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Factors That Enhance English-Speaking Speech-Language Pathologists' Transcription of Cantonese-Speaking Children' s Consonants.
- Source :
- American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology; Aug2013, Vol. 22 Issue 3, p523-539, 17p, 1 Diagram, 7 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Purpose: To investigate speech-language pathology students' ability to identify errors and transcribe typical and atypical speech in Cantonese, a nonnative language. Method: Thirty-three English-speaking speech-language pathology students completed 3 tasks in an experimental within-subjects design. Results: Task 1 (baseline) involved transcribing English words. In Task 2, students transcribed 25 words spoken by a Cantonese adult. An average of 59.1% consonants was transcribed correctly (72.9%when Cantonese-English transfer patterns were allowed). There was higher accuracy on shared English and Cantonese syllable-initial consonants /m,n,f,s,h, j,w,l/ and syllable-final consonants. In Task 3, students identified consonant errors and transcribed 100 words spoken by Cantonese-speaking children under 4 additive conditions: (1) baseline, (2) +adult model, (3) +information about Cantonese phonology, and (4) all variables (2 and 3 were counterbalanced). There was a significant improvement in the students' identification and transcription scores for conditions 2, 3, and 4, with a moderate effect size. Increased skill was not based on listeners' proficiency in speaking another language, perceived transcription skill, musicality, or confidence with multilingual clients. Conclusion: Speech-language pathology students, with no exposure to or specific training in Cantonese, have some skills to identify errors and transcribe Cantonese. Provision of a Cantonese-adult model and information about Cantonese phonology increased students' accuracy in transcribing Cantonese speech. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ANALYSIS of variance
CHINESE people
CONSONANTS
DIALECTS
EXPERIMENTAL design
HEALTH occupations students
MULTIVARIATE analysis
PHONETICS
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
SPEECH evaluation
SPEECH perception
SPEECH therapists
VIDEO recording
MULTILINGUALISM in children
EFFECT sizes (Statistics)
INTER-observer reliability
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10580360
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 89471646
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1044/1058-0360(2012/12-0009)