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浅析英语语音教学中的nl发音错误
Introduction:
ThepronunciationofEnglishasasecondlanguage(ESL)learnershasalwaysbeenasubjectofconcerninlanguageteachingandlearningcircles.AmongothercommonpronunciationchallengesfacedbyESLlearners,thenlsoundsyndromehasbeenoneofthemostpersistentandfrustratingones.However,evenwiththeadvancementofphonologyresearchandotherstudiesonpronunciation,littleunderstandinghasbeenattainedofthefactorsorreasonsbehindthisproblem.Thisarticleexploresthistopicbylookingatvariousscholarlyworksonthenlsoundsyndrome,itscommoncharacteristics,andsuggestedsolutions.
CommonCharacteristicsofnlSoundSyndrome:
Thenlsoundisacombinationoftwosoundsthatderivefromthenasalsectionoftheoralcavity.Asnotedbyseveralscholars,itspronunciationdemandsthevibrationofthevocalcordswhileairisforcedthroughthenasalcavity.Learnerswithnlsoundsyndromeconsistentlymispronouncethissound.Theirspeechisoftencharacterizedbyamisspellingorreplacementofnlwithotherphonemes,suchasno,lo,andl.Theseerrorsresultfromthedifficultyinproducingsuchacomplexsound,especiallyforspeakerswhosenativelanguageslackasimilarsound.
FactorsContributingtonlSoundSyndrome:
Acriticalreviewofseveralphonologystudies,coupledwithobservationsfromteachingpractice,indicatethattherearemanyfactorsthatmaybecontributingtothenlsoundsyndrome.Oneofthecommonreasonsisthelackofexplicitinstructiononthesoundbytheteacherandtheabsenceofadequatepracticeopportunities.Secondly,researchsuggeststhattheminimalcontrastseenbetweenLandNLphonemesinEnglishmayhavesomethingtodowiththisphenomenon.Thismeansthatevenwhenlearnerscanhearanddifferentiatethetwosounds,theymaystillsubstitutethem,giventheminimaldifferenceinmeaning.Finally,scholarshavealsonotedthat,insomecases,theinabilitytoproducethenlsoundispsychologicallyrooted,basedonnegativeattitudestowardsthesoundoralackofmotivationtofixtheproblem.
SuggestedSolutions:
Basedontheaboveobservations,severalpotentialremedieshavebeensuggestedbyscholarstoaddressthenlsoundsyndromeinESLlearners.Firstly,explicitteachingofthesoundshouldbeprovided