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Effects of articulatory phonological training on frequency discrimination thresholds and pronunciation

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K00777
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 InstitutionUniversity of Tsukuba

Principal Investigator

Jactat Bruno  筑波大学, 人文社会系, 助教 (20774673)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywordsfrequency discrimination / phoneme discrimination / pronunciation / French Second Language / didactics / articulatory training / SLA / phonetics / Preparation stage
Outline of Final Research Achievements

It is commonly known that Japanese learners of French have difficulties with discriminating certain sounds that do not exist in their mother tongue. However, few solutions are offered to instructors on how to specifically handle those problems. In this project, we created a tool to measure students' progress in learning French vowel phonemes. Data were collected and analysed from university students taking beginner French language courses, and the results showed that students who received articulatory training specifically designed for Japanese speakers showed significant improvement over the control group who followed traditional phonetical training. This suggest that using articulatory training tailored to Japanese learners is efficient in improving their perception and discrimination of difficult French vowels.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

国際化、外国語教育を推進する教育政策にも関わらず、日本においての仏語教育では、文法、語彙、翻訳を中心とした教育が行われているのが現状である。また、発音が苦手な学習者に対しては、どのような指導をすればよいのか分からず、口頭指導をあきらめることも少なくない。学習者のフランス語の音素識別に関する第二言語習得論(SLA)研究は、学習者が苦手とする特定の音について大きく発展してきたが、これらの問題を改善するための手段についてはほとんど研究されていない。本研究では、仏語の聞き取り及び発音を改善するための方策を明らかにし、日本における仏語の聞き取り能力に取り組む教師に指針を与えることを目的とする。

Report

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

    (2 results)

All 2020 2019

All Presentation (2 results) (of which Invited: 1 results)

  • [Presentation] La Discrimination Frequentielle : portail du cortex auditif de l’apprenant.2020

    • Author(s)
      Jactat Bruno Daniel Philippe
    • Organizer
      Journee pedagogique de la langue francaise 2020
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Frequency Discrimination: gateway to the learner’s listening brain?2019

    • Author(s)
      Jactat Bruno, Daniel Philippe
    • Organizer
      3rd CEGLOC Conference, University of Tsukuba, Japan
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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