immigrant in the United States written by Chaowei Hu and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English is one of the most widely used languages in the world. As an unofficial lingua franca, it serves a key role in cross-cultural communication. Chinese immigrants in the US will certainly encounter many difficulties in acquiring L2 proficiency. Some of these challenges are tied to 1) Chinese immigrants’ history in the US and the variety of Chinese dialects; 2) distinctions between Chinese and English phonological systems; 3) diversity among Chinese Americans; 3) mother tongue influence on English language learning; and 4) foreign language anxiety.

Download or read book Why Can t Americans Understand Me written by Kenneth I Ma and published by Advantage Media Group. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • Do you try to avoid speaking English to Americans? • Are you nervous? Anxious? Worried or afraid to “lose face”? Or do you stutter when you are forced to speak English to Americans? • Are you frustrated when Americans don’t understand you? Do you feel helpless when they still don’t understand after your repeated attempts at explanation? • Are you embarrassed when Americans misunderstand what you say? I, too, had all these feelings. Numerous books and courses have appeared on the market since the author started learning English as a second language 40 some years ago, of which 30 of those years were spent here in the United States. Throughout this long period of time the English speaking capabilities for the Chinese has not improved. Why? This book suggests TWO short and straight answers to ALL these questions. A unique “66English” teaching system introduced in this book and its accompanying 66English.com site provides the solutions to overcoming your negative feelings and your concerns towards English-speaking communication. The book and the website also presents several shortcuts on how to improve your English-speaking skills instantly, and addresses the “getting rid of the Chinese English accent” challenge.

Download or read book Phonological Interference Between English and Chinese when Learning Mandarin written by Hsing-Yin Cynthia Lin and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pinyin system, which is employed in China to teach native Chinese speakers how to read their own language, is also the most accessible and straightforward method currently used to learn Mandarin Chinese in the United States. Because Pinyin uses modified equivalent English letters to help learners to read Chinese characters, native English speakers consider it to be an efficient way of learning Mandarin. On the other hand, the Zhuyin Fuhao system, which is utilized in Taiwan, uses thirty-seven symbols to represent the pronunciation of Chinese characters. It is more difficult for other language speakers to understand, because it is another phonological method that is different from the Romanized Pinyin system. The Romanized system is more familiar to English and other Latin-based language speakers. Either way, the foreign language learners must learn a new phonological system before mastering the Chinese language. This research investigates the question of first language influence on native English speakers when they learn Chinese while they are utilizing either one of the above mentioned systems. Even though Pinyin uses Latin letters to indicate the pronunciation, its production method differs from English phonology. Therefore, an experiment was conducted to identify whether the interference of English phonological awareness affects native English speakers as they attempt to learn Mandarin Chinese language by using the Pinyin system or by using the Zhuyin Fuhao system. The participants are selected from the Chinese School of Great Kansas City. Six children formed the Pinyin group, and eight children are for the Zhuyin Fuhao group. Subjects from both groups recorded the same test content. According to the results, the Pinyin groups present English interference within their production even though the mean score of this group is slightly higher than that of the Zhuyin Fuhao group; on the other hand, the Zhuyin Fuhao groups did not show any interference in their production.

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Download or read book Tongue Shakers written by Margie Shaheed and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-12-07 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tongue Shakers provides an inside look into the state of speaking mother tongue in America’s multicultural society. Through a series of interviews and first person narratives in the voices of city dwellers who are immigrants, Americans born into immigrant families, and African Americans, the book uncovers the personal challenges faced by those learning a new language and celebrates their triumphs. In Tongue Shakers, spoken language, a subject that binds us all, takes on different meanings as we strive to communicate organically with one another. It is the Ukrainian healthcare professional who works as a translator between doctors and patients. It is the Ethiopian business executive mom who speaks and writes fluent English at her job but who works just as hard keeping her mother tongue alive in her home. It is the little Chinese boy who struggles to learn English so that he can make friends with other children in his new American school. It is the African American who must carefully pick and choose when it is best to speak Black English. It is the Hispanic family who retains their mother tongue while being just as fluent in English.

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