Phonograms in English songs for children
Abstract
The study is about diphthong phonograms in English songs for children. The main goal of the study is to investigate, clarify and exploit diphthong phonograms in 1000 English songs for children so that those interested in this topic will have an overall view of the most and least common diphthong phonograms in English songs for children. With this end in mind, the researchers adopt a mixed-method approach. To be more specific, qualitative method is employed to identify and calculate the occurrences of diphthong phonograms. At the same time, the study also resorts to quantitative method, which enables the researchers to analyze some typical characteristics of surveyed diphthong phonograms. The final results unfold that closing phonograms (Type II) are far more common than centring phonograms (Type I). Regarding pedagogical significance, three sets of products have been carefully designed for teaching diphthong phonograms for children.