영어어문교육 (English Language & Literature Teaching)
- 제11권2호
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- Pages.135-148
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- 2005
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- 1226-2889(pISSN)
The Effect of Audio and Visual Cues on Korean and Japanese EFL Learners' Perception of English Liquids
- Chung, Hyun-Song (Korea National University of Education)
- 투고 : 20050400
- 심사 : 20050600
- 발행 : 2005.06.30
초록
This paper investigated the effect of audio and visual cues on Korean and Japanese EFL learners' perception of the lateral/retroflex contrast in English. In a perception experiment, the two English consonants /l/ and /r/ were embedded in initial and medial position in nonsense words in the context of the vowels /i, a, u/. Singletons and clusters were included in the speech material. Audio and video recordings were made using a total of 108 items. The items were presented to Korean and Japanese learners of English in three conditions: audio-alone (A), visual-alone (V) and audio-visual presentation (AV). The results showed that there was no evidence of AV benefit for the perception of the /l/-/r/ contrast for either Korean or Japanese learners of English. Korean listeners showed much better identification rates of the /l/-/r/ contrast than Japanese listeners when presented in audio or audio-visual conditions.