The Effect of English Proficiency on the Production of English Intonation by Chinese EFL Learners.
English intonation is an integral component of English pronunciation teaching. However, as students' proficiency levels in English pronunciation improve, it remains unclear whether their intonation levels also develop. The present study, based on the second language intonation learning theory, aims...
| Publicado en: | Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 901 - 924 |
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Universiti Putra Malaysia
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