Dichotic Perception of Modern Chinese Tones by Mexican Chinese Learners / 听力学及言语疾病杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the relationship between the advantageous ear (cerebral hemisphere) of Spanish-speaking Mexican Chinese learners and category's perception of the Chinese tones .Methods Four types of Chinese syllables tones were used as experimental materials with dichotic listening technology to test the Spanish -speaking Mexican Chinese learners who studied Chinese about 60~70 hours ,20~27years old(mean is 21 .29 ± 2 .3) , and then the correct response time and error rate were made a count on .Results In terms of reaction time for iden-tifying the four Chinese tones ,the Spanish-speaking M exican Chinese learners's reaction to the first tone suggested that their right ear were the advantageous ear (the left cerebral hemisphere) .As for the main effects of both hands , the first tone suggested that the Spanish -speaking Mexican Chinese learners had a left hand advantage .The Span-ish -speaking Mexican Chinese learners's reaction to the sencond tone suggested that their right ear were the advan-tageous ear(the left cerebral hemisphere) with the left hand used as a hand of reaction ,and the Spanish-speaking Mexican Chinese learners's reaction to the second tone suggested that their left ear were the advantageous ear (the right cerebral hemisphere) with the right hand used as a hand of reaction .In terms of error rate for identifying the four Chinese tones ,the Spanish-speaking M exican Chinese learners's reaction to the third tone suggested that their right ear were the advantageous ear (the left cerebral hemisphere) with the left or right hand used as a hand of reac-tion ,but the fourth's identification didn't show the advantageous ear .Conclusion M exican Chinese learners identify the first and third tones of Modern Chinese the right ear (the left cerebral hemisphere) main effects were significant . Identifying the second tone of Modern Chinese ,Mexican Chinese learners'right ears (the left cerebral hemisphere)or right ears (the left cerebral hemisphere) were the advantageous ear (the advantageous cerebral hemisphere) or not depend on the reaction of hands .Identifying the fourth tones ,Mexican Chinese learners'left or right ear (left or right cerebral hemisphere) main effects weren't significant .