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The role of causal and semantic relatedness in comprehension processes of EFL reading: An eye-tracking investigation

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K00827
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

Nahatame Shingo  筑波大学, 人間系, 助教 (60756146)

Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Discontinued (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Keywords英語教育 / リーデイング / 視線計測 / 心理言語学 / 文章理解 / 自然言語処理 / リーディング / 認知科学 / コーパス / 計算言語学
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究では,日本語を母語とする英語学習者が文と文をつなげて文章を理解するプロセスを,文の因果的なつながり(因果関係)と意味的なつながり(意味の類似度)に着目して明らかにする。従来から研究されてきた文の因果的なつながりに加え,コンピューターによる文の意味的なつながりの評価を行い,その読解への影響を検証する点に本研究の独自性がある。また,読解中の視線を計測する方法を用いることで,従来の研究よりも自然な読解環境を再現し,文間の読み戻りを含む柔軟な読解プロセスを測定する。本研究によって文と文をつなげた英文理解のプロセスを明らかにし,国内の英語教育や読解指導に対して科学的な示唆を与えることを目指す。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to examine how Japanese EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners process written text based on the causal and semantic connections between sentences, analyzing eye movement data during reading comprehension. Analysis of multiple experiments revealed that both causal and semantic relatedness between sentences influence the EFL learners' reading comprehension processes, but causal relatedness has a more prominent impact. However, for reading longer passages in particular, the relative impact of sentence relatedness tends to be smaller when considering other linguistic features such as lexical sophistication and syntactic complexity. The study's findings offer insights into the cognitive processes involved in EFL reading comprehension, EFL reading instruction, and the evaluation of EFL text readability.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義は,文間の因果的・意味的なつながりが英語学習者の文章理解のプロセスとどのように関わっているかを明らかにし,また,単語や文など他の言語的な特徴を踏まえたうえでのその相対的な役割を明らかにしたことである。本研究によって得られた成果は,英語学習者の読解に関する認知プロセスに示唆を与え,外国語による文章理解の理論モデルや認知モデリングのための基礎的な知見となるものである。
社会的意義としては,英語学習者がまとまりのある文章を一貫して理解するための指導や,学習者が理解しやすい(あるいはしにくい)英語テキストを作成するための示唆を与えたことである。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2023 Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Annual Research Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (17 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 Other

All Journal Article (7 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 7 results,  Open Access: 4 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Invited: 2 results) Remarks (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] Predicting processing effort during L1 and L2 reading: The relationship between text linguistic features and eye movements2023

    • Author(s)
      Shingo Nahatame
    • Journal Title

      Bilingualism: Language and Cognition

      Volume: First View Issue: 4 Pages: 1-14

    • DOI

      10.1017/s136672892200089x

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Relationship between the processing effort involved during EFL reading and text linguistic features: An eye-tracking study2022

    • Author(s)
      名畑目 真吾
    • Journal Title

      The Science of Reading

      Volume: 63 Issue: 2 Pages: 76-88

    • DOI

      10.19011/sor.63.2_76

    • ISSN
      0387-284X, 2424-144X
    • Year and Date
      2022-06-13
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Causal and semantic relations in L2 text processing: An eye-tracking study2022

    • Author(s)
      Shingo Nahatame
    • Journal Title

      Reading in a Foreign Language

      Volume: 34 Pages: 91-115

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Cohesion Features of Material for Young Readers of English : A Computational Investigation2021

    • Author(s)
      名畑目 真吾
    • Journal Title

      The Science of Reading

      Volume: 62 Issue: 3-4 Pages: 146-159

    • DOI

      10.19011/sor.62.3-4_146

    • NAID

      130008043867

    • ISSN
      0387-284X, 2424-144X
    • Year and Date
      2021-05-10
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Text Readability and Processing Effort in Second Language Reading: A Computational and Eye‐Tracking Investigation2021

    • Author(s)
      Nahatame Shingo
    • Journal Title

      Language Learning

      Volume: 71 Issue: 4 Pages: 1004-1043

    • DOI

      10.1111/lang.12455

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 年少者向け英語読み物教材における文章の結束性ー コンピューターツールによる分析に基づいてー2021

    • Author(s)
      名畑目真吾
    • Journal Title

      読書科学

      Volume: 62 Pages: 70-85

    • NAID

      130008043867

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Revisiting Second Language Readers’ Memory for Narrative Texts: The Role of Causal and Semantic Text Relations2020

    • Author(s)
      Shingo Nahatame
    • Journal Title

      Reading Psychology

      Volume: - Issue: 8 Pages: 753-777

    • DOI

      10.1080/02702711.2020.1768986

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Eye-movement Behavior of Japanese L2 Readers of English: Relationship to Text Difficulty and Reading Skill2023

    • Author(s)
      Shingo Nahatame; Yukino Kimura; Tomoko Ogiso; Yuji Ushiro
    • Organizer
      2023 Annual Conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Quantifying Eye Movement and Text Linguistic Dada for Second Language Research2022

    • Author(s)
      Shingo Nahatame
    • Organizer
      2022 Conference of Ohio State University Quantitative Methodology Center
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Using Data for Language Leaning, Teaching, and Assessment2022

    • Author(s)
      Shingo Nahatame
    • Organizer
      APEC-Tsukuba International Conference
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 英文読解における処理負荷と文章の言語的特徴の関係―眼球運動測定を用いた検討―2021

    • Author(s)
      名畑目真吾
    • Organizer
      全国英語教育学会第46回長野研究大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Text Readability and Processing Effort During L2 Reading: A Computational and Eye-Tracking Investigation2021

    • Author(s)
      Shingo Nahatame
    • Organizer
      the Annual Conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Causal and Semantic Relations in Second Language Discourse Processing: An Eye-Tracking Study2020

    • Author(s)
      Shingo Nahatame
    • Organizer
      the Annual Conference of the Society for Text & Discourse
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Remarks] TRIOS 筑波大学研究者総覧

    • URL

      https://trios.tsukuba.ac.jp/researcher/0000004194

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] Shingo NAHATAME

    • URL

      https://sites.google.com/site/snahatame

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] Shingo Nahatame

    • URL

      https://sites.google.com/site/snahatame/

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Shingo Nahatame

    • URL

      https://sites.google.com/site/snahatame/home?authuser=0

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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