Author(s): FAN Libo – Winn MYINTZU

Title: A STUDY ON HUNGARIAN CHINESE LEARNERS’ PRONUNCIATION FOR CHINESE CONSONANT INITIALS

Source: Sz. Simon, R. Brdar-Szabó, A. Tóthné Litovkina (eds.): 14th International Conference of J. Selye University. Language and Literacy Section. Conference Proceedings

ISBN: 978-80-8122-450-8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36007/4508.2023.25

Publisher: J. Selye University, Komárno, Slovakia

PY, pages: 2023, 25-37

Published on-line: 2023

Language: en

Abstract: This paper mainly focuses on Hungarian Chinese learners’ pronunciation for Chinese consonant initials. There is relatively very little literature on Hungarian Chinese learn-ers’ Chinese learning experience, thus this study is to fill a gap in literature on Chinese language learning and teaching in Hungary which might shed light on future Chinese teachers in Hungary as well as Hungarian Chinese learners. In the study, Hungarian Chinese learners’ perception on their ability to pronounce Chinese consonant initials, their teachers’ perception on their pronunciation for Chinese consonant initials, and the Chinese consonant initials Hungarian Chinese learners usually mispronounce are inves-tigated. The study shows that Hungarian Chinese learners’ perception and that of their teachers are to some extent different, and Hungarian Chinese learners usually mispro-nounce [tɕh], [tɕ] and [tȿ] sounds.

Keywords: Chinese language learning, Chinese consonants, consonant initials, Hungarian Chinese learners, pronunciation

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