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Training for Learning Mandarin Tones

Training for Learning Mandarin Tones

Xinchun Wang
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781599048956|ISBN10: 1599048957|EISBN13: 9781599048963
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-895-6.ch015
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Wang, Xinchun. "Training for Learning Mandarin Tones." Handbook of Research on Computer-Enhanced Language Acquisition and Learning, edited by Felicia Zhang and Beth Barber, IGI Global, 2008, pp. 259-274. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-895-6.ch015

APA

Wang, X. (2008). Training for Learning Mandarin Tones. In F. Zhang & B. Barber (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Computer-Enhanced Language Acquisition and Learning (pp. 259-274). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-895-6.ch015

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Wang, Xinchun. "Training for Learning Mandarin Tones." In Handbook of Research on Computer-Enhanced Language Acquisition and Learning, edited by Felicia Zhang and Beth Barber, 259-274. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2008. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-895-6.ch015

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Abstract

This study explores the effect of two training paradigms for learning Mandarin tones in pedagogical contexts. Eighteen beginning learners of Chinese with different first language background received three weeks of training as extra curriculum CALL activities. Based on learners’ choices, one group (the A Group, n=10) received perceptual training only with auditory input involving four-way forced choice identification tasks with immediate feedback. A second group (the AV Group, n=8) received perceptual and production training with auditory and visual input. At post test, both groups improved significantly in perceptual accuracy of Mandarin tones as compared with a control group (the C Group, n=10) and perceptual learning also generalized to new stimuli by a new speaker. Both training groups’ production accuracy of Mandarin tones also improved significantly at post test. The findings show that both training paradigms are effective and laboratory based training techniques can be implemented in CALL contexts.

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