Foreign Language Learning without Vision

Research Project

Project/Area Number	25590284
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Special needs education
Research Institution	Kyoto University
Principal Investigator	Nakamori Takayuki 京都大学, 人間・環境学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (10362568)
Project Period (FY)	2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords	点字 / 視覚障害 / 発音 / 発話 / 聴解 / 読解 / 聴覚処理 / 視覚・触覚処理 / 発音と発話 / 視覚情報 / 聴覚情報 / 音声知覚 / 音声表出 / 聴覚 / 視覚 / 触覚 / 空間 / つづり / 特別支援教育（視覚障害） / 触読 / 文字 / 音声 / 聞き取り / 小学部外国語教育
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The aim of this research is to answer the question “How are auditory and visual systems related to each other in foreign language processing?” The relationships between listening and reading, while paying attention to sound processing and letter processing, should be investigated thoroughly. Research on multisensory processing, i.e. auditory, visual, and tactile processing, has developed rapidly from the perspectives of brain and cognitive sciences. This book investigates how foreign language learners perceive input and produce output, with special reference to blind people who do not depend on vision.