The Acquisition of L2 Modern Standard Arabic Stress Patterns by L1 Chinese Native Speakers
مأمون, . (2022). The Acquisition of L2 Modern Standard Arabic Stress Patterns by L1 Chinese Native Speakers. EKB Journal Management System, 19(19), 75-106. doi: 10.21608/jfpsu.2021.68248.1054
منى محمد المعتز بالله مأمون. "The Acquisition of L2 Modern Standard Arabic Stress Patterns by L1 Chinese Native Speakers". EKB Journal Management System, 19, 19, 2022, 75-106. doi: 10.21608/jfpsu.2021.68248.1054
مأمون, . (2022). 'The Acquisition of L2 Modern Standard Arabic Stress Patterns by L1 Chinese Native Speakers', EKB Journal Management System, 19(19), pp. 75-106. doi: 10.21608/jfpsu.2021.68248.1054
مأمون, . The Acquisition of L2 Modern Standard Arabic Stress Patterns by L1 Chinese Native Speakers. EKB Journal Management System, 2022; 19(19): 75-106. doi: 10.21608/jfpsu.2021.68248.1054

The Acquisition of L2 Modern Standard Arabic Stress Patterns by L1 Chinese Native Speakers

مجلة کلية الآداب .جامعة بورسعيد
Article 29, Volume 19, Issue 19, January 2022, Page 75-106  XML PDF (780.84 K)
Document Type: المقالة الأصلية
DOI: 10.21608/jfpsu.2021.68248.1054
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منى محمد المعتز بالله مأمون email
کلية الآداب - جامعة الإسکندية
Abstract
Abstract
Chinese learners of Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) as a second language (L2) show many pronunciation difficulties that lead to unintelligible verbal communication with Egyptian native speakers.  These difficulties are resulted from many variables, such as the differences between the phonological system of the learners’ first language (L1) and the learned one. These pronunciation challenges can occur across segmental and supra-segmental levels. MSA is regarded as a non-tone language, while Chinese is a tone one. Hence, this study aims at describing the acquisition of MSA stress by L1 Chinese speakers. The participants of the current study are twenty Chinese students aged 20 – 22.  Each participant was asked to read thirty words that represent the MSA stress rules. The percentage of mean of the correct productions of stress positions by the participants was calculated. Results of the current study show that Chinese participants have the ability to place MSA stress in the right position.

المستخلص باللغة العربية
  أظهرت الدراسات المعنية باکتساب اللغات الأجنبية أن الظواهر الفوقطعية يمکن أن تسهم إلى حد کبير في تحسن نطق اللغة الأجنبية وتقليل تأثير اللغة الأولى للمتعلم على نطقه للغة الأجنبية الأمر الذي يؤدى إلى تواصل لغوى فعال بين المتعلم وأبناء اللغة. کما يؤدى استخدام أنماط فوقطعية غير الأصلية لنقل معنى غير المقصود من قبل متحدث اللغة الأجنبية، ويسبب إلهاء أو انزعاج، أو عرض صورة لم يدرکها المستمع (Busà, M. G., 2012) . بالرغم من ازدياد الإقبال على تعلم اللغة العربية کلغة أجنبية (خاصا من قبل الصينين) إلا أن دراسة اکتساب اللغة العربية کلغة أجنبية لا تحظى بالاهتمام الکبير من قبل الباحثين خاصا في مجال الصوتيات، لذلک تعتبر هذه الدراسة من أوائل الدراسات المهتمة بوصف اکتساب عنصر من عناصر النظام الفونولوجي للغة و وهو نبر اللغة العربية المعاصرة الحديثة. تشتمل العينة على عدد عشرين مشارک صيني من متعلمي اللغة العربية. تم تصميم اختبار مکون من ثلاثين کلمة تغطى قواعد النبر الأربعة في اللغة العربية وذلک لتقييم قدرة المشارکين على نطق و استخدام النبر في هذه الکلمات. وفقا لمعايير الکفاءة التي وضعتها منظمة أکتفل  (ACTFL, 2012) ينتمي المشارکين إلى مستويين لغويين المستوى المتوسط والمستوى المتقدم. تم التحليل الفونولوجي و الإحصائي للعينة الکلامية للمشارکين وتم التوصل إلى العديد من النتائج على سبيل المثال وليس الحصر وضوح قدرة المشارکين في الدراسة من الصينين على وضع النبر بصورة صحيحة على الکلمات العربية بنسبة تتعدى 90%، و في حالة نطق بعض کلمات الاختبار بصورة غير صحيحة أدت إلى تغيير في موضع النبر لا يؤثر ذلک على وضوح الکلمة ولا يعوق هذا التواصل اللفظي الواضح المفهوم بين الصينين وأبناء اللغة العربية.
Keywords
MSA; Chinese; L1; L2; Pronunciation; Stress; الصينين; اللغة الأولى; النطق; النبر
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