awej 5 no.4 full issue 2014

AWEJ Volume.5 Number.3, 2014Students‟ Ability to Identify Different Tones and the Tonic SyllableMohamedTable.3 Identifying the tone “Fall-rise”Tones Pre- Post-One You One YouF. % F. % F. % F. %Fall 27 29.3 23 25.0 16 17.4 5 5.4Rise 43 46.7 16 17.4 29 31.5 13 14.1Fall – rise 10 10.9 33 35.9 23 25.0 47 51.1Rise – fall 12 13.0 20 21.7 24 26.1 27 29.3Total 92 100 92 100.0 92 100.0 92 100.0The correct tone for the word “One”, and “you” is fall-rise only 10.9%,35.9%respectively of the students got it right in the „Pre‟. However, the performance of the studentsimproved more students got it right on the „Post‟ that is 25%, 51.1% respectively, this shows thatsome of them got a better understanding of this tone. The tone with the second higher percentagewhich students have mistaken it with fall-rise in the „Pre‟ is fall, this is 29.3%,25% respectivelybut the students performance improved and only 17.4%, 5.4% of the students have mistaken itwith fall in the „Post‟. For the word “One” many students have mistaken it with rise in both tests,in the Pre. 46.7%, and in the Post 31.5%. This shows that students mistaken rise with rise-fall.For the word “you” the tone with the second higher percentage which students have mistaken itwith fall-rise in the „Post‟ is rise-fall, this is 29.3 this tone is closer to fall-rise than fall, thisreflects that the students started to develop better understanding to tones as general.Table.4 Identifying the tone of the word “Rise-fall”Tones Pre- Post-Four More Four MoreF. % F. % F. % F. %Fall 1 1.1 16 17.4 5 5.4 3 3.3Rise 19 20.7 14 15.2 9 9.8 12 13.0Fall – rise 37 40.2 23 25.0 38 41.3 37 40.2Rise – fall 35 38.0 39 42.4 40 43.5 40 43.5Total 92 100.0 92 100.0 92 100.0 92 100.0Arab World English JournalISSN: 2229-9327www.awej.org302