Pinyin to speech system: fostering Chinese speaking skill among non-native speakers of Chinese as a foreign language / Goh Ying Soon ... [et al.]

• Main Authors: Soon, Goh Ying, Warris, Saiful Nizam, Mohd Adam, Aileen Farida, Sulaiman, Mohd Suhaimi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar; Chinese language
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/82939/1/82939.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/82939/; https://e-ajuitmct.uitm.edu.my/v3/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Non-native learners of Mandarin face problems of mastering the correct pronunciation of Mandarin which consequently affects their speaking skill. Chinese is a tonal language and there are approximately 2000 syllables in Chinese. The finite syllables can be used into forming infinite phrases and sent...