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Fostering affect and social cognition through foreign language learning: A social-cognitive neuroscience perspective

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K00776
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
Research InstitutionTohoku University

Principal Investigator

Jeong Hyeonjeong  東北大学, 国際文化研究科, 准教授 (60549054)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 鈴木 渉  宮城教育大学, 教育学部, 教授 (60549640)
Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords言語習得 / 脳イメージング / 言語使用経験 / 個人差 / 社会性 / 言語コミュニケーション / 認知神経科学 / 外国語学習 / fMRI / 外国語習得 / 社会認知 / 第二言語習得 / 学習者の個人特性 / 動機付け / 学びに向かう力 / 人間性 / 脳機能イメージング / 情動
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The use of a foreign language extends beyond the acquisition of knowledge and skills; it holds importance in facilitating rich linguistic communication and actively engaging with society and the world. The aim of this research project is (a) to explore the mechanisms of language learning that incorporates social interaction and (b) to investigate the effects of individual differences on those mechanisms, employing brain science methods. To accomplish these objectives, we conducted two empirical studies utilizing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Two major findings emerged. First, pragmatic language processing was associated with social cognitive brain regions, which are crucial for appropriate societal adaptation and the establishment of human relationships. Second, the experience of language use in social situations significantly influenced the neural basis of second language processing and learning.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義は、「社会的第二言語学習(Social Learning of Second Languages)」の神経基盤モデルを提唱できたことである。社会的第二言語学習モデルに基づいて、子供が他者や周囲の環境との相互作用を通じて母語を獲得していくプロセスと同様に、第二言語習得においても社会的学習が言語学習の成功に重要な役割を果たすことを神経学的な証拠から証明できた。また、社会的第二言語学習には習熟度以外にも動機、不安、言語使用経験など、さまざまな個人差が重要であることも解明した。これらの成果は、理論のみならず、第二言語習得研究や教育分野における実践にも社会的な波及効果が期待できる。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (30 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Peer Reviewed: 12 results,  Open Access: 9 results) Presentation (16 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 13 results,  Invited: 5 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Word Order Typology and the Acquisition of Chinese “Verb + Resultative” Compound Verbs: Insights from Brain Science and Learner Corpora,2023

    • Author(s)
      Haining Cui, Hyeonjeong Jeong, Yoshihiro Mochizuki, Keiko Mochizuki
    • Journal Title

      Learner Corpora: Construction and Explorations in Chinese and Related Languages. Chinese Language Learning Sciences

      Volume: 15 Pages: 319-333

    • DOI

      10.1007/978-981-19-5731-4_15

    • ISBN
      9789811957307, 9789811957314
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Neural correlates of Japanese honorific agreement processing mediated by socio-pragmatic factors: An fMRI study2022

    • Author(s)
      Haining Cui, Hyeonjeong Jeong, Kiyo Okamoto, Daiko Takahashi, Ryuta Kawashima, Motoaki Sugiura
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Neurolinguistics

      Volume: 62 Pages: 101041-101041

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jneuroling.2021.101041

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] An fMRI validation study of the word-monitoring task as a measure of implicit knowledge: Exploring the role of explicit and implicit aptitudes in behavioral and neural processing2022

    • Author(s)
      Suzuki Yuichi、Jeong Hyeonjeong、Cui Haining、Okamoto Kiyo、Kawashima Ryuta、Sugiura Motoaki
    • Journal Title

      Studies in Second Language Acquisition

      Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-28

    • DOI

      10.1017/s0272263122000043

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Domain-general Executive Functions in Switching Costs During Language Comprehension: Switching Directions Determine the Engagement2021

    • Author(s)
      Ming-Che Hsieh, Hyeonjeong Jeong, Mariko Nakayama, Motoaki Sugiura
    • Journal Title

      Studies in Language Sciences

      Volume: 19 Issue: 2 Pages: 27-35

    • DOI

      10.34609/sls.19.2_27

    • NAID

      130008131866

    • ISSN
      2435-9955
    • Year and Date
      2021-12-23
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Working Memory Trumps Language Aptitude in Learning Semantic-Based Linguistic Category Rules2021

    • Author(s)
      Dardon, D., Jeong, H
    • Journal Title

      Studies in Language Sciences

      Volume: 19 Issue: 0 Pages: 77-84

    • DOI

      10.34609/sls.19.0_77

    • NAID

      130008013829

    • ISSN
      2435-9955
    • Year and Date
      2021-03-31
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Neural Evidence of Language Membership Control in Bilingual Word Recognition: An fMRI Study of Cognate Processing in Chinese?Japanese Bilinguals2021

    • Author(s)
      Ming-Che Hsieh, Hyeonjeong Jeong, Motoaki Sugiura, Ryuta Kawashima
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Psychology

      Volume: 12 Pages: 643211-643211

    • DOI

      10.3389/fpsyg.2021.643211

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Prefrontal inter-brain synchronization reflects convergence and divergence of flow dynamics in collaborative learning: a pilot study2021

    • Author(s)
      Takayuki Nozawa, Mutsumi Kondo, Reiko Yamamoto, Hyeonjeong Jeong, Shigeyuki Ikeda, Kohei Sakaki, Yoshihiro Miyake, Yasushige Ishikawa, Ryuta Kawashima
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Neuroergonomics

      Volume: 2 Pages: 686596-686596

    • DOI

      10.3389/fnrgo.2021.686596

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Neural mechanisms of language learning from social contexts.2021

    • Author(s)
      Jeong H, Li P, Suzuki W, Sugiura M, Kawashima R.
    • Journal Title

      Brain and Language

      Volume: 212 Pages: 104874-104874

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.bandl.2020.104874

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Brain activity predicts future learning success in intensive second language listening training2021

    • Author(s)
      Kajiura M, Jeong H, Kawata NYS, Yu S, Kinoshita T, Kawashima R, Sugiura M
    • Journal Title

      Brain and Language

      Volume: 212 Pages: 404839-404839

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.bandl.2020.104839

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The social brain of language: Grounding second language learning in social interaction2020

    • Author(s)
      Li, P., Jeong, H
    • Journal Title

      npj Science of Learning

      Volume: 5 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-1

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41539-020-0068-7

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 第二言語学習者の意味曖昧性解消に関する認知メカニズムの解明:fMRI研究2018

    • Author(s)
      岡本吉世, 鄭嫣ジョン
    • Journal Title

      全国英語教育学会第44回京都研究大会予稿集

      Volume: 44 Pages: 576-577

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Bilinguals’ lexical access of cognates in the brain: Effects of language memberships2018

    • Author(s)
      Hsieh MC, Jeong H, Sugiura M, Kawashima R
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of The 20th Annual International Conference of the Japanese Society for Language Sciences

      Volume: 20 Pages: 34-37

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Immersion Effect on Emotional Word Processing in Second Language: An fMRI Study2021

    • Author(s)
      Chunlin Liu, Hyeonjeong Jeong, Jean Marc Dewaele, Haining Cui, Kiyo Okamoto, Yuichi Suzuki Motoaki Sugiura,
    • Organizer
      13th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Virtual Conference
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Effect of L2 Proficiency in Grammatical Processing: An fMRI Study,2021

    • Author(s)
      Haining Cui, Hyeonjeong Jeong, Yuichi Suzuki, Kiyo Okamoto, Ryuta Kawashima, Motoaki Sugiura,
    • Organizer
      13th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Virtual Conference
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Neural Correlates of Learning Nominal Classification Rules: an fMRI study.2021

    • Author(s)
      Diego Dardon, Hyeonjeong Jeong, Haining Cui, Ryo Ishibashi, Motoaki Sugiura
    • Organizer
      13th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Virtual Conference
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The neuroscience of second language acquisition: Opportunities and challenges2021

    • Author(s)
      Jeong, H
    • Organizer
      American Association for Applied Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Brain Processing of Socio-Pragmatic Conventions in a Second Language: Cross-Linguistic Perspectives2019

    • Author(s)
      Cui H, Jeong H, Okamoto K, Takahashi D, Kawashima R, Sugiura M,
    • Organizer
      The 11th Annual Meeting of Society for the Neurobiology of Language
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Processing linguistic complexity in Japanese scrambled sentences: an fMRI study2019

    • Author(s)
      Koyanagi K, Jeong H, Mine F, Mukoyama Y, Ishinabe H, Cui H, Okamoto K, Kawashima R, Sugiura M
    • Organizer
      11th Annual Meeting of Society for the Neurobiology of Language
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Translation ambiguity resolution in second language learners: an fMRI study2019

    • Author(s)
      Okamoto K, Jeong H, Cui H, Kawashima R, Sugiura M
    • Organizer
      The Japanese Society for Language Sciences 21st Annual International Conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Neural Correlates of Sociopragmatic Knowledge: Focusing on Japanese Honorific Expressions2019

    • Author(s)
      Cui H, Jeong H, Okamoto K, Takahashi D, Kawashima R, Sugiura M
    • Organizer
      The Japanese Society for Language Sciences 21st Annual International Conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Social Brain of Language Learning2019

    • Author(s)
      Hyeonjeong Jeong
    • Organizer
      ESRC UK-Japan Second Symposium: Neurocognitive Foundations of Foreign Language Learning
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Second language acquisition beyond language-related brain areas2019

    • Author(s)
      Hyeonjeong Jeong
    • Organizer
      The Japanese Society for Language Sciences 21st Annual International Conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The role of social cognition in language learning, Symposium: Non-linguistic bases of language and its acquisition: Music, Mathematics, Executive Function, Information Technology, & Social Cognitio2019

    • Author(s)
      Hyeonjeong Jeong
    • Organizer
      NEURO2019: The 42th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Brain mechanisms in second language learning: A social cognitive neuroscience perspective2019

    • Author(s)
      Hyeonjeong Jeong
    • Organizer
      Conference of Foreign Language Education and Technology (FLEAT) VII
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The contribution of cognitive neuroscience to language education2019

    • Author(s)
      Hyeonjeong Jeong
    • Organizer
      The 3rd CEGLOC Conference: Language Learning and the Brain
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Neural Correlates of Pragmatic Knowledge: Focusing on Japanese Honorific Expressions2019

    • Author(s)
      Cui H, Jeong H, Okamoto K, Takahashi D, Kawashima R, Sugiura M
    • Organizer
      The 26th Annual Meeting of Cognitive Neuroscience Society
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Translation Ambiguity Across Languages in Japanese Learners of English2018

    • Author(s)
      Okamoto K, Jeong H,
    • Organizer
      The third international Psychology of Language Learning conference
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Processing linguistic complexity in Japanese scrambled sentences: an fMRI study2018

    • Author(s)
      Jeong H, Koyanagi K, Mine F, Mukoyama Y, Ishinabe H, Cui H, Okamoto K, Kawashima R, Sugiura M
    • Organizer
      The 10th Annual Meeting of Society for the Neurobiology of Language
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 「使える文法知識は脳のどこにあるのか?」(8章)『最新研究からわかる言語学習での暗示的知識・明示的知識の働き』 鈴木 渉・ 佐久間 康之・寺澤 孝文 (編)2021

    • Author(s)
      鄭ヒョンジョン
    • Total Pages
      188
    • Publisher
      大修館書店
    • ISBN
      9784469246476
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Emotions in Foreign Language Learning~教室における外国語学習の楽しみと不安2019

    • Author(s)
      鈴木 渉
    • Publisher
      ジャパンライム
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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