Improve English Speaking Skills for Vietnamese Students Through Teaching Tones and Their Communicative Values:A Case Study at Thu Dau Mot University  

作　　者：Tran Thanh Du 

机构地区：[1]Thu Dau Mot University,Thu Dau Mot City,Binh Duong Province,Viet Nam

出　　处：《Psychology Research》2022年第9期679-689,共11页心理学研究：英文版

摘　　要：For those who are going to work with English at an advanced level as English-majored students,teachers or researchers,a deeper understanding about intonation is very important.At this level,intonation deals with more complicated features such as prominence,key,termination,tone,pitch sequence,and orientation in interactions.As a matter of fact,knowledge of these aspects is of crucial importance for advanced learners of English:It can help language users gain more confidence and proficiency in speaking the target language as well as in arriving at a complete understanding of English interactions.Based on the qualitative and quantitative data,the survey reveals the effect of teaching tones on developing speaking skills for advanced students of the language.Regarding the practical applications,this study serves to build up students’awareness and provide useful practice of the knowledge of tones they have to deal with in speech,thus outlining ways to improve speaking skills for students in Vietnamese contexts.

关 键 词：communicative value speaking skill TONE tone unit 

分 类 号：H31[语言文字—英语]