title: A tutoring package to teach pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese characters.
abstract: We examined the effects of a tutoring package (verbal modeling, prompts, and contingent praise/ Chinese conversations with the tutor) on the performance of a college student's Mandarin Chinese pronunciation. The effects of the tutoring package were analyzed using a multiple baseline design across two sets of 50 Chinese characters. The tutoring package produced improvement in the student's correct pronunciation of Chinese characters from 48% (pretutoring) to 90% (posttutoring). Results suggested that the tutoring package produced mastery pronunciation of targeted Mandarin Chinese vocalizations by a nonnative speaker.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Behavioral Science, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA. maywh@ku.edu
authors.forename: Hang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: L Keith
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D010700:Phonetics; D013663:Teaching