The purpose of this study is to describe a longitudinal case study of pronunciation acquisition for an Arabic child who watched English TV cartoons in an English as a foreign language (EFL) setting, basically in Buraidah, Saudi Arabia. The child, whose name is Anmar, was raised in a typical Arabic environment where Arabic was the only means of communication he experienced. He watched selected English TV cartoons since he was three years old and until he was ten years old. This research study focused on Anamr's acquisition of pronunciation, although the chances to use the language were very limited due to his EFL environment. Additionally, the study aims at comparing Anmar's pronunciation of problematic sounds to Arab learners of English, as stated in previous studies. The research adopted a longitudinal research methodology aiming to find if watching English TV cartoons without even minimum use of language could impact the child's pronunciation compared to his counterparts of Arab learners of English. Therefore, this research utilized some methods, including rating some audio and video recordings of conversations with his father and storytelling. Two native speakers of English rated his performance. A mispronunciation recognition test was carried out to evaluate Anmar's recognition of mispronunciation. The study found out that Anmar's pronunciation was native-like. He far outperformed the Arab learners of English concerning the problematic sounds to Arab learners. He easily differentiates between, for instance, minimal pairs, diphthongs, consonant clusters, vowels, and intonation. The study concluded that children might acquire English pronunciation by watching TV cartoons to be able to overcome the pronunciation problems that many Arab speakers experience. Additionally, English learners in elementary schools may watch such programs to train them to listen to authentic language in media.

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在 EFL 环境中观看卡通片对儿童发音的影响：与 EFL 学习者有问题的声音的比较研究

本研究的目的是描述一个阿拉伯儿童发音习得的纵向案例研究，该儿童主要在沙特阿拉伯的布赖代 (Buraidah) 观看以英语作为外语 (EFL) 的英语电视卡通片。这个孩子名叫安马尔，在典型的阿拉伯语环境中长大，在那里，阿拉伯语是他唯一的交流方式。他从三岁到十岁都看精选的英国电视卡通片。这项研究侧重于 Anamr 的发音习得，尽管由于他的 EFL 环境，使用该语言的机会非常有限。此外，该研究旨在将 Anmar 的有问题的发音与阿拉伯英语学习者的发音进行比较，正如之前的研究中所述。该研究采用纵向研究方法，旨在发现与阿拉伯英语学习者的同行相比，即使不使用最少的语言，观看英语电视卡通片是否会影响孩子的发音。因此，本研究采用了一些方法，包括对与父亲谈话和讲故事的一些音频和视频录音进行评分。两位母语为英语的人评价了他的表现。进行了错误发音识别测试以评估 Anmar 对错误发音的识别。研究发现，安马尔的发音很像母语。在阿拉伯学习者有问题的发音方面，他的表现远远优于阿拉伯英语学习者。例如，他很容易区分最小对、双元音、辅音群、元音和语调。该研究得出的结论是，孩子们可以通过观看电视卡通来学习英语发音，从而能够克服许多阿拉伯语人士遇到的发音问题。此外，小学的英语学习者可以通过观看此类节目来训练他们在媒体中聆听地道的语言。