Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Parentese, the exaggerated, drawn-out form of speech that people use to communicate with babies, apparently is universal and plays a vital role in helping infants to analyse and absorb the phonetic elements of their parents' language. An international study shows that infants are so good at analysing this speech that by the age of 20 weeks they are beginning to produce the three vowel sounds common to all human languages - "ee", "ah" and "uu".
"Parentese has a melody to it. And inside this melody is a tutorial for the baby that contains exceptionally well-formed versions of the building blocks of language", explains Patricia Kuhl, a University of Washington neuroscientist. The new study examined differences in how American, Russian and Swedish mothers speak to their infants and to other adults. The study shows that parentese is characterised by over-articulation that exaggerates the sounds contained in words. Mothers in the study were, in effect, sounding out "super-vowels" to help their infants learn the phonetic elements of language.
"In normal, everyday speech adults generally race along at a very fast pace", Kuhl says. But we know it is easier to understand a speaker when they stretch out sounds. That's why we tend to speak more slowly and carefully to increase understanding when we teach in the classroom or talk to strangers. We also do this unconsciously with babies, giving them an improved verbal signal they can capitalise on by slowing down and over articulating.
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one thing parents tend to do when they talk with their babies?
A. stretching out sounds.
B. teaching phonetic elements.
C. speaking more slowly and carefully.
D. exaggerating sounds.
Parentese, the exaggerated, drawn-out form of speech that people use to communicate with babies, apparently is universal and plays a vital role in helping infants to analyse and absorb the phonetic elements of their parents' language. An international study shows that infants are so good at analysing this speech that by the age of 20 weeks they are beginning to produce the three vowel sounds common to all human languages - "ee", "ah" and "uu".
"Parentese has a melody to it. And inside this melody is a tutorial for the baby that contains exceptionally well-formed versions of the building blocks of language", explains Patricia Kuhl, a University of Washington neuroscientist. The new study examined differences in how American, Russian and Swedish mothers speak to their infants and to other adults. The study shows that parentese is characterised by over-articulation that exaggerates the sounds contained in words. Mothers in the study were, in effect, sounding out "super-vowels" to help their infants learn the phonetic elements of language.
"In normal, everyday speech adults generally race along at a very fast pace", Kuhl says. But we know it is easier to understand a speaker when they stretch out sounds. That's why we tend to speak more slowly and carefully to increase understanding when we teach in the classroom or talk to strangers. We also do this unconsciously with babies, giving them an improved verbal signal they can capitalise on by slowing down and over articulating.
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one thing parents tend to do when they talk with their babies?
A. stretching out sounds.
B. teaching phonetic elements.
C. speaking more slowly and carefully.
D. exaggerating sounds.
Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu
Giải thích:
Điều nào sau đây KHÔNG được đề cập đến như một điều cha mẹ có xu hướng làm khi họ nói chuyện với em bé?
A. kéo dài âm thanh
B. dạy các yếu tố ngữ âm
C. nói chậm và cẩn thận hơn
D. cường điệu các âm thanh
Thông tin:
- The study shows that parentese is characterised by over-articulation that exaggerates the sounds contained
in words.
- But we know it is easier to understand a speaker when they stretch out sounds. That's why we tend to speak more slowly and carefully to increase understanding when we teach in the classroom or talk to strangers. We also do this unconsciously with babies, ...
Tạm dịch:
- Nghiên cứu cho thấy rằng phương pháp "parentese" được đặc trưng bởi sự phát âm quá mức làm phóng đại các âm thanh có trong các từ.
- Nhưng chúng ta biết sẽ dễ hiểu hơn khi người nói kéo dài âm thanh. Đó là lý do tại sao chúng ta có xu
hướng nói chậm hơn và cẩn thận hơn để tăng sự hiểu biết khi chúng ta dạy trong lớp hoặc nói chuyện với
người lạ. Chúng ta cũng làm điều này một cách vô thức với các em bé, ...
Các phương án A, C, D không phù hợp
Giải thích:
Điều nào sau đây KHÔNG được đề cập đến như một điều cha mẹ có xu hướng làm khi họ nói chuyện với em bé?
A. kéo dài âm thanh
B. dạy các yếu tố ngữ âm
C. nói chậm và cẩn thận hơn
D. cường điệu các âm thanh
Thông tin:
- The study shows that parentese is characterised by over-articulation that exaggerates the sounds contained
in words.
- But we know it is easier to understand a speaker when they stretch out sounds. That's why we tend to speak more slowly and carefully to increase understanding when we teach in the classroom or talk to strangers. We also do this unconsciously with babies, ...
Tạm dịch:
- Nghiên cứu cho thấy rằng phương pháp "parentese" được đặc trưng bởi sự phát âm quá mức làm phóng đại các âm thanh có trong các từ.
- Nhưng chúng ta biết sẽ dễ hiểu hơn khi người nói kéo dài âm thanh. Đó là lý do tại sao chúng ta có xu
hướng nói chậm hơn và cẩn thận hơn để tăng sự hiểu biết khi chúng ta dạy trong lớp hoặc nói chuyện với
người lạ. Chúng ta cũng làm điều này một cách vô thức với các em bé, ...
Các phương án A, C, D không phù hợp
Đáp án B.