Difficulties in Building the Auditory and Pronunciation Skills in Chinese Students while Teaching Russian
Author(s)
Natalia M. Skobelkina, Candidate of Sciences (Pedagogy), Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of the Russian Language and Intercultural Communication, ORCID https://orcid.org/ 0000-0001-6821-066X, Baikal State University
6 Krasnoarmeyskaya St, Irkutsk, Russia, 664003, tel.:+7 (3592) 522620, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Wang Na, Master’s Student of the Department of Russian Language and Intercultural Communication, ORCID https://orcid.org/ 0000-0002-3656-4372, Baikal State University
6 Krasnoarmeyskaya St, Irkutsk, Russia, 664003, tel.:+7 (3952) 522620, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract. The introduction. The paper deals with a problem of Russian speech sound acquisition by Chinese students, examines the bilateral nature of this problem (sound perception and sound pronunciation), and identifies typical difficulties of the Chinese audience.
Materials and methods. The paper analyzes the results of an empirical study aimed at identifying the most frequent difficulties encountered by Chinese students learning the Russian Language when mastering auditory and pronunciation skills. The study relies on the methods of experimental research, statistical data processing, and comparative analysis.
Results. The findings show the correlation between the two types of mistakes (in perception and pronunciation of Russian sounds) made by Chinese students. This correlation made it possible to obtain the data on the extent to which the processes of sound unit perception and generation are interconnected and interdependent. The experimental study has identified the most typical difficulties of Chinese students and considered their causes.
Conclusion. The study has shown that the number of sound perception mistakes significantly exceeds that of sound pronunciation ones. Therefore, focused work is required to develop auditory skills. Both types of mistakes result from the differences in sound systems of the Russian and Chinese languages, which should be fully taken into account when building audial and pronunciation skills of Chinese students.
Keywords: the audial and pronunciation skills, sound system, differentiation of sounds, methods of teaching Russian as a foreign language.
For citation: Skobelkina N. M., Na W. Difficulties in Building the Auditory and Pronunciation Skills in Chinese Students while Teaching Russian. Pedagogicheskiy IMIDZH = Pedagogical IMAGE. 2021; 15(1): 16-25. DOI: 10.32343/2409-5052-2021-15-1-16-25
UDС: 378.14+376.68
DOI: 10.32343/2409-5052-2021-15-1-16-25