The Impact on Elementary School English on Children's Cognition

• Project/Area Number: 20520549
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Kochi University
• Principal Investigator: MURAHATA Goro Kochi University, 教育研究部・人文社会科学系, 教授 (90239541)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
• Keywords: 小学校英語 / 認知 / 第二言語習得 / 複合的言語能力 / 複合的認知 / 第二言語 / Multi-cognition / multicompetence

Research Abstract

The aim of the present study was to examine the impact of L2 learning on children's cognition. Two different tasks were given to three groups of different amounts of English exposure. Statistically significant differences were found between the groups. As the amount of L2 exposure increased, children shifted their cognitive preferences toward those of English monolinguals and their response speed also became faster. It was concluded that L2 exposure, though limited, possibly makes significant differences in children's cognitive dispositions.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Conceptual Preference Modification in Incipient Japanese-English Bilingual Children : The Case of Categorizing Objects on the Basis on SynThem and ParaTax Relations[初期日英バイリンガル児童の概念傾向の変容:テーマ・範疇にもとつく物体分類の場合] (2011)
  • Author(s): 村端五郎
  • Journal Title: Shikoku English Language Education Society Journal (『紀要』四国英語教育学会) No.30 Pages: 55-64
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Multi-cognition in L2 Users : More Evidence From an Object Categorization Task by Japanese Elementary School Children (2011)
  • Author(s): Murahata, Goro
  • Journal Title: Research Reports of the Kochi University, Humanities(高知大学学術研究報告:人文編) Volume: 59(印刷中)
  • NAID: 40018745914
• [Journal Article] The Impact of L2 Learning on Children's Cognition : Evidence from an Individuated Object-Substance Distinction Task (2011)
  • Author(s): Murahata, Goro
  • Journal Title: Annual Review of English Language Education in Japan(全国英語教育学会紀要) Volume: 22(印刷中)
  • NAID: 110009425247
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Conceptual Preference Modification in Incipient Japanese-English Bilingual Children : The Case of Categorizing Objects on the Basis on SynThem and ParaTax Relations (2010)
  • Author(s): Murahata, Goro
  • Journal Title: Shikoku English Language Education Society Journal(四国英語教育学会紀要) Volume: 30 Pages: 55-64
  • NAID: 130007783341
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Murahata, 村端五郎, Murahata, 村端佳子, V. Cook's Multicompetence and its Consequences for SLAResearch and L2 Pedagogy [V.クツクの複合的言語能力とそれが第二言語の研究と教育に及ぼす影響] (2008)
  • Author(s): 村端五郎, 村端佳子
  • Journal Title: Research Reports of Department of International Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Economics, Kochi University (『国際社会文化研究』高知大学人文学部国際社会コミュニケーション学科) No.9 Pages: 109-128
  • URL: https://ir.kochi-u.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10126/2998
• [Journal Article] V. Cook's Multicompetence and its consequences for SLA research and L2 pedagogy. (2008)
  • Author(s): Murahata, Goro & Murahata, Yoshiko
  • Journal Title: Research Reports of the Department of Inter-national Studies (The Department of Inter-national Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Economics, Kochi University) 第9号 Pages: 109-128
  • NAID: 120001451355
• [Journal Article] Evidence From an Individuated Object-Substance Distinction Task [第二言語が児童の認知に与える影響:個別化に関する物体・物質区別タスクからの証拠]
  • Author(s): 村端五郎
  • Journal Title: Annual Review of English Language Education in Japan (ARELE, 全国英語教育学会) No.22印刷中
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] More Evidence From an Object Categorization Task by Japanese Elementary School Children [第二言語ユーザの複合的認知:日本人小学生による物体分類タスクからの更なる証拠]
  • Author(s): 村端五郎
  • Journal Title: Research Reports of the Kochi University, Humanities (『高知大学学術研究報告:人文編』高知大学) Vol.59印刷中
• [Presentation] Multi-cognition : Evidence From a Picture Categorising Task by Incipient Child L2 Users [複合的認知:初期児童第二言語ユーザによる絵分類タスクからの証拠] (2010)
  • Author(s): 村端五郎
  • Organizer: The 20^<th> Conference of European Second Language Association (ヨーロツパ第二言語学会)
  • Place of Presentation: Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy (イタリア、モデナ・レツジオエミリア大学)〔口頭発表〕
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-02
• [Presentation] Multi-cognition : Evidence From a Picture Categorization Task by Incipient Child L2 Users (2010)
  • Author(s): Murahata, Goro
  • Organizer: EUROSLA20(European Second Language Association)
  • Place of Presentation: Universita di Modena eReggio Emilia(Italy)
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-02
• [Presentation] 小学校英語が児童の認知に与える影響-材質バイアスから形状バイアスへの変化- (2010)
  • Author(s): 村端五郎
  • Organizer: 第36回全国英語教育学会大阪研究大会
  • Place of Presentation: 関西大学〔口頭発表〕
  • Year and Date: 2010-08-07
• [Presentation] 小学校英語が児童の認知に与える影響-材質バイアスから形状バイアスへの変化- (2010)
  • Author(s): 村端五郎
  • Organizer: 第36回全国英語教育学会大阪研究大会
  • Place of Presentation: 関西大学(大阪府)
  • Year and Date: 2010-08-07
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