• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.20 no.7
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• pp.203-211
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• 2020

Given that American English and British English show differences for several vowels and that Korean students have mainly been exposed to American English, this study examined 27 Korean university students' identification of American and British English vowels. The results showed that Korean students' identification accuracy of American English vowels was higher (64.7%) than that of British English (54.7%), thus indicating that Korean students' familiarity with American English affected the students' identification of English vowels. However, vowel variation also affected students' identification of English vowels in that only the American English vowels in the words beat, bat, but, burt, bart, bite were better identified than the corresponding vowels in British English. Among the vowels which exhibit differences between American English and British English, the students' identification accuracy of the American English vowels in burt, bart, bat was significantly higher than that of British English and the error patterns for these vowels were also different. The analysis of vowel error patterns indicated that Korean students had much difficulty with non-rhotic vowels and [a] in bat in British English. Further, the vowels in bot and boat demonstrated a similar [ɑ]-[ɔ]-[ʌ] confusion and also a confusion between rounded vowels in spite of the differences of these vowels between American English and British English. Some pedagogical implications for teaching of English vowels were discussed based on the findings of the present study.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.353-354
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• 2011

한국 학생들이 영어 모음들을 어떻게 인지하는지 알아보기 위해서, 49명의 한국 대학생들을 대상으로 11개의 영어 목표 모음 [i, ɪ, eɪ, ɛ, æ, ɑ, ɔ, oʊ, ʊ, u, ʌ]이 들어간 단어 beat, bit, bait, bet, bat, pot, bought, boat, put, boot, but들의 모음을 판별하는 인지실험을 실행하였다. 실험결과 bet, bought, boot의 모음을 판별하는 정확도가 50%이하로 낮았고, 반면에 bat, pot, boat의 모음 인지 정확도는 70% 이상으로 높았다. 영어 목표 모음별로 혼동도표를 통해서 목표 영어 모음들의 혼동패턴과 최소대립어 훈련도 제시되었다.