| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第10-19页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第19-24页 |
| ·Motivation for the study | 第19-21页 |
| ·Why researching EFL phonology | 第19-20页 |
| ·Why focusing on musical aptitude | 第20-21页 |
| ·Purpose and significance of the study | 第21-23页 |
| ·Layout of the dissertation | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第24-62页 |
| ·Definition of terms | 第24-30页 |
| ·Musical aptitude | 第24-26页 |
| ·EFL phonological skills | 第26页 |
| ·Extra-linguistic variables | 第26-30页 |
| ·Theoretical issues | 第30-37页 |
| ·Musical origin of language | 第30-32页 |
| ·Parallels between music and speech | 第32-34页 |
| ·Cerebral processing of music and language | 第34-36页 |
| ·Extra-linguistic variables and individual differences factors in L2 phonological acquisition | 第36-37页 |
| ·Studies on musical aptitude and L2/FL phonology | 第37-44页 |
| ·Studies supporting the music-phonology link | 第37-43页 |
| ·Musical perception and L2/FL phonological production | 第38-39页 |
| ·Musical perception and L2/FL phonological perception | 第39-40页 |
| ·Musical perception and L2/FL phonological perception/production | 第40-41页 |
| ·Musical perception/production and L2/FL phonological production | 第41页 |
| ·Musical perception/production and L2/FL phonological perception/production | 第41-43页 |
| ·Studies denying the music-phonology link | 第43-44页 |
| ·Critique of the music-phonology studies and proposed solutions | 第44-50页 |
| ·Structural equation modeling | 第50-52页 |
| ·Introduction of modeling | 第50-51页 |
| ·Interpretation of fit indices | 第51-52页 |
| ·Postulation of the conceptual model | 第52-56页 |
| ·Studies on extra-linguistic variables and L2/FL phonology | 第56-62页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第62-98页 |
| ·Research questions | 第62-63页 |
| ·Participants | 第63-65页 |
| ·Instruments | 第65-80页 |
| ·Receptive musical aptitude test | 第66-67页 |
| ·Productive musical aptitude test | 第67页 |
| ·Receptive EFL phonological skills test | 第67-76页 |
| ·Phoneme subtest | 第68-69页 |
| ·Stress subtest | 第69-71页 |
| ·Rhythm subtest | 第71-72页 |
| ·Intonation subtest | 第72-75页 |
| ·Recording | 第75-76页 |
| ·Productive EFL phonological skills test | 第76-78页 |
| ·Phoneme subtest | 第76-77页 |
| ·Stress subtest | 第77页 |
| ·Rhythm subtest | 第77-78页 |
| ·Intonation subtest | 第78页 |
| ·EFL phonology learning questionnaire | 第78-80页 |
| ·Interview schedule | 第80页 |
| ·Description of study variables | 第80-82页 |
| ·Data collection | 第82-85页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第85-98页 |
| ·Scoring of tests | 第85-88页 |
| ·Statistical procedures | 第88-90页 |
| ·Item analysis | 第90-93页 |
| ·Reliability analysis | 第93页 |
| ·Validity analysis | 第93-95页 |
| ·Assessment of model variables | 第95-98页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第98-133页 |
| ·Predictors of EFL phonological skills | 第98-119页 |
| ·Descriptive statistics for the variables in regression analysis | 第98-99页 |
| ·Predictors of EFL phonological skills | 第99-101页 |
| ·Interview evidence | 第101-119页 |
| ·Attitudes towards EFL phonology learning | 第102-105页 |
| ·Musical aptitude | 第105-114页 |
| ·Aptitude for oral mimicry | 第114-115页 |
| ·Strategies for EFL phonology learning | 第115-119页 |
| ·Relations between musical aptitude and EFL phonological skills | 第119-133页 |
| ·Descriptive statistics for the variables in structural modeling | 第119页 |
| ·Description of the structural model | 第119-124页 |
| ·Effects of musical aptitude on EFL phonological skills | 第124-129页 |
| ·Effects of productive musical aptitude on two productive variables | 第124-127页 |
| ·Effects of receptive musical aptitude on two suprasegmental variables | 第127-129页 |
| ·Interpretation of the non-admissible variable | 第129-133页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第133-143页 |
| ·Major findings | 第133-134页 |
| ·Implications | 第134-140页 |
| ·Theoretical implications | 第135-137页 |
| ·Methodological implications | 第137-139页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第139-140页 |
| ·Limitations | 第140-141页 |
| ·Directions for future research | 第141-143页 |
| References | 第143-160页 |
| Appendices | 第160-204页 |
| Appendix 1:Z scores for the high and low achievers of EFL phonological skills | 第160-161页 |
| Appendix 2:The staves for the productive musical aptitude test | 第161-162页 |
| Appendix 3:The original receptive EFL phonological skills test | 第162-169页 |
| Appendix 4:Screening results of the original receptive EFL phonological skills test | 第169-171页 |
| Appendix 5:The formal receptive EFL phonological skills test | 第171-175页 |
| Appendix 6:The stimuli for the subtests of phoneme, stress and rhythm on the original receptive EFL phonological skills test | 第175-178页 |
| Appendix 7:The formal productive EFL phonological skills test | 第178-181页 |
| Appendix 8:The phonemes covered by the sentences on the formal phoneme subtest | 第181-182页 |
| Appendix 9:The EFL phonology learning questionnaire | 第182-186页 |
| Appendix 10:The interview schedule | 第186-187页 |
| Appendix 11:The evaluation sheet for rating of the speech samples | 第187-191页 |
| Appendix 12:The rating process of the Tell Me More program | 第191-192页 |
| Appendix 13:The results of item discrimination analysis of the non-objective instruments | 第192-198页 |
| Appendix 14:The results of factor analysis of the productive EFL phonological skills test | 第198-199页 |
| Appendix 15:The results of factor analysis of the productive musical aptitude test | 第199-200页 |
| Appendix 16:The results of factor analysis of the motivation part on the questionnaire | 第200-201页 |
| Appendix 17:The results of factor analysis of the strategy part on the questionnaire | 第201-202页 |
| Appendix 18:Eta coefficients between the nominal variables and EFL phonological skills | 第202-203页 |
| Appendix 19:Correlation matrix for LISREL modeling | 第203-204页 |
