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A Cognitive Approach to Developing English Writing Proficiency Based on Event Construal

Research Project

Project/Area Number 23652146
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Foreign language education
Research InstitutionChuo University

Principal Investigator

TANI Miyuki  中央大学, 法学部, 准教授 (50440201)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) AOKI Atsuko  聖心女子大学, 文学部, 非常勤講師 (70440203)
AKUTSU Sumie  桜美林大学, 言語学系, 講師 (20460024)
TATARA Naohiro  桜美林大学, 言語学系, 准教授 (80383529)
Project Period (FY) 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Keywords英語教育 / 言語学 / 事態把握 / ライティング / 学習者コーパス
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aims to investigate a cognitive approach to teaching English writing to Japanese learners of English. Linguistic theories and issues concerning the teaching of English in a non-native context were explored and discussed in order to improve Japanese learners’ English writing proficiency.
This research concludes that one of the major factors related to Japanese learners’ low proficiency in English writing is described by influences from their event construal. The findings show a cognitive approach to instructing learners to reduce the use of first person pronouns has some effect on promoting more objective event recognition, and thus improving English writing proficiency. The outcomes during the research period also indicates the underlying issues concerning the learner’s proficiency is mainly to do with their level of vocabulary use and lack of collocational knowledge, which needs to be properly acknowledged and addressed in the teaching of English to Japanese learners.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2014 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • 2011 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2015 2014 2012 2011 Other

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results) Presentation (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] 日本語を母語とする大学生英語学習者の英語ライティングにみられる傾向の分析―学習者コーパスと記述式アンケートを用いた一考察2015

    • Author(s)
      阿久津純恵・青木敦子・谷みゆき
    • Journal Title

      言語文化研究

      Volume: 第6号 Pages: 1-15

    • NAID

      110009943735

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] スポーツ実況中継のコミュニケーションスタイル―実況中継の相互行為に現れる社会文化的価値観とその再生産―2015

    • Author(s)
      多々良直弘
    • Journal Title

      言語文化研究

      Volume: 第6号 Pages: 67-83

    • NAID

      110009943738

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 好まれる事態把握と移動表現―実況中継における移動表現と視点に関する一考察―2014

    • Author(s)
      多々良直弘
    • Journal Title

      桜美林論考『言語文化研究』

      Volume: 5 Pages: 21-35

    • NAID

      110009914120

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 日本語を母語とする大学生英語学習者の英語ライティングにみられる傾向の分析―語彙と共起表現に関する一考察2014

    • Author(s)
      阿久津純恵・青木敦子
    • Journal Title

      桜美林論考『言語文化研究』

      Volume: 5 Pages: 37-49

    • NAID

      110009914121

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 移動表現に見る日英語話者の事態把握2012

    • Author(s)
      谷 みゆき
    • Journal Title

      中央大学英語英米文学

      Volume: 第52集 Pages: 93-106

    • NAID

      40019262001

    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Corpus-based Feedback on Japanese University Students' English Writing2015

    • Author(s)
      Sumie Akutsu and Atsuko Aoki
    • Organizer
      2015 CamTESOL
    • Place of Presentation
      Phnom Penh, Cambodia
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-01
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The "Fashions of Construal" of Japanese English learners: An observation on their common errors2011

    • Author(s)
      Miyuki Tani, Atsuko Aoki, Sumie Akutsu
    • Organizer
      The International Pragmatics Association
    • Place of Presentation
      マンチェスター大学(英国)
    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Motion-Event Constructions and Event Construals of English and Japanese Speakers

    • Author(s)
      Miyuki Tani, Naohiro Tatara
    • Organizer
      4th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      King's College(ロンドン)
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 2012 PKETA International Conference

    • Author(s)
      Sumie Akutsu, Atsuko Aoki, Miyuki Tani
    • Organizer
      The Overuse of Relative Pronouns by Japanese English Learners: How Event-Construal Affects Language Learning
    • Place of Presentation
      Pukyong National University(釜山)
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report

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Published: 2011-08-05   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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