Korean Students In Chinese Two-syllable Word Tone Errors In Pronunciation

Pronunciation is fundamental and important in second language acquisition. Tone is essential in Chinese pronunciation. Tones of Chinese disyllables are difficult for foreign students to master. This thesis makes investigation and research on the tonal errors of Chinese disyllables among Korean students. From the test and recording, it gets the tonal errors of Korean students in pronouncing Chinese disyllables, summarizes the main rules of tonal errors. Meanwhile, this thesis verifies no corresponding relations between listening errors and pronouncing errors. Besides, it analyses the reasons for tonal errors of Chinese disyllables from the following aspects: negative transfer, interference, textbooks and teachers. Then this thesis provides some advice for tonal teaching in hope of helping tonal teaching.