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A fundamental study on word skipping in second language reading

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K16887
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Foreign language education
Research InstitutionNagoya Gakuin University

Principal Investigator

Leung Chi Yui  名古屋学院大学, 経済学部, 講師 (80648262)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Keywords第二言語読解 / 読み飛ばし / 読解力 / 読解方略 / 情意的要因 / 眼球運動 / 語長効果 / 頻度効果 / 英語学習者 / 読解力構成技能 / リーディング・コーパス / 多読活動 / 第二言語 / リーディング / 個人差 / 外国語教育 / 第二言語習得 / 実験系心理学 / 読解
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The present study investigated the underlying factors influencing word skipping among Japanese EFL learners. Overall, word skipping probabilities were lower among Japanese EFL learners than among native English speakers. With respect to the effects of word properties, word length effects on word skipping probabilities were dominant. Effects of word frequency were also observed, while effects of word predictability were not found. For the reader-related variables, the results showed that L2 reading skills, emotional attributes and reading strategies influenced word skipping probabilities.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義は、第二言語(L2)学習者の読解時の読み飛ばし―眼球運動の基本現象―に焦点を置いていることにある。L2習得の分野では主に、統語的・語彙的な処理を観察する手法として眼球運動計測が用いられているが、L2学習者の読解時の眼球運動そのものに注目する研究は稀である。本研究成果として挙げられる点は、読み手の英語力や情意的な側面および読解方略が単語の読み飛ばしに影響を及ぼすことが明らかになったことである。本成果は、外国語としての英語学習において、英語力の向上や適切な読解指導を受けることでより英語母語話者のように英語を読み飛ばし流暢に読めるようになる可能性を示唆するものである。

Report

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

    (15 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 2016

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 1 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results) Presentation (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 8 results)

  • [Journal Article] The threshold of anxiety in a low-stakes test of foreign language reading2018

    • Author(s)
      Mikami, H., Leung, C.Y., & Yoshikawa, L.
    • Journal Title

      Reading in a Foreign Language

      Volume: 30 Pages: 92-107

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 第2言語読解における読み飛ばしに関する予備的研究:語長と第2言語習熟度の効果を焦点に2017

    • Author(s)
      梁 志鋭
    • Journal Title

      名古屋学院大学論集 言語・文化篇

      Volume: 28(2) Pages: 125-133

    • NAID

      40021177551

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Reading habit and reading comprehension among Japanese EFL learners2016

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa, L., & Leung, C.Y.
    • Journal Title

      The JACET Chubu Journal

      Volume: 14 Pages: 35-50

    • NAID

      40021444234

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Ever-changing mood states as possible indicators of academic performance in second language learning2019

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa, L. & Leung, C.Y.
    • Organizer
      The 58th JACET International Convention
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Effects of Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies on L2 Online Reading: A Preliminary Eye-Tracking Study2018

    • Author(s)
      Leung, C.Y. & Yoshikawa, L.
    • Organizer
      The 1st Annual Conference of the Japan Association for Applied Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Effects of Syntactic Distributional Information on L2 Processing: An Eye-Tracking Corpus Study2018

    • Author(s)
      Leung, C.Y., Abe, D., & Yoshikawa, L.
    • Organizer
      The 2018 conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Relative Contributions of Orthographic, Phonological, and Morphological Processing Skills to L2 Vocabulary Development2017

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa, L. & Leung, C.Y.
    • Organizer
      The Japanese Society for Language Sciences 19th Annual International Conference (JSLS 2017)
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyoto Women’s University, Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2017-07-01
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Individual Differences in Word Recognition Strategies During L2 Sentence Reading: Word Length, Word Frequency and First-Fixation Locations2017

    • Author(s)
      Leung, C.Y., & Yoshikawa, L.
    • Organizer
      The Japanese Society for Language Sciences 19th Annual International Conference (JSLS 2017)
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyoto Women’s University, Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2017-07-01
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Exploring the threshold of anxiety in foreign language reading: A correlation study between self-estimated anxiety and reading comprehension performance2017

    • Author(s)
      Mikami, H., Leung, C.Y., & Yoshikawa, L.
    • Organizer
      The 1st Annual Conference of the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia
    • Place of Presentation
      The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
    • Year and Date
      2017-02-24
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Effects of Anxiety on Word Recognition During Second Language Reading: An Eye-Tracking Study2017

    • Author(s)
      Leung, C.Y., Mikami, H., & Yoshikawa, L.
    • Organizer
      The 27th annual conference of the European Second Language Association
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 英単語の読み飛ばしと読解力構成技能の関連について ―眼球運動データによるリーディング・コーパスをもとに―2017

    • Author(s)
      梁志鋭
    • Organizer
      全国英語教育学会第43回島根研究大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 自己効力感が英文読解の効率性に与える効果について―眼球運動データをもとに―2017

    • Author(s)
      梁志鋭・三上仁志・吉川りさ
    • Organizer
      外国語教育メディア学会第57回全国研究大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] An Eye Tracking Study on Automatic Skipping of the Article The in L2 Reading2016

    • Author(s)
      Leung, C.Y.
    • Organizer
      The 35th Second Language Research Forum (SLRF 2016)
    • Place of Presentation
      Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A.
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-22
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Effects of Affective Factors on Online L2 Processing in Reading: An Eye Tracking Study2016

    • Author(s)
      Leung, C.Y., Mikami, H., & Yoshikawa, L.
    • Organizer
      Pacific Second Language Research Forum 2016 (PacSLRF2016)
    • Place of Presentation
      Chuo University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-09
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Different use pattern of metacognitive reading strategy at three developmental stages2016

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa, L., & Leung, C.Y.
    • Organizer
      Pacific Second Language Research Forum 2016 (PacSLRF2016)
    • Place of Presentation
      Chuo University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-09
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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