Global Foreign Accent and the effectiveness of the prosody-oriented approach.

• Project/Area Number: 19720146
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: AKITA Mamiko (AKITA ORII Mamiko) 早稲田大学, 教育・総合科学学術院, 准教授 (30334585)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2011
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,314,461 (Direct Cost: ¥3,549,586、Indirect Cost: ¥764,875); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥454,461 (Direct Cost: ¥349,586、Indirect Cost: ¥104,875); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
• Keywords: 第二言語習得 / 教授法・カリキュラム論 / 発音指導 / 英語教授法 / 音声学 / リスニング指導 / 発音 / 英語教育 / リスニング

Research Abstract

This pretest-treatment-posttest-delayed-posttest design study investigated the relationship between global foreign accent(GFA), which is an impressionistic judgement of overall non-native pronunciation(see Anderson-Hsieh, Johnson & Koehler 1992) and changes in the production abilities of adult Japanese English learners in a regular classroom setting ; this was done through two instructional approaches : segmental and prosody-oriented. Results suggest that the prosody-oriented approach effectively improves learners' phonology.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] A comparison of three different methods of teaching listening comprehension (2012)
  • Author(s): Mamiko Akita(Orii) & Kyoko Oga
  • Journal Title: 英語音声学 Volume: 第16号
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] リスニングストラテジー指導と英語音変化指導併用の試み (2012)
  • Author(s): 大賀京子・折井(秋田)麻美子
  • Journal Title: 北海道教育大学紀要 Volume: 第62巻 Pages: 75-88
• [Journal Article] リスニングストラテジー指導と英語音変化指導併用の試み (2012)
  • Author(s): 大賀京子・折井(秋田)麻美子
  • Journal Title: 北海道教育大学紀要(人文科学・社会科学編) Volume: 62 Pages: 75-88
• [Journal Article] A comparison of three different methods of teaching listening comprehension (2012)
  • Author(s): Mamiko Orii-Akita, Kyoko Oga
  • Journal Title: Eigo Onseigaku Volume: 16 Pages: 1-14
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Prosody training and instruction in listening strategies in EFL classrooms (2011)
  • Author(s): Mamiko Akita(Orii)
  • Journal Title: Official Proceedings of the Asian Conference on Language Learning(ACLL 2011) Pages: 313-325
• [Journal Article] Prosody training and instruction in listening strategies in EFL classrooms (2011)
  • Author(s): Mamiko Orii-Akita
  • Journal Title: Ofiicial Proceedings of the Asian conference on Language Learning (ACLL 2011) Pages: 313-325
• [Journal Article] 英語母語話者による日本人の英語発音のアクセント度判定とその判断要因分析 (2008)
  • Author(s): 秋田(折井)麻美子
  • Journal Title: 英語音声学 Volume: 第11号・第12号合併号 Pages: 265-280
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 英語母語話者による日本人の英語発音のアクセント度判定とその判断要因分析 (2008)
  • Author(s): 秋田(折井)麻美子
  • Journal Title: 英語音声学 11・12 Pages: 265-280
• [Presentation] Prosody training and instruction in listening strategies in EFL classrooms (2011)
  • Author(s): Mamiko Akita(Orii)
  • Organizer: Asian Conference on Language Learning(ACLL)
  • Place of Presentation: Osaka
• [Presentation] Accentedness judgement and L2 phonology in EFL classrooms (2007)
  • Author(s): Mamiko Orii AKITA
  • Organizer: European Association in Second Language Acquisition 17
  • Place of Presentation: Newcastle, UK