JP6126339B2 - Chinese teaching materials - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a Chinese teaching material for learning Chinese pronunciation. More specifically, the present invention relates to Chinese teaching materials that can greatly improve the learning efficiency of Chinese pronunciation.

  Pinyin (pin sound) is generally used for Chinese phonetic notation. Pinyin expresses Chinese pronunciation by a combination of alphabets. This Pinyin has 37 types of vowels and 21 types of consonants. A vowel is pronounced only with a vowel, whereas a consonant is not pronounced with only a consonant, but a syllable is formed by combining a vowel with a consonant, and is pronounced as a combined syllable.

  When learning Chinese pronunciation that can be expressed in Pinyin, it is usually necessary to learn the pronunciation of 37 vowels and the pronunciation of syllables that combine 370 vowels with vowels. That is, in learning Chinese pronunciation, it is necessary to learn a total of 407 pronunciations.

  Common methods for learning 407 types of pronunciation include repeating and shadowing. Repeating is a technique in which a learner listens to a model voice and repeats it based on the pronunciation heard after the model voice ends. Shadowing is a method in which a learner repeats while listening to a model voice.

  As described above, to learn Chinese pronunciation, it is necessary to learn pronunciation of 407 types of syllables expressed in Pinyin. However, since many of the 407 syllables have pronunciations that are not found in Japanese, it has been difficult for the Japanese to learn the pronunciation of syllables expressed in Pinyin. In addition, Chinese pronunciations include pronunciations that have an insufflation sound called aerobic sounds and pronunciations that do not have an insufflation sound called airless sounds. The insufflation sound is part of the pronunciation when the breath passes between the lips, tongue and teeth, and there is no similar pronunciation in Japanese, and it is a pronunciation specific to Chinese. For this reason, it was extremely difficult for the Japanese to learn the pronunciation of aerobic syllables with insufflation sounds expressed in Pinyin.

  Further, when learning the 407 types of syllables, there are cases where an actual word including the target syllable is used. Here, Chinese pronunciation has a tone (Tone), and the same syllable has a different meaning if the tone is different. For this reason, when learning pronunciation using an actual word including the target syllable, it is necessary to be aware of the tone, which is complicated.

  Here, the sound range necessary for Japanese pronunciation is 5000 Hz or less, whereas the sound range necessary for Chinese pronunciation is 10000 Hz or less, and it is said that a wider sound range is required for Chinese pronunciation. Yes. When learning Chinese pronunciation by shadowing or repeating, the learner listens to the model voice and repeats it, but the Chinese pronunciation including the range above 5000 Hz is not necessary for Japanese in Japanese conversation. For this reason, there are many cases where it cannot be accurately heard. Specifically, there is a case where a difference in pronunciation between one syllable and another syllable cannot be determined due to the inability to recognize a sound range exceeding 5000 Hz, and both are mistakenly recognized as the same pronunciation. In such a case, it is likely that the repetition will be inaccurate, and as a result, the pronunciation will not be understood.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a Chinese teaching material that can greatly improve the learning efficiency of Chinese pronunciation.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present inventors have made extensive studies and obtained the following findings (a) to (c).
(A) Conventional Chinese teaching materials describe Pinyin vowels and their pronunciation, as well as syllables combining Pinyin consonants with vowels and their pronunciation.
(B) Pinyin consonants are listed, but since there is no need (opportunity) to pronounce only Pinyin consonants in Chinese, there is no mention of Pinyin consonant pronunciation.
(C) Therefore, if the pronunciation of only Pinyin consonants is displayed in Japanese on the Chinese teaching materials, the learner only has to learn 37 types of Pinyin vowel pronunciation and 21 types of consonant pronunciation. It has been found that syllables combining 370 consonants with vowels can be naturally pronounced.

  In addition, if the pronunciation of only Pinyin consonants is displayed in Japanese and the pronunciation of Pinyin vowels is displayed in Japanese on the Chinese teaching materials, even if the pronunciation of Chinese cannot be accurately heard by shadowing or repeating I found out that it is possible to learn pronunciation accurately.

  It was discovered that the pronunciation of Chinese characters can be learned more accurately if the shape of the mouth used to pronounce Pinyin vowels is displayed in Chinese teaching materials.

  The present invention has been completed on the basis of the above findings, and is summarized as the following Chinese teaching materials (1) to (3).

(1) A consonant display unit for displaying Chinese Pinyin consonants, and a consonant pronunciation display unit for displaying the pronunciation of Pinyin consonants displayed in the consonant display unit in Japanese. Chinese teaching materials.

(2) The Chinese teaching material according to (1) above further includes a vowel display unit displaying Chinese Pinyin vowels, and the pronunciation of Pinyin vowels displayed in the vowel display unit is Japanese. A Chinese teaching material comprising: a vowel pronunciation display section to be displayed.

(3) The Chinese teaching material according to (2) further includes a mouth shape display unit for displaying a mouth shape when the Pinyin vowel displayed on the vowel display unit is pronounced. Chinese teaching materials.

  Since the Chinese teaching material of the present invention displays the pronunciation of Pinyin consonants in Japanese, the pronunciation of only Pinyin consonants can be learned. If the learner learns pronunciation of 21 types of Pinyin consonants using the Chinese teaching material of the present invention, and learns pronunciation of 37 types of Pinyin vowels by the conventional method, etc., there are 370 types. Syllables that combine consonants with vowels can be naturally pronounced. Thereby, the acquisition efficiency of Chinese pronunciation can be improved significantly.

It is a figure which shows the Chinese syllable table | surface which is a structural example of the teaching material of Chinese of this invention.

  The Chinese teaching material according to the present invention will be described with reference to a configuration example of the Chinese teaching material according to the present invention shown in FIG.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a Chinese syllable table, which is a configuration example of a Chinese teaching material according to the present invention. The Chinese syllable table 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a Pinyin vowel display unit 2, a Pinyin consonant display unit 3, and a Pinyin consonant and vowel combination display unit 4. The Pinyin consonant display unit 3 displays the Pinyin consonant alphabetically at the top of each cell in the upper title column. In the Chinese syllable table 1 shown in the figure, 21 types of Pinyin consonants are displayed in the horizontal direction (see the hatched arrows in the figure).

  Also, the Pinyin vowel display unit 2 displays the Pinyin vowels in alphabet at the top of each cell in the left title column. In the Chinese syllable table 1 shown in the figure, 37 types of Pinyin vowels are displayed in the vertical direction (see the cross-hatched arrows in the figure). The pinyin consonant and vowel combination display unit 4 displays the pinyin vowel display located directly beside the cell in the upper row of each cell and the consonant displayed in the pinyin consonant display unit 3 positioned immediately above the cell. Pinyin combining vowels displayed in part 2 is displayed in alphabet.

  The Chinese teaching material of the present invention includes a consonant display unit 3 that displays Chinese Pinyin consonants and a consonant pronunciation display unit that displays the pronunciation of Pinyin consonants displayed on the consonant display unit 3 in Japanese. 6. In the Chinese syllable table 1 shown in the figure, the pronunciation display unit 6 of the consonant is displayed by displaying the pronunciation of the Pinyin consonant in katakana in the lower part of each cell in the upper title column (immediately below the Pinyin consonant display unit 3). Arranged. The learner can pronounce the consonant by pronouncing the Japanese displayed in the consonant pronunciation display section 6.

  Thus, the learner does not need to learn the pronunciation of 21 types of Pinyin consonants as a syllable pronunciation that combines consonants and vowels, and can learn as a pronunciation of only consonants. If the learner learns the pronunciation of 37 other Pinyin vowels by the conventional method etc., the vowels learned by the conventional method etc. will be continuously added after the consonants learned using the Chinese teaching material of the present invention. By pronunciation, syllable pronunciation that combines consonants and vowels is naturally possible.

  Therefore, if the Chinese teaching materials of the present invention are used, the pronunciation of Chinese can be acquired by learning the pronunciation of 21 types of Pinyin consonants and the pronunciation of 37 types of Pinyin vowels. In the conventional Chinese teaching material, as described above, it is necessary to learn the pronunciation of 407 types of syllables. On the other hand, if the Chinese teaching material of the present invention is used, 58 types of pronunciation may be acquired. Therefore, the Chinese teaching material of the present invention can greatly reduce the number of pronunciations that need to be learned in learning Chinese pronunciation, and can greatly improve the learning efficiency.

  However, when learning vowel pronunciation by the conventional method, specifically when learning pronunciation by shadowing or repeating, as described above, the learner cannot learn the pronunciation correctly, so it learns the correct pronunciation. It is difficult to do.

  For this reason, the Chinese teaching material of the present invention further displays in Japanese the vowel display part 2 on which Chinese Pinyin vowels are displayed and the pronunciation of Pinyin vowels displayed on the vowel display part 2. A vowel pronunciation display unit 5 is preferably provided. In the Chinese syllable table 1 shown in the figure, the vowel display part 2 is arranged by displaying Pinyin vowels in alphabetical characters in the upper part of each cell in the left title column, and the lower part (below the Pinyin vowel display part 2). The vowel pronunciation display section 5 is provided by displaying the pronunciation of Pinyin vowels in katakana.

  As a result, the learner can learn the pronunciation of vowels along with the pronunciation of Pinyin consonants. At that time, even in the case of pronunciation that cannot be accurately heard in the learning of pronunciation by shadowing or repeating, if the vowel is pronounced according to the pronunciation display section of the vowel, the pronunciation can be learned accurately. In the case of a syllable in which a vowel is combined with a consonant, the pronunciation can be acquired accurately if it is pronounced in accordance with the pronunciation display section for Japanese consonants and the pronunciation display section for vowels. Furthermore, as for the syllables in which both vowels and consonants are combined with vowels, the learner himself / herself correctly pronounces, and as a result, it becomes possible to recognize a sound range exceeding 5000 Hz, and accurate listening is possible.

  In addition, since the learner can learn pronunciation based on the pronunciation of Pinyin consonants and vowels displayed in the Chinese teaching materials of the present invention, the actual word that contains the desired pronunciation when learning the pronunciation Need not be used. Therefore, the learner does not need to be conscious of the tone when learning pronunciation, and 407 types of pronunciation can be easily learned.

  The Chinese teaching material of the present invention preferably further includes a mouth shape display unit 8 for displaying the shape of the mouth when the Pinyin vowel displayed on the vowel display unit 2 is pronounced. In the Chinese syllable table 1 shown in the figure, a mouth shape display unit 8 is arranged on the right side of the vowel display unit 2 and the vowel pronunciation display unit 5, and the mouth shape display unit 8 displays vowels and consonants and the vowels. The shape of the mouth when the combined syllable is pronounced is displayed by a circle or several ellipses. To indicate the shape of the mouth when generating syllables, make the mouth horizontally long, make the mouth wide open, make the mouth circular, make the mouth vertically long, or close the mouth Display that the shape is changed. The learner changes the mouth shape of the mouth shape display unit 8 in order from the left.

  When a learner pronounces Pinyin vowels, the learner changes the mouth shape according to the mouth shape displayed on the mouth shape display unit 8 while sounding according to the vowel pronunciation display unit. Further, when a syllable in which vowels are combined with Pinyin consonants is pronounced, it is pronounced according to the Japanese display on the consonant pronunciation display unit 6 while changing the mouth shape according to the mouth shape displayed on the mouth shape display unit 8. Later, the vowel pronunciation display unit 5 continuously pronounces according to the Japanese display.

  If the mouth shape display unit 8 is provided in this way, the learner can learn Japanese, such as an aerial sound, by pronouncing while changing the shape of the mouth according to the mouth shape displayed on the mouth shape display unit 8. Can accurately produce even the most difficult syllables. This is because the mouth shape is changed in accordance with the mouth shape displayed on the mouth shape display unit 8, and if the pronunciation is performed in accordance with the Japanese display on the consonant pronunciation display unit 6 and the vowel pronunciation display unit 5, This is because the tongue is naturally positioned correctly.

  The Chinese teaching material of the present invention further includes a Pinyin consonant and vowel combination display unit 4 that displays Pinyin combined with a Chinese Pinyin consonant in vowels, and a Pinyin consonant and vowel combination display unit. It is preferable to provide a combined syllable pronunciation display section 7 in which the pronunciation of the combined syllable displayed in 4 is displayed in Japanese.

  In the Chinese syllable table 1 shown in the figure, the Pinyin consonant and vowel combination display section 4 is an upper row of each cell, and the consonant displayed on the Pinyin consonant display unit 3 located immediately above the cell is Pinyin combining the vowels displayed in the pinyin vowel display section 2 located directly beside the grid is displayed in alphabets. In addition, the combined syllable pronunciation display unit 7 displays the pronunciation of Pinyin displayed in the upper row of each cell in katakana. By providing the pinyin consonant and vowel combination display unit 4 and the combined syllable pronunciation display unit 7 in this way, the learner can confirm the pronunciation of the syllable together with the pinyin of the syllable that combines the consonant and the vowel. This improves the convenience of the learner.

  In the vowel pronunciation display section 5, the consonant pronunciation display section 6 and the syllable pronunciation display section 7 in which consonants and vowels are combined as shown in FIG. indicate. Small characters indicate that it is necessary to pronounce at once to be integrated with the preceding and succeeding characters, which makes it possible to learn more accurate pronunciation.

  In the vowel pronunciation display section 5 shown in the figure, a part is underlined when the pronunciation is displayed in katakana. The underlined character indicates the position where the tone symbol is written, and indicates the position where it is most pronounced when it is pronounced. This makes it possible to learn more accurate pronunciation. The position where the tone symbol is displayed may be displayed by changing the color of the character, making it bold, or making it italic other than displaying it with an underline.

  Note that the Pinyin consonant “f” shown in FIG. 1 has a pronunciation of “Fu” in Japanese, and the Pinyin consonant “h” has a pronunciation of “Fu” in Japanese. Thus, when both pronunciations are displayed in Japanese, “Fu” is the same, but the Pinyin consonant “f” performs the action of finally breathing with the upper lip and lower teeth when pronounced according to the display. On the other hand, the Pinyin consonant “h” may be pronounced according to the display without performing a breathing operation. Thus, since the Pinyin consonant “f” includes pronunciation that cannot be displayed in Japanese, the Chinese teaching material of the present invention operates to cut the breath when the Pinyin consonant “f” is pronounced by a note or a schematic diagram. Is preferably written.

  In the above description, the Chinese teaching material of the present invention has been described with reference to the Chinese syllable table, but the Chinese teaching material of the present invention is not limited to the Chinese syllable table. For example, Chinese Pinyin consonants, vowels, and syllables that combine consonants with vowels may be used as teaching materials. Further, Pinyin consonants, vowels, and syllables in which consonants are combined with vowels may be classified according to a predetermined rule, and teaching materials may be described for each classification. The above-described present invention can also be applied to these teaching materials.

  According to the Chinese teaching material of the present invention, as described above, the learning efficiency of Chinese pronunciation can be greatly improved. Therefore, the present invention can be effectively used as a teaching material used when learning Chinese pronunciation.

1: Chinese syllable table, 2: Pinyin vowel display, 3: Pinyin consonant display,
4: Pinyin consonant and vowel combination display section, 5: Vowel pronunciation display section,
6: pronunciation display section of consonants, 7: syllable pronunciation display section combining consonants and vowels,
8: Mouth shape display

Claims (3)

A plurality of vowels each pronunciation Pinyin, and a plurality of syllables each sound that combines each vowel to a plurality of consonants of pinyin, a Chinese materials for learning,
A plurality of vowel pronunciation display sections in which the pronunciation of each vowel is displayed in alphabetical and Japanese two-stage writing;
A plurality of mouth shape display portions displaying the shape of the mouth when each vowel is pronounced;
A plurality of syllable pronunciation display unit pronounce each syllable is displayed in two-stage writing letters and Japanese comprises,
Next to each vowel pronunciation display portion, a mouth shape display portion corresponding to the vowel of the vowel pronunciation display portion is displayed,
A Chinese teaching material characterized in that a mouth shape display section corresponding to a vowel included in a syllable of the syllable pronunciation display section is displayed beside each syllable pronunciation display section . The teaching material according to claim 1 ,
The vowel pronunciation display, syllable pronunciation display, and mouth shape display are listed.
A plurality of vowel sound display sections are displayed in the vertical column, and a plurality of syllable pronunciation display sections of syllables including vowels in the vowel pronunciation display section are displayed side by side next to each vowel pronunciation display section. A Chinese teaching material characterized in that a mouth shape display portion corresponding to a vowel in the vowel pronunciation display portion is displayed beside it . The teaching material according to claim 1 or 2,
The Japanese displayed in the vowel pronunciation display section and the syllable pronunciation display section is katakana, and the letters that should be pronounced at once in the katakana are changed to small letters so as to be integrated with the preceding and following letters. Chinese teaching materials characterized by