Degree of foreign accent in English sentences produced by Korean children and adults
Degree of foreign accent in English sentences produced by Korean children and adults
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DOI：
10.1016/j.wocn.2005.05.001
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发表时间：
2006-04-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Tsukada, Kimiko
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作者：
Flege, James Emil;Birdsong, David;Tsukada, Kimiko
这项纵向研究的目的是评估年龄(成人和儿童)和在第二语言国家居住的时间(三年和五年)对第二语言外国口音程度的影响。居住在北美的韩国成人和儿童，以及年龄匹配的以英语为母语的成人和儿童群体，在每隔1.2年举行的会话中记录英语句子(T1比T2)。以英语为母语的受试者使用9分制对句子的总体外国口音程度进行评分。朝鲜族儿童得分显著高于成人，但低于非朝鲜族儿童。朝鲜儿童--即使是那些在幼年时就来到这里并在英语学校就读了平均4年的孩子--说的英语带有明显的外国口音。LOR和T1-T2差异对NK成人和NK儿童均无显著影响。这一发现与成人和儿童在第二语言学习中的差异是由于经过了一个关键期的假设是不一致的。有人提出，儿童的外国口音比成年人温和，至少部分原因是移民儿童通常比成年人接受更多的二语输入。(C)2005爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
The purpose of this longitudinal study was to evaluate the influence of age (adult vs. child) and length of residence (LOR) in an L2-speaking country (3 vs. 5 years) on degree of foreign accent in a second language (L2). Korean adults and children living in North America, and age-matched groups of native English (NE) adults and children, recorded English sentences in sessions held 1.2 years apart (T1 vs. T2). NE-speaking listeners rated the sentences for overall degree of perceived foreign accent using a 9-point scale. The native Korean (NK) children received significantly higher ratings than the NK adults did, but lower ratings than the NE children. The NK children-even those who had arrived as young children and been enrolled in English-medium schools for an average of 4 years-spoke English with detectable foreign accents. The effects of LOR and the T1-T2 differences were non-significant for both the NK adults and the NK children. The findings were inconsistent with the hypothesis that adult-child differences in L2 speech learning are due to the passing of a critical period. The suggestion is made that the milder foreign accents observed for children than adults are due, at least in part, to the greater L2 input typically received by immigrant children than adults. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.