A Study of the Influence of Musical Intelligence on English Language Pronunciation skills Among College Students Abstract Pronunciation is the one element of language and has been attracted by many Chinese college students have more difficulties in learning pronunciation than vocabulary and grammar. Thus, some necessary strategies of learning pronunciation are suggested in this study. Since The Theory of Multiple Intelligence is adapted to English teaching in 1970s, there are some studies about the influence of intelligence on second language learning. Musical intelligence has been put into second language learning and has been proved that it has an influence of listening and speaking ability . This study is aimed to examine the influences of musical intelligence on English language pronunciation skills among college students. In order to examine this influence, three types of tests are designed : musical intelligence questionnaires, productive EFL phonological skills test and receptive EFL phonological skills test. The musical intelligence questionnaire is used to pide students into different musical intelligence level. Beside, productive EFL phonological skills test and receptive EFL phonological skills test are used to test the ability of product and receive phonological skills. All the participants are non-English major and they perform equal well in the test. Through analysis, we come to the following results: First, there is a small difference among different gender on musical intelligence. Second, participants with high musical intelligence were able to pronounce English better than the participants with low level of musical intelligence. Third, we can predict student’s ability of English pronunciation based on their level of musical intelligence. Therefore, effective musical training is needed to help college students improve English pronunciation. This study is a further research to examine the influence of musical intelligence on English pronunciation and give a teaching methodology to English pronunciation learning. 47811
Keywords: English pronunciation, music, musical intelligence, college students, productive EFL phonological skills test, receptive EFL phonological skills
摘要语音是语言学习的一部分并且已经引起英语学习者的关注。相比较单词和语法，中国大学生很难提高英语发音。因此在此研究中将提出一些有效的措施去提高英语发音技能。在20世纪70年代，多元智力理论被运用到语言教学当中后，有很多关于智力对语言学习的研究。此后，音乐智能被运用到第二语言学习中去，并且音乐智能该被证实与语言的听说能力有紧密关系。本研究是为了进一步验证音乐智能对大学生英语发音的影响。为了检验，本研究分为三个测试：一个音乐智力问卷，生成英语语音测试和接受英语语音测试。音乐智力问卷测试的结果将参与者分为高音乐智能的学生和低音乐智能的学生。此外，生成英语语音测试和接受英语语音测试用语测试学生生成和接受英语语音的能力。所有的参与者都是非英语专业学生，他们都良好的参与表现。通过分析，我们得出以下三个结论：一，性别对音乐智能搞对影响很小；二，高音乐智能的学生比低音乐智能的学生有较好的发音能力；三，可以通过学生音乐智能的高低来预测学生的英语发音能力。因此，需要一些有效的音乐训练来帮助大学生提高英语发音。本研究是为进一步验证过音乐智能对英语发音的影响，并且为发音教学提供新的教学建议。
毕业论文关键词：英语发音，音乐，音乐智能，大学生，生成性英语发音技能，接受性英语发音技能
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1. Introduction 音乐智能对大学生英语发音影响的实证研究:http://www.youerw.com/yingyu/lunwen_50049.html