An investigation of Korean learners' difficulties in using English intonation to express emotion : perception and production
The present study investigated whether Korean English as a Foreign Language learners experience difficulties in using English intonation particularly to perceive and express emotion. The difficulties are examined in both perception and production of emotional intonations by comparing the differences in the emotional responses of Korean English as Foreign Language learners and native speakers to the presented emotional declarative sentences. Based on Core Affect theory, the construct of emotion was operationalised on a two-dimensional matrix: valence (positive vs. negative) and intensity (strong vs. weak). A combination of the Autosegmental Matrix Model and HallidayaÌÂÂs tone models were adapted to analyse intonation patterns. The study conducted a three-phase data collection process: (a) Phase 1: conducting an emotion word rating survey, (b) Phase 2: conducting a production task, a brief stimulated interview, and a perception task for American undergraduate participants (c) Phase 3: conducting the same production task, stimulated recall task, and perception task for Korean students. The results of the current study provided empirical evidence that Korean English as Foreign language learners experience difficulties
Cho, Moon Kyoung
An investigation of Korean learners' difficulties in using English intonation to express emotion : perception and production. The present study investigated whether Korean English as a Foreign Language learners experience difficulties in using English intonation particularly to perceive and express emotion. The difficulties are examined in both perception and production of emotional intonations by comparing the differences in the emotional responses of Korean English as Foreign Language learners and native speakers to the presented emotional declarative sentences. Based on Core Affect theory, the construct of emotion was operationalised on a two-dimensional matrix: valence (positive vs. negative) and intensity (strong vs. weak). A combination of the Autosegmental Matrix Model and HallidayaÌÂÂs tone models were adapted to analyse intonation patterns. The study conducted a three-phase data collection process: (a) Phase 1: conducting an emotion word rating survey, (b) Phase 2: conducting a production task, a brief stimulated interview, and a perception task for American undergraduate participants (c) Phase 3: conducting the same production task, stimulated recall task, and perception task for Korean students. The results of the current study provided empirical evidence that Korean English as Foreign language learners experience difficulties
investigation korean learner difficulty use english intonation express emotion perception_production present_study investigate_whether korean english_foreign language_learner experience difficulty use english intonation particularly perceive express emotion difficulty examine perception_production emotional intonation compare difference emotional_response korean english_foreign language_learner native_speaker present emotional declarative sentence based core affect theory construct emotion operationalised two_dimensional matrix valence positive negative intensity strong weak combination matrix model tone model adapt analyse intonation pattern study_conduct three_phase data_collection process phase emotion word rating survey phase production_task brief stimulate interview perception task american undergraduate participant phase production_task stimulate_recall task perception task korean student current_study provide_empirical evidence korean english_foreign language_learner experience difficulty