Studies of Psychology and Behavior ›› 2015, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (4): 472-478.

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Effect of Background Music on Chinese and English Reading Comprehension

Ma Xie1, 2, Liu Jia1, Liu Yan3, Tao Yun1, Zhang Qiuyue1, Chen Rui1   

  1. 1 Department of Educational Science and Management in Yunnan Normal University,Kunming 650500, 2 Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, 3 Department of for Foreign Languages and Culture in Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500
  • Received:2014-11-20 Online:2015-07-30 Published:2015-07-20

背景音乐对中—英文阅读理解的影响效应

马谐1,2, 刘佳1, 刘艳3, 陶云1, 张秋月1, 陈睿1   

  1. 1 云南师范大学教育科学与管理学院,昆明 650500;
    2 中国科学院心理研究所,北京 100101;
    3 昆明理工大学外国语言文化学院,昆明 650500
  • 通讯作者: 陶云
  • 基金资助:
    云南省教育科学规划研究课题(GY11025)和教育部研究基地重大项目(2009jjdxix002)。

Abstract: The current study examined the effect of background music with different tempo(slow/faster)and timber(voice/piano)on English(experiment 1)and Chinese(experiment 2) reading comprehension of Chinese college students. The results show that there was a negative effect of background music on both Chinese and English reading comprehension. The tempo of music have various effects on English and Chinese reading performance, the faster the background music is, the slower the English reading speed is. On the contrary, under faster background music, Chinese reading speed is faster. There is an obvious effect of timber, both English and Chinese reading performance under background music with voice is better than under background music with piano.

Key words: background music, English reading, Chinese reading, tempo, timber.

摘要: 分别探讨了不同速度(慢速、快速)和不同音色(人声、钢琴)的音乐对英文阅读(实验1)和中文阅读(实验2)的影响效应。结果显示:(1)无论在英文阅读和中文阅读条件下,都表现出有背景音乐下的阅读效率低于无背景音乐下的阅读效率;(2)在英文阅读条件下,快速音乐下的阅读效率低于慢速音乐下的阅读效率,在中文阅读条件下,结果正好相反;(3)在英文阅读和中文阅读条件下,都表现出人声音乐下的阅读效率高于钢琴音乐下的阅读效率。

关键词: 背景音乐, 中文阅读, 英文阅读, 音速, 音色。

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