The present situation of Chinese pronunciation teaching in Hungarian universities

Abstract

Pronunciation can be considered as the “material shell” of a language and is also the most external feature of a language system. It is probably one of the most essential components of intelligibility. Chinese pronunciation is a basis of TCFL, what is more, it is the most important prerequisite of training learner’s skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing and social communication. However, owing to the particularities of the pronunciation of Mandarin, the effects of pronunciation teaching cannot be perceived as immediately as those of vocabulary
teaching and grammar teaching. The error analysis of pronunciation is even weaker. This thesis investigates the current situation of pronunciation teaching in the department of Chinese of ELTE in terms of curriculum, teaching methods and teaching materials, therefore, the current situation of pronunciation teaching in Hungarian universities is reflected.