Han A Voice Contrast And The Arabs, Chinese Errors In Pronunciation Study

This article conducts a systematic research of the universal-existing pronunciation error made by the Arab when learning Chinese, in the foundation of the predecessor study.Based on the comparison between languages of Chinese and Arab, research concentrates on three aspects (the initial consonant," the final as well as the syllable) launching in following four steps: 1. Contrast; 2. Test; 3. Record mistakes, Analysis & Conclude; 4. Confirm.To be specific, firstly, by comparing similar and different factors of the Chinese Arab pronunciation, the situations possibly producing pronunciation errors are predict; then key points of testing formulated, test papers designed, errors concluded; next with the combination of the examinees' mother tongue negative migration and the individual difference, analyze the reasons causing errors, and put forward the corresponding teaching proposals for the Arab; finally after the experiment, further confirmation is made according to the research conclusion.It finds out that, the errors mainly happen in the following six places:1. error of the opposition sound mainly occurs in group of b[p]/ p[p'] , generally they easily pronounce p[p'] as b[p]. 2. The initial consonant sh[s] sounds as [∫] by mistake. 3. When sounding h[x], they are always with the sound of obvious friction, approaching the pronunciation of と[x] in Arab. 4. When pronouncing r[z], they probably vibrate, or curl their tongue, so the pronunciation was tight. 5. In the syllable of "jun", they likely sound the initial consonant j[t(?)] into [d(?)]. 6. When n[n] meets the finals, sometimes they will pronounce n[n] into tip-tongue nasal sound.4 errors in finals:1. When sounding vowels a, e, they can not control how big the mouth should open. 2. When pronouncing vowel o and finals, sound too flat. 3. When tip of tongue nasal finals' nasal pronunciation sounds too long, particularly in similar syllables. 4. When sounding er[(?)], tongue does not arrive the best place, sound is too flat, pronounced like [(?)].In addition, pronunciation problems exist in the syllable range of movement aspect.