声明
摘要
Abstract
List of Abbreviations
List of Figures and Tables
Contents
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Background of the Study
1.2 Significance of the Study
1.3 Organization of the Study
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1.1 Definition of Fossilization
2.1.2 Distinction of Related Terms
2.2 Classification of Fossilization
2.2.2 Temporary Fossilization and Permanent Fossilization
2.3 Research on the Causes of Fossilization
2.3.1 General Causes of Fossilization
2.3.2 Causes of Phonological Fossilization
2.4 Approaches to Fossilization Research
2.4.1 The longitudinal approach
2.4.3 The advanced-learner approach
2.4.5 The length-of-residence approach
2.5 Research on Destabilization
2.6 Research on the Application of Modern Technology to Pronunciation Teaching
2.7 Summary
Chapter Three Theoretical Bases for the Present Study
3.1 Interlanguage
3.2 Language Transfer Theory
3.3 Selinker’s Five Central Processes
3.4 Krashen’s Theory of Language Learning
3.5 The Interactional Model
3.6 Motivation
Chapter Four Research Methodology
4.1 Research Purpose and Questions
4.2 Participants
4.3 Instruments
4.3.2 Praat
4.3.3 Questionnaire
4.3.4 Interview
4.3.5 Pronunciation Training Materials
4.4 Procedure
4.4.2 Pronunciation Test
4.4.4 Treatment
4.4.5 Post-test
4.5 Data Analysis Methodologies
Chapter Five Results,Discussions and Implications
5.1 Results
5.1.2 Results of Research Question One
5.1.3 Results of Research Question Two
5.1.4 Results of Research Question Three
5.1.5 The Result of Interview
5.2 Discussions
5.2.1 Overall Situations of Fossilized Monophthong Errors
5.2.2 Causes of Fossilized Monophthong Errors
5.2.3 The Effectiveness of Praat
5.3 Implications
Chapter Six Conclusion
6.1 Major Findings
6.2 Limitations of the Present Study
6.3 Suggestions for the Future Studies
Acknowledgements
References
Appendix
Academic Achievements