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

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

Alice Yin Wa Chan (PhD) is Associate Professor in the Department of English at City University of Hong Kong. She gained her BA in linguistics from the University of Lancaster, UK, her MPhil in computer speech and language processing from the University of Cambridge, UK, and her PhD in linguistics from the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Before joining CityU, she had taught at different local universities in Hong Kong. She has published in various international journals, and contributed to edited books, professional magazines and conference proceedings. Her research and teaching interests include second language acquisition, English grammar, English phonetics and phonology, and lexicography.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Alice Yin Wa Chan
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032172552
• ISBN: 978-1-032-17255-2
• No. of pages: 202
• Weight: 410 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Research in Language Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; China, English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Language acquisition, Language teaching theory and methods, Language teaching and learning, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Applied linguistics for ELT