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http://dx.doi.org/10.13064/KSSS.2017.9.2.001

The relation between phonetic differences of Korean learners' production of English vowels, pronunciation intelligibility and speaking proficiency test scores  

Kim, Ji-Eun (가톨릭관동대학교)
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Phonetics and Speech Sciences / v.9, no.2, 2017 , pp. 1-7 More about this Journal
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Korean; English front vowel; pitch; F1; F2; vowel duration; pronunciation intelligibility; speaking score;
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