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KMID : 1022420170090020001
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Phonetics and Speech Sciences
2017 Volume.9 No. 2 p.1 ~ p.7
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The relation between phonetic differences of Korean learners' production of English vowels, pronunciation intelligibility and speaking proficiency test scores
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Kim Ji-Eun
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the relations between phonetic differences among Korean learners' production of English front vowels, pronunciation intelligibility and speaking proficiency test score. To do so, thirty Korean university students were asked (1) to read English text book paragraphs and (2) describe a picture. Two English native raters and one Korean rater evaluated Korean subjects' English pronunciation intelligibility and speaking. In addition, subjects' English vowel productions were acoustically analyzed(F0, F1, F2, vowel duration, intensity). The results of the study show that the vowel quality and pitch of the unstressed vowels and lax vowel are related to the pronunciation intelligibility. In addition, the scores of pronunciation intelligibility and speaking are highly related.
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KEYWORD
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Korean , English front vowel , pitch , F1 , F2 , vowel duration , pronunciation intelligibility , speaking score
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