EFL学习者朗读口语中错误停顿位置的定性研究

朗读是研究二语口语韵律产出的突破口,是最简化的口语产出。停顿是口语的必要组成部分,它反映了说话者在言语计划过程中的内部活动。错误的停顿或不合适的停顿会造成言语产出时语义上的歧义,从而阻碍听者的理解。通过对比英语本族语者和EFL学习者朗读同一篇英语故事的语料,从而对学习者的错误停顿位置进行定性分析。分析结果发现,EFL学习者朗读口语中的错误停顿位置主要集中在与that、what从句,句末报告短语等句法有关的错误停顿,与and、but功能连接词有关的意群内的错误停顿,与what引导宾语从句等语义上有关的错误停顿和与出于呼吸换气等生理有关的错误停顿。

A Qualitative Study of Miscues in Pauses Placement in Chinese EFL Learners' Read Speech

Reading is a breakthrough of study of prosodically oral production of English as a second language.It is also the most simplified oral production.The pause is a necessary part of colloquial English and it reflects the internal activities of the speaker in the speech planning process.Wrong or inappropriate pause will cause the semantic ambiguity of speech production,which interferes with listeners’ comprehension.In this study a qualitative analysis of Chinese EFL learners’ miscues in pauses placement is conducted by comparing between the native English speakers and EFL learners on reading the same English story.The results show,EFL learners’ miscues in pauses placement mainly focuses on： syntactically wrong pause e.g.That-clauses,what –clauses and vocatives;wrong pause related to conjunctions e.g.And or but;semantically wrong pause e.g.what-objective clause;and physiologically relevant errors.