Research on the Phonetic Features and Teaching Strategies of Consonants in the Standard Spoken Chinese of Southern Xinjiang Primary School Teachers
In response to the significant demand for comprehensively strengthening the education and promotion of Standard Spoken and Written Chinese Language for teachers in minority districts,this research adopts experimental phonetics methods to systematically study the phonetic features of fricatives and affricates in the Standard Spoken Chinese Language of Uyghur primary school teachers in Xinjiang southern Uyghur Autonomous Region.Specifically,the research reveals the impact of Uyghur language on the pronunciation of Standard Spoken Chinese by comparing acoustic parameters,such as pronunciation duration,centre of gravity,standard deviation,and formants,between Uyghur primary school teachers and standard Chinese speakers.The results indicate that in terms of duration,Uyghur primary school teachers have a better overall acquisition of fricatives and affricates;the centre of gravity and standard deviation data indicate confusion among learners;in terms of formants,the acoustic parameters of fricatives are closer to those of native speakers,and they are better acquired than affricates.Based on the above results,this research further proposes a hierarchy of difficulty levels in consonant acquisition for teachers in southern Xinjiang and the targeted training strategies to effectively improve the accuracy and learning efficiency of consonant acquisition of Standard spoken Chinese for the teachers.
standard Chineseprimary school teacherfricativeaffricateacoustic analysis