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A Study on the Influence of English Vowel Pronunciation Training on Word Initial Stop Pronunciation of Korean English Learners

영어 모음 발음 교육이 한국인 학습자의 어두 폐쇄음 발화에 미치는 영향에 대한 연구

  • 김지은 (관동대학교 영어교육과)
  • Received : 2013.08.06
  • Accepted : 2013.09.23
  • Published : 2013.09.30
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Abstract

This study investigated the influence of English vowel pronunciation training to English word-initial stop pronunciation. For that purpose, VOT values of English stops produced by twenty Korean English learners(five Youngnam dialect male speakers, five Youngnam dialect female speakers, five Kangwon dialect male speakers, and five Kangwon dialect female speakers) were measured using the Speech Analyzer and their post-training production was compared with their pre-training production. The result shows that post-training VOT values of voiced stops became closer to those of native English speakers in all four groups. Hence, it can be inferred that vowel pronunciation training is effective for correcting pronunciation of voiced vowels by analyzing the change of the quality of following vowels(especially low vowels) and the degree of giving stress.

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