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A psycholinguistic support for fluent production of verb arguments and adjuncts in L2 English

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K02975
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Foreign language education
Research InstitutionOita University

Principal Investigator

YANAI Tomohiko  大分大学, 教育学部, 特任教授 (60136025)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Keywords英文のプラニング / 動詞と主語 / 心理言語学 / 絵の描写課題 / 描写容易性 / スピーキング / 英語教育 / 絵の描写 / 反応時間制限 / 文のプラニング / 絵描写課題の難易 / 英文産出プロセス / 動詞の項 / 付加語
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the present study, firstly, a basic mechanism of L2 production, namely, planning of sentence elements was investigated, and secondly, the effects of “time-pressure” on fluent L2 production were observed for a pedagogical purpose. The first study examined the effects of early retrieval of subjects and verbs on fluency and accuracy in the production of English sentences. The study also investigated how the ease of apprehending pictured events would affect the fluency and accuracy. The results revealed that early determination of verbs necessitated long reaction times particularly for a description of hard events. In the second study, the material and method in the first study was applied to an experiment which examined the effects of “time-pressure” on fluent L2 production. The results revealed that participants’ reaction times under the larger time-pressure did not statistically become shorter. The reasons and implications of the results were discussed.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

英語の資格試験などで絵を口頭描写する課題はよく行われる。しかし,学習者が絵を見て発話を開始するまでに,どのように文を立案するのかというプラニングのメカニズムはほとんど解明されていない。本研究では特に動詞と主語がプラニング段階で果たす役割を,理解困難度が異なる二種類の絵を用いて検証した。また,実践的には,応答に与える制限時間の長短の影響を調べた。本研究は学術的に先端的な課題であるとともに,社会的にも,指導のさいにどのような点を考慮して絵描写に取り組ませるかを計画するうえで実践的意義が大きいと考える。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2019 2018

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Effects of Prompted Planning of Verbs and Subjects on Fluency and Accuracy in Describing Easy and Hard Events2019

    • Author(s)
      Tomohiko YANAI
    • Journal Title

      ARELE (Annual Review of English Language Education in Japan)

      Volume: 30 Pages: 81-95

    • NAID

      130007826135

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 制限時間の設定は発話開始を早めるか―絵の描写困難度との関連2019

    • Author(s)
      柳井 智彦
    • Organizer
      九州英語教育学会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 絵描写の開始前に何を決めるべきか―文要素と事象把握の役割2018

    • Author(s)
      柳井 智彦
    • Organizer
      全国英語教育学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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