Exploring the musical counterparts of Mandarin tones to develop an innovative approach to teach Mandarin tones.

Abstract Tones which are considered as an essential part of Mandarin pronunciation, seem to be challenging for second language learners to acquire. The current teaching methods do not illustrate the features of Mandarin tones clearly. Therefore, the purpose of this quantitative study is to investig...

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Main Author: Wei, Han
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2015
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31038/