Eye movements during reading as a window to non-native speaker's language comprehension processes
| Project/Area Number |
20K00584
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 02060:Linguistics-related
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
ローランド ダグラス 早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 准教授(任期付) (60749290)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2025-03-31
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| Project Status |
Granted (Fiscal Year 2022)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
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| Keywords | eye tracking / L2 comprehension / Eye tracking / Language comprehension / Language proficiency / 2nd language acquisition / English |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
We will investigate how patterns of eye-movements during reading differ between native and non-native speakers of a language. This will provide insight into the comprehension processes used by native and non-native speakers, including further insight into the development of automaticity during language acquisition and which structures remain difficult for non-native speakers even as proficiency approaches native level, and will have implications for how best to improve the proficiency of non-native speakers.
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
The goal of this research is to collect eye movement/reading time data. Unfortunately, we have been unable to collect data during the last year due to restrictions due to COVID19. The collection of eye tracking data requires the participants and researchers to be in a confined area (i.e., the room where the eye tracking equipment is located) - a situation which is not possible under the current restrictions. We plan to start collecting data within the next month. In addition, we continue to collect preliminary data (online self-paced reading time data and sentence completion data from native speakers of English) which will serve as a partial control for the eye movement data which we hope to collect from Japanese speakers of English.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
4: Progress in research has been delayed.
Reason
The goal of this research is to collect eye movement/reading time data from Japanese speakers of English with varying levels of proficiency for comparison with data from native speakers of English. Unfortunately, we have been unable to collect data during the last year due to restrictions due to COVID19. The collection of eye tracking data requires the participants and researchers to be in a confined area (i.e., the room where the eye tracking equipment is located) - a situation which was not possible under the restrictions in place over the last year. In anticipation of changes in restrictions, we plan on starting to collect data within the next month.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
We anticipate being able to start collecting eye tracking data in May 2023 when COVID19 related restrictions are anticipated to be revised). In addition, we continue work on designing alternate experiments using on-line self-paced reading and other tasks to address the same theoretical issues as the originally planned eye tracking experiments.
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