Author(s)

Xinmei Chen ¹, Wei Wang ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Foreign Language, Shanghai University, Dachang Town, Shanghai, China

Corresponding Author

Xinmei Chen

ABSTRACT

As a second language learner, mother tongue and dialect would result in difficulties and frequent errors in the second language acquisition. This paper starts from the analysis of Tongxiang dialect and Standard Chinese, and compares the phonetic differences, including consonants, vowels, syllables, rhythm, tone and intonation between Standard Chinese, Tongxiang dialect and English, points out the importance of recognizing these differences in second language learning and help second language learning and teaching. So that second language learners and instructors can realize the importance of phonological awareness, as well as phonetic learning in the process of language learning. Instructors should make full use of the positive transfer in language learning to help Chinese learners learn English, and at the same time learn to reasonably avoid the negative transfer of the mother tongue to the target language.

KEYWORDS

Phonological awareness, second language instruction, English, standard Chinese, Tongxiang dialect

CITE THIS PAPER

Xinmei Chen, Wei Wang, The Role of Phonological Awareness in Second Language Instruction: A Comparison of English, Standard Chinese and Tongxiang Dialect. Lecture Notes on Language and Literature (2023) Vol. 6: 70-76. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/langl.2023.060510.

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