RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Words F %1st %

2nd %

3rd

% MS %UM %

different

15

32

0 010

67

320

213

0 0

remember

30

64

10

33

0 010

33

930

1 3

volunteer

28

60

13

46

725

0 0 725

1 4

yesterday

25

53

0 0 832

11

44

624

0 0

inhabit29

62

414

0 012

41

828

517

Mean

55% 31% 20% 24% 22% 3%

Table 4.15(2)

The Erroneous Syllable or Conditions

Note. 1. Two words not contained in the textbooks are boldly marked. 2. 1st = the first syllable; 2nd = the second syllable; 3rd = the third syllable; MS = multi-stress; UM = unable to mark

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

DifferentStres

sWords F % 1s

t % 2nd % 3r

d % MS % U

M %

Stress FallOn the 1stSyllable

family

16

30

0 0 850

638

213

0 0

different

31

66

19

61

0 0 516

516

2 6

yesterday

31

66

20

65

0 0 619

516

0 0

Mean

40% － 50% 34% 17% 0%

Table 4.16(1)

The Erroneous Syllable or Conditions

Frequency and Percentage of High Achievers’ Perception Errors of the Different Stress Patterns in Three-syllable Words

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

DifferentStres

sWords F % 1s

t % 2nd % 3r

d % MS % U

M %

Stress FallOn the 2ndSyllable

tomorrow

31

66

19

61

－ － 516

516

2 6

banana31

66

20

65

－ － 619

516

0 0

delicious

27

57

13

48

－ － 726

726

0 0

remember

30

64

10

13

－ －10

33

930

1 3

inhabit

29

62

414

－ －12

41

828

517

Mean

63% 44% － 27% 23% 5%

Table 4.16(2)

The Erroneous Syllable or Conditions

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

DifferentStres

sWords F % 1s

t % 2nd % 3r

d % MS % U

M %

Stress FallOn the 3rdSyllable

volunteer

28

60

13

46

725

－ － 725

1 4

afternoon

22

55

12

46

727

－ － 727

0 0

Mean

57% 46% 26% － 26% 2%

Table 4.16(3)

The Erroneous Syllable or Conditions

Note. 1. Two words not contained in the textbooks are boldly marked. 2. 1st = the first syllable; 2nd = the second syllable; 3rd = the third syllable; MS = multi-stress; UM = unable to mark

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Words F % 1st % 2n

d % 3rd % 4th % M

S % UM %

supermarket

34

72

0 0 3 910

29

13

38

721

1 3

impossible

28

60

16

57

0 0 1 4 311

725

1 4

usually30

64

0 012

40

517

620

310

413

conversation

36

77

13

36

617

0 0 3 814

39

0 0

decoration

41

87

18

44

10

24

0 0 1 2 922

3 7

Table 4.17(1)

The Erroneous Syllable or Conditions

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Words F % 1st % 2n

d % 3rd % 4th % M

S % UM %

vegetable

32

68

0 0 825

928

516

825

2 6

embarrassin

g

27

57

13

48

0 0 0 0 2 712

44

0 0

universal

40

85

17

43

718

0 010

25

3 8 3 8

American

29

62

11

38

0 0 1 313

45

310

1 3

comfortable

29

62

0 0 2 711

38

310

13

45

0 0

Mean

69% 27% 14% 12% 18% 25% 4%

Table 4.17(2)

The Erroneous Syllable or Conditions

RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONTable

4.17(3)The Erroneous Syllable or Conditions

Note. 1. Two words not contained in the textbooks are boldly marked. 2. 1st = the first syllable; 2nd = the second syllable; 3rd = the third syllable; 4th = the fourth syllable; MS = multi- stress; UM = unable to mark

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Words F % 1st %2nd % MS % UM %

preview

31 67 － － 28 90 2 6 1 3

Sunday 34 74 － － 34100

0 0 0 0

movie 29 63 － － 29100

0 0 0 0

seafood

33 72 － － 32 97 0 0 1 3

taxi 15 33 － － 14 93 0 0 1 7

Table 4.19(1)

The Erroneous Syllable or Conditions

Frequency and Percentage of Low Achievers’ Perception Errors of the Stress Fall in the First Syllable in Bisyllable Words

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Words F % 1st %2nd % MS % UM %

limit 27 59 － － 22 81 3 11 2 7

teacher 29 63 － － 28 97 1 3 0 0

carry 15 33 － － 15100

0 0 0 0

visit 27 59 － － 25 93 2 7 0 0

forty 33 72 － － 31 94 0 0 2 6

Mean

59% － 95% 3% 2%

Table 4.19(2)The Erroneous Syllable or Conditions

Note. 1. Two words not contained in the textbooks are boldly marked. 2. 1st = the first syllable; 2nd = the second syllable; MS = multi-stress; UM = unable to mark

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Words F % 1st %2nd % MS % UM %

Chinese

18 39 17 94 － － 0 0 1 6

between

15 33 13 87 － － 0 0 2 13

review 9 29 7 28 － － 0 0 2 22

today 13 28 10 77 － － 1 8 2 15

thirteen

9 20 7 28 － － 0 0 2 22

Table 4.20(1)

The Erroneous Syllable or Conditions

Frequency and Percentage of Low Achievers’ Perception Errors of the Stress Fall in the Second Syllable in Bi-syllable Words

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Words F % 1st %2nd % MS % UM %

prepare

7 15 5 71 － － 1 14 1 14

become

13 28 12 92 － － 0 0 1 8

below 20 43 17 85 － － 0 0 3 15

enough

17 37 11 65 － － 1 6 5 29

exchange 14 30 8 57 － － 3 21 3 21

Mean

29% 78% － 5% 17%

Table 4.20(2)

The Erroneous Syllable or Conditions

Note. 1. Two words not contained in the textbooks are boldly marked.2. 1st = the first syllable; 2nd = the second syllable; MS = multi-stress; UM =nable to mark

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Words F %1st %

2nd %

3rd

% MS %UM %

family24

52

0 015

63

938

0 0 0 0

tomorrow

31

67

20

65

0 010

32

1 3 0 0

banana36

78

25

69

0 0 719

2 6 2 6

delicious

31

67

19

61

0 0 826

2 6 2 6

afternoon

24

52

11

46

10

42

0 0 1 4 2 8

Table 4.21(1)

The Erroneous Syllable or Conditions

Frequency and Percentage of Low Achievers’ Perception Errors of the Stress in Three-syllable Words

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Words F %1st %

2nd %

3rd

% MS %UM %

different

26

57

0 0 935

14

54

1 4 2 8

remember

33

72

515

0 027

82

1 3 0 0

volunteer

13

28

538

646

0 0 215

0 0

yesterday

34

74

0 014

41

16

47

412

0 0

inhabit28

61

414

0 020

71

2 7 2 7

Mean

61% 31% 23% 37% 6% 4%

Table 4.21(2)

The Erroneous Syllable or Conditions

Note. 1. Two words not contained in the textbooks are boldly marked. 2. 1st = the first syllable; 2nd = the second syllable; 3rd = the third syllable; MS = multi-stress; UM = unable to mark

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

DifferentStres

sWords F % 1s

t % 2nd % 3r

d % MS % U

M %

Stress FallOn the 1stSyllable

family

24

52

－ －15

63

938

0 0 0 0

different

26

57

－ － 935

14

54

1 4 2 8

yesterday

34

74

－ －14

41

16

47

412

0 0

Mean

61% － 46% 46% 5% 3%

Table 4.22(1)

The Erroneous Syllable or Conditions

Frequency and Percentage of Low Achievers’ Perception Errors of the Different Stress Patterns in Three-syllable Words

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

DifferentStres

sWords F % 1s

t % 2nd % 3r

d % MS % U

M %

Stress FallOn the 2ndSyllable

tomorrow

31

27

60

25

－ －10

32

1 3 0 0

delicious

31

67

19

61

－ － 826

2 6 2 6

banana 3678

25

69

－ － 719

2 6 2 6

remember

33

72

515

－ －27

82

1 3 0 0

inhabit

28

61

414

－ －20

71

2 7 2 7

Mean

69% 45% － 46% 5% 4%

Table 4.22(2)

The Erroneous Syllable or Conditions

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

DifferentStres

sWords F % 1s

t % 2nd % 3r

d % MS % U

M %

Stress FallOn the 3rdSyllable

afternoon

24

52

11

46

10

42

－ － 1 4 2 8

volunteer

13

28

538

646

－ － 2 5 0 0

Mean

40% 42% 44% － 10% 4%

Table 4.22(3)

The Erroneous Syllable or Conditions

Note. 1. Two words not contained in the textbooks are boldly marked. 2. 1st = the first syllable; 2nd = the second syllable; 3rd = the third syllable; MS = multi-stress; UM = unable to mark

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Words F % 1st % 2n

d % 3rd % 4th % M

S % UM %

supermarke

t

38

83

0 0 411

15

39

16

42

3 8 0 0

impossible

31

67

16

52

0 0 310

10

32

2 6 0 0

usually

34

74

0 011

32

618

16

47

0 0 1 3

conversatio

n

28

61

932

829

0 0 725

311

1 4

decoration

37

80

12

32

13

35

0 0 411

514

3 8

Table 4.23(1)

The Erroneous Syllable or Conditions

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Words F % 1st % 2n

d % 3rd % 4th % M

S % UM %

vegetable

41

89

0 012

29

17

41

717

3 7 2 5

embarrassing

24

52

11

46

0 0 313

521

313

2 8

universal

32

70

825

619

0 015

47

2 6 1 3

American

39

85

718

0 0 513

25

64

1 3 1 3

comfortable

40

87

0 0 923

14

35

10

25

615

1 3

Mean

75% 20% 18% 17% 33% 8% 4%

Table 4.23(2)

The Erroneous Syllable or Conditions

RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONTable

4.23(3)The Erroneous Syllable or Conditions

Note. 1. Two words not contained in the textbooks are boldly marked. 2. 1st = the first syllable; 2nd = the second syllable; 3rd = the third syllable; 4th = the fourth syllable; MS = multi- stress; UM = unable to mark

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