A comparative study of Chinese ESL learners from Malaysia and the People's Republic of China in their pronunciation of /r/&/l/

• Main Authors: Wan Ibrahim, Nik Rahela, Kamarudin, Mohd Fauzi, Ramachandran, Sharimllah Devi
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Communication and Modern Languages, Universiti Utara Malaysia 2007
• Subjects: PE English
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/3261/1/N3.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/3261/; http://staf.uum.edu.my/tleia2/
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

The purpose of this study is to investigate if consonants /r/ presented similar problems for Chinese ESL students from Malaysia and Chinese ESL students from the People’s Republic of China. Both groups of students were enrolled in ESL classes in Malaysia at the time of the study, and they were all...