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A study of prosody of second language learner of English in Reading aloud: Educational measurement by Item Response Theory and acoustic analysis

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19720145
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Foreign language education
Research InstitutionRitsumeikan University (2008)
Waseda University (2007)

Principal Investigator

KONDO Yusuke  Ritsumeikan University, 言語教育センター, 講師 (80409739)

Project Period (FY) 2007 – 2008
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2008)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
Keywords学習者データベース / 発話評価 / 教育評価・測定 / 音響音声学 / 言語テスト / 項目反応理論 / 音響音声学の教育への応用 / ヨーロッパ言語共通参照枠組み
Research Abstract

本研究の最終目標は英語学習者の発話自動評価システムを構築することである。このシステムは、熟練した語学教師の主観的評価をコンピュータで計算できる客観的な学習者の発話の特徴から再現することである。主観的評価値を予測する学習者の発話の特徴を検討するためにアジア人英語学習者から発話データを収集し、そのデータから発話の特徴を抽出し、主観的評価値との関係を重回帰分析によって明らかにした。本研究での客観的測定値と主観的評価値との重相関係数は.69であった。また発話データに音素アライメント、学習者に関する情報、主観的評価値を加え、Websiteで公開した。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2008 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2007 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2008 2007 Other

All Journal Article (7 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 4 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Fundamenatal research of automatic speech evaluation of L2 English.2008

    • Author(s)
      Kondo, Y., Tsutsui, E., Nakano, M
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 13th Conference of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics

      Pages: 85-86

    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Fundamental Research on Automatic Speech Evaluation2008

    • Author(s)
      Nakano, M., Kondo, Y, & Tsutsui, E
    • Journal Title

      9th APRU Distance Learning and the Internet Conference--New Directions for Inter-institutional Collaboration: Assessment & Evaluation in Cyber Learning

      Pages: 207-212

    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Fundamental Research on Automatic Speech Evaluation2008

    • Author(s)
      Nakano, M., Kondo, Y., & Tsutsui, E.
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of 9th APRU Distance Learning and the Internet Conference--New Directions for Inter-institutional Collaboration : Assessment & Evaluation in Cyber Learning

      Pages: 207-212

    • Related Report
      2008 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Fundamental research of automatic speech evaluation of L2 English2008

    • Author(s)
      Kondo, Y., Tsutsui, E., Nakano, M.
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 13th Conference of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics

      Pages: 85-86

    • Related Report
      2008 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Examining predictors of second language speech evaluation2007

    • Author(s)
      Kondo, Y., Tsutsui, E., Tsubaki, H., Nakamura, S., Sagisaka, Y., & Nakano, M.
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of 12th Conference of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics

      Pages: 176-179

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Does vowel quality matter?2007

    • Author(s)
      Kitagawa, A., Kondo, Y., & Nakano, M.
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of 12th Conference of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics

      Pages: 224-227

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 英語学習者による音読における主観的評価と客観的測定値の関係2007

    • Author(s)
      近藤 悠介, 筒井 英一郎, 中野 美知子, 鍔木 元, 中村 静, 匂坂 芳典.
    • Journal Title

      第21回日本音声学会全国大会予稿集

      Pages: 51-55

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://www.yusukekondo.com/data/html

    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://www.yusukekondo.com/data.html

    • Related Report
      2008 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2007-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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