| Project/Area Number |
08680238
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Educational technology
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
GRAY Robert R. School of Human Sciences, Wasseda University, Professor, 人間科学部, 教授 (30167077)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HIKI Shizuo School of Human Sciences, Wasseda University, Professor, 人間科学部, 教授 (50006227)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1996 – 1997
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1997)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Fiscal Year 1996: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
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| Keywords | English / IPA / Pronouciation / Listening / CAI / Vowel / Consonant / Speech |
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| Research Abstract |
Generalization of editing teaching materials of English hearing and pronounciation for Japanese students was discussed by use of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbol system. Utilizing a computer aided instruction (CAI) software, individual difference of learning process and effect of intervention through the IPA was observed, especially for the most important differences between English and Japanese speech such as vowel system and kind of consonants.
Subjects were four undergraduate students (three male and a female) of Scool of Human Sciences and two graduate students (a male and a female) of Graduate Scool of Human Sciences, Waseda University, six in total. They were included in the category of top 20% in English achievement. The software used here is ATR Hearing School produced by International Research Institute for Electrical Communacation Basic Technology. Inc.
In course of learning process, mutual relationship between /l/ and /r/ sounds, and variation of Japanese /ra/ column sounds according to the preceding and following sounds were explained systematically on the IPA chart of consonants. In addition, mutual relationship between the 12 kinds of English vowels and the five Japanese vowels, and place of articulation of consonants were demonstrated on the cross sectional figure of articulatory organs.
Remarkable results of the observation are as follows : 1)There were difference in the score of listening test both for vowels and consonants among the subjects. 2)Scores of listening test for vowels and consonants were reversed among the subjects. 3)Number of steps necessary in the learning process was significuntly different. 4)The intervention through the IPA was effective for the subjects not having grasped the difference of auditory framework of the speech sounds.
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