The Acquisition of English Grammar and Phonology by Cantonese ESL Learners: Challenges, Causes and Pedagogical Insights

ISBN-13: 9781032172514 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 232 str.

Alice Yin Wa Chan

Opis

Chan’s exploration of the acquisition of English grammar and phonology by Cantonese learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) offers insights into the specific challenges encountered and posits ways to overcome these.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. English and Chinese-Cantonese Grammar in Contrast 3. English and Cantonese Phonology in Contrast 4. Learner Problems in the Acquisition of English Grammar I: Interlingual Errors 5. Learner Problems in the Acquisition of English Grammar II: English Article Errors 6. Learner Problems in the Acquisition of English Grammar III: Other Errors 7. Learner Problems in the Acquisition of English Phonology I: Speech Production 8. Learner Problems in the Acquisition of English Phonology II: Speech Perception 9. Cantonese ESL Learners’ Acquisition of Grammar and Phonology: L1 Influence? 10. The Teaching of Grammar to Cantonese ESL Learners 11. The Teaching of Phonology to Cantonese ESL Learners 12. Conclusions: The Way Forward