Studies of the Pedagogic Method of Phonetic Instruction in Japanese Language Education for East Asian Students

本研究不仅调查了中国L1学习者（北京话和上海话）和韩国L1学习者发出的日语爆破音，而且还调查了这一语音元素的教学，因为他们在发出这一常见的日语语音时容易犯错误。本研究揭示了汉语和韩语爆破音与日语爆破音的异同、范畴知觉的构建过程、日语爆破音在发音和知觉上的习得机制以及母语爆破音对韵律高度（Fo）的干扰。该研究还提出了一种语音指导方法，用于日语语音的发音和感知。关于磁共振成像（MRI）促进教学方法的发展，需要更多的基础研究和实验，这将是进一步研究的重点。

This study investigates not only the Japanese plosive soundsproduced by Chinese L1 learners (the Beijing dialect and the Shanghai dialect) and Korean L1 learners, but also the teaching of this voice element because they have a tendency to commit errors when producing this common Japanese phonetic sound. The study has shown the differences and the similarities between Chinese and Korean plosive sounds compared and contrasted with the Japanese sounds, the construction process of categorical perception, the mechanism of the acquisition in pronunciation and perception of Japanese plosives and the interference caused by the L1 language’s plosives to the height (Fo) of the prosody. The study also suggests a method of phonetic instruction for the pronunciation of and perception of the Japanese sounds. Regarding the development of a pedagogical method facilitated by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), more basic research and experimentation is required and that will be a focus of further study.