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KMID : 1022420100020030029
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Phonetics and Speech Sciences
2010 Volume.2 No. 3 p.29 ~ p.36
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Korean Speakers" Pronunciation and Pronunciation Training of English Stops
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Kim Ji-Eun
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Abstract
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The purposes of this study are (1) to see if language transfer effect is found in Korean speakers" pronunciation of English stops and to correct them and (2) to investigate the effectiveness of mimicry training and Speech Analyzer training on subjects" pronunciation of English stops. For these purposes, 20 Korean speakers" VOT values of English stops were measured using Speech Analyzer and their post-training production was compared with their pre-training production. The result shows that Korean speakers have no difficulty in correcting pronunciation errors of English voiceless stops and voiced stops and such a result indicates that language transfer effect is not noticed as expected. In addition, the result of pronunciation training shows that the training using Speech Analyzer is more effective than mimicry training.
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KEYWORD
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voice onset time, English stops, language transfer, pronunciation training
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