A Neurolinguistic Study on Literary Reading Processes with Japanese University Learners of English
| Project/Area Number |
24652126
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Prefectural University of Hiroshima |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000)
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| Keywords | 文学教材 / 詩 / リーディング / 脳 / NIRS / 詩読 / アイトラッキング / 英語教育 / 読解 / 英語文学読解プロセス / 英語詩読解プロセス / 日本語詩読解プロセス / 文学を使った英語教育 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Using NIRS (near-infrared spectroscopy), this study compared the brain activations of Japanese university learners of English of English poetry reading with those of Japanese poetry reading, Japanese expository reading, and English expository reading. The main results of this study are: (1) the Wernicke’s area (the central region for language comprehension) showed stronger activation for Japanese poetry reading than Japanese expository reading; (2) this difference was not observed between English poetry reading and English expository reading; (3) Wernicke’s area activation was stronger for Japanese poetry reading than English poetry reading; and (4) the activation strength of the right hemisphere did not differ between poetry reading and expository reading in either languages.
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