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Comparative study on metalinguistic abilities between Japanese/Engish bilingual and Japanese monolingual kindergardeners: an fNIRS study

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K13225
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Linguistics
Research InstitutionRitsumeikan University

Principal Investigator

TAURA Hideyuki  立命館大学, 言語教育情報研究科, 教授 (40313738)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywordsバイリンガリズム / 認知的発達 / メタ言語能力 / 園児 / 日英バイリンガル / 日本語モノリンガル / fNIRS / 近赤外分光法 / 日英バイリンガル園児 / 認知能力発達 / 脳賦活 / バイリンガル / ブレインイメージング / 幼稚園児 / 認知的葛藤タスク / メタ言語発達 / 縦断研究
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study attempted to disclose whether Japanese-English bilinguals (a greater language distance combination than alphabetical language combination) possessed better metalinguistic abilities than Japanese monolingual kindergarteners. Their behavioural data revealed virtually no differences between the two groups, while brain-activation (using fNIRS values on Fp1 and Fp2) data showed a bilingual advantage up to age 5 in Fp1, which lends support to Bialystok et al’s study (2004).

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

幼い頃からバイリンガル環境にいる子どもは、モノリンガル環境にいる子どもに比べてメタ言語能力が早くに発達する為に、認知的葛藤タスクにおいて行動データの優位性を示す研究結果がアルファベット言語間バイリンガルで示されてきた。この現象が言語間距離の遠い日英バイリンガルにも敷衍できるのかを、脳賦活データも対象として調査した。その結果、認知的葛藤タスク遂行時の行動データに関しては、2歳時にモノリンガルが優るが3歳以降6歳時までバイリンガル・モノリンガル間に差はなかったが、脳賦活様態を精査したところ、左脳ではバイリンガルの優位性が4歳位までは顕著であった(右脳では5歳時のみ)。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (27 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 2016

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results) Presentation (22 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 9 results,  Invited: 8 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] 萌芽的プロジェクトB2「新英語教授法開発研究会」研究報告: 継承語教育へのtranslanguaging導入:海外土曜校でのケーススタディー2018

    • Author(s)
      田浦秀幸
    • Journal Title

      立命館言語文化研究

      Volume: 30 Pages: 71-90

    • NAID

      120006551835

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A Linguistic and Neuro-Linguistic Case Study Examining the Developmental Stages in the First 6 Years of EFL Learning in Japan2018

    • Author(s)
      TAURA, Hideyuki
    • Journal Title

      JALT Mind, Brain, and Education SIGThe MindBrainEd Journal

      Volume: 1 Pages: 28-46

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 書評 Translanguaging: Language, Bilingualism and Education2017

    • Author(s)
      田浦秀幸
    • Journal Title

      多言語多文化研

      Volume: 23 Pages: 55-56

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Regression and progression of a Japanese-English bilingual's languages: A longitudinal neuro-linguistic enquiry2018

    • Author(s)
      TAURA, Hideyuki
    • Organizer
      UIC Bilingualism Forum 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] An fNIRS study on language acquisition and attrition2018

    • Author(s)
      TAURA, Hideyuki & TAURA, Amanda
    • Organizer
      fNIRS国際学会 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] L2 loss and re-acquisition: A neurolinguistics/linguistic case study2018

    • Author(s)
      TAURA, Hideyuki
    • Organizer
      LINGUAPAX ASIA 2018 International Symposium
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 日英通訳体験による脳賦活様態の変化: 6年間の縦断研究2018

    • Author(s)
      田浦秀幸
    • Organizer
      日本認知科学学会第35回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 日本でのバイリンガル教育と子育て: 保護者・教育関係者対象2018

    • Author(s)
      田浦秀幸
    • Organizer
      第一言語としてのバイリンガリズム研究会第17回研究会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] シドニーでのバイカルチャー・バイリンガル教育と子育て2017

    • Author(s)
      田浦秀幸
    • Organizer
      国際交流基金・New South Wales大学共催「日本語教育シンポジウム」での基調講演
    • Place of Presentation
      シドニー(オーストラリア)
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-19
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Developmental Narrative Ability in a Bilingual L1' & 'L2 Narrative Development and Brain Connectivity2017

    • Author(s)
      Taura, Hideyuki
    • Organizer
      Research Seminar at University of Technology, Sydney
    • Place of Presentation
      シドニー(オーストラリア)
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-16
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 「バイリンガル脳とバイリンガル子育て」2017

    • Author(s)
      田浦秀幸
    • Organizer
      シドニー日本語土曜日学校講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      シドニー(オーストラリア)
    • Year and Date
      2017-02-25
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 「継承語・バイリンガル教育」2017

    • Author(s)
      田浦秀幸
    • Organizer
      シドニー日本語土曜日学校講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      シドニー(オーストラリア)
    • Year and Date
      2017-02-25
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Language Attrition and Reactivation in Childhood: Two comparative case studies2017

    • Author(s)
      Hideyuki Taura & Christina Flores
    • Organizer
      11th ISB (International Symposium on Bilingualism) at University of Limerick, Ireland
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Brain Activation, Connectivity and the L2 Onset Age Effect2017

    • Author(s)
      Hideyuki Taura
    • Organizer
      Bilingualism vs. Monolingualism: A new perspective to limitations on L2 acquisition. Toulouse, France
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Does interpreting between two linguistically distant languages induce brain restructuring? A longitudinal brain-imaging case study of a professional Japanese-English interpreter2017

    • Author(s)
      Hideyuki Taura
    • Organizer
      The 8th Asian Translation Tradition Conference at SOAS, London, UK
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] L2 Narrative development and brain connectivity2017

    • Author(s)
      Hideyuki Taura & Amanda Taura
    • Organizer
      EuroSLA27 (the 27th European Second Language Acquisition) at the University of Reading, UK,
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] L2 onset effect on brain circuitry: An fNIRS study examining early Japanese-English bilinguals2017

    • Author(s)
      Hideyuki Taura
    • Organizer
      fNIRS UK 2017, at UCL/Birbeck, London, UK
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] An fNIRS study of a professional Japanese-English interpreter and how his L2 narrative style and brain activation was affected by his experience2017

    • Author(s)
      Hideyuki Taura & Amanda Taura
    • Organizer
      Framing Minds: English and Affective Neurosciences, at University of Naples, Italy
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Ideal school settings for enhancing children's bilinguality - an insight from a Japanese case study2017

    • Author(s)
      Hideyuki Taura
    • Organizer
      Multilingualism as a Resource: Bringing Home Language to the Fore, at University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Narrative development and brain activation in L1 and L22017

    • Author(s)
      Hideyuki Taura
    • Organizer
      SOAS Linguistics Departmental Seminar Series. 2017.5.2. SOAS, University of London
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] ロンドンでのバイリンガル・バイカルチャー教育と子育て2017

    • Author(s)
      田浦秀幸
    • Organizer
      立命館英国事務所主催
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 第二言語習得理論から見た発信型英語教育教授法2017

    • Author(s)
      田浦秀幸
    • Organizer
      立命館大学PEP主催, 2017.11.11@OIC, 立命館大学
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] An fNIRS Case Study Tracking L2 Proficiency Development2016

    • Author(s)
      Taura, Hideyuki and Taura, Amanda
    • Organizer
      fNIRS2016 (The society for functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy 2016 Biennial meeting)
    • Place of Presentation
      パリ(フランス)
    • Year and Date
      2016-10-13
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Japanese-English bilingual’s narrative development compared to L1 English monolingual’s: A case study' as a convener of the colloquium ‘The development of the socially non-dominant language: Bilingual narrative analysis from multiple perspectives’2016

    • Author(s)
      Taura, Hideyuki
    • Organizer
      2016 Pacific Second Language Research Forum (PacSLRF)
    • Place of Presentation
      中央大学(東京都・八王子市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-09
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Two Differing Spotlights on Bilingual Attrition Research: Brain-Imaging and Linguistic Data Analysis2016

    • Author(s)
      Taura, Hideyuki and Qiao, Ting
    • Organizer
      JALT CALL & BRAIN 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      玉川大学(東京都・町田市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-06-03
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Book] In Kopke, B. & Schmid, M. (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Language Attrition2019

    • Author(s)
      TAURA, Hideyuki
    • Total Pages
      704
    • Publisher
      Oxford University Press
    • ISBN
      9780198793595
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 中学英語でやさしく話す2018

    • Author(s)
      英語勉強法の脳科学 pp.12-23
    • Total Pages
      80
    • Publisher
      プレジデント社
    • ISBN
      9784833476546
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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