| Project/Area Number |
25770209
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Tohoku Fukushi University (2015)
Seitoku University (2013-2014) |
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Principal Investigator |
Shimizu Haruka 東北福祉大学, 総合基礎教育課程, 講師 (20646905)
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| Research Collaborator |
Cook Anne E. University of Utah
Wei Wei University of Utah
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
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| Keywords | 英語教育 / 第二言語習得 / リーディング / 推論 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research examines L2 readers’ generation of bridging inferences which contribute to global understanding of a text. Two empirical studies yielded the following two main results: (1) Similar to native speakers of English, Japanese EFL learners generated global bridging inferences online (while reading) as well as local bridging inferences; (2) Japanese EFL learners generally employed processes similar to L1 readers in generating global bridging inferences. However, Japanese EFL learners tended to principally allocate cognitive resources to lower-level processes, such as word recognition, rather than higher-level processes, including bridging inference generation.
These two findings suggest that further research will be needed to clearly characterize global bridging inference generation in L2 reading, paying particular attention to learners’ individual characteristics and text factors.
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