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What linguistic factors relatively contribute to the perceived comprehensibility?

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26770202
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

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

Principal Investigator

Saito Kazuya  早稲田大学, 商学学術院, 講師 (80644963)

Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Keywords英語教育 / スピーキング / 言語学 / 論文作成 / 第二言語教授法 / 第二言語習得理論 / 英語教授法
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The current study examined what characterizes communicatively successful second langauge speech in the context of 200+ Japanese learners of English in various contexts. The project resulted in 15 publications in peer-reviewed journals (e.g., Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Language Learning).

Report

(3 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (25 results)

All 2017 2016 2015 2014

All Journal Article (14 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 13 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 14 results) Presentation (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Development of comprehensibility and its linguistic correlates: A longitudinal study of video-mediated telecollaboration2017

    • Author(s)
      Kazuya Saito, Yuka Akiyama
    • Journal Title

      Language Learning (Wiley-Blackwell)

      Volume: 1

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Video-based interaction, negotiation for comprehensibility, and second language speech learning: A longitudinal study2016

    • Author(s)
      Yuka Akiyama, Kazuya Saito
    • Journal Title

      Modern Language Journal (Wiley-Blackwell)

      Volume: 3

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Developing second language speaking proficiency in foreign language classrooms: The role of the length and focus of instruction and individual differences.2016

    • Author(s)
      Kazuya Saito; Keiko Hanzawa
    • Journal Title

      Applied Psycholinguistics (Cambridge University Press)

      Volume: 36 Pages: 0-30

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Lexical profiles of comprehensible second language speech: The role of appropriateness, fluency, variation, sophistication, abstractness and sense relations2016

    • Author(s)
      Kazuya Saito; Stuart Webb; Pavel Trofimovich; Talia Isaacs
    • Journal Title

      Studies in Second Language Acquisition (Cambridge University Press)

      Volume: 38 Pages: 0-30

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Lexical correlates of comprehensibility versus accentedness in second language speech2016

    • Author(s)
      Kazuya Saito, Stuart Webb, Pavel Trofimovich, Talia Isaacs
    • Journal Title

      Bilingualism: Language and Cognition (Cambridge University Press)

      Volume: 19 Pages: 0-30

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Using listener judgements to investigate linguistic influences on L2 comprehensibility2016

    • Author(s)
      Kazuya Saito, Pavel Trofimovich, Talia Isaacs
    • Journal Title

      Applied Linguistics (Oxford University Press)

      Volume: 36 Pages: 0-30

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Do native speakers of North American and Singapore English differencially perceive second language comprehensibility?2015

    • Author(s)
      Kazuya Saito, Natsuko Shintani
    • Journal Title

      TESOL Quarterly (Wiley-Blackwell)

      Volume: 36 Issue: 2 Pages: 0-30

    • DOI

      10.1002/tesq.234

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Flawed self-assessment: Investigating self- and other-perception of second language speech2015

    • Author(s)
      Trofimovich, Kennedy, Isaacs, Saito, & Crowther
    • Journal Title

      Bilingualism: Language and Cognition (Cambridge University Press)

      Volume: 18 Issue: 1 Pages: 0-30

    • DOI

      10.1017/s1366728914000832

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Does a speaking task affect second language comprehensibility?2015

    • Author(s)
      Dustin Crowther, Pavel Trofimovich, Talia Isaacs, Kazuya Saito
    • Journal Title

      Modern Language Journal (Wiley-Blackwell)

      Volume: 99 Issue: 1 Pages: 80-95

    • DOI

      10.1111/modl.12185

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] The role of age of acquisition in late second language oral proficiency attainment2015

    • Author(s)
      Kazuya Saito
    • Journal Title

      Studies in Second Language Acquisition (Cambridge Univresity Press)

      Volume: 37 Pages: 0-30

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Experience effects on the development of late second language learners’ oral proficiency2015

    • Author(s)
      Kazuya Saito
    • Journal Title

      Language Learning (Wiley-Blackwell)

      Volume: 65 Pages: 0-30

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Second language speech production: Investigating linguistic correlates of comprehensibility and accentedness for learners at different ability levels2015

    • Author(s)
      Kazuya Saito, Pavel Trofimovich, Talia Isaacs
    • Journal Title

      Applied Psycholinguistics (Cambridge University Press)

      Volume: 35 Pages: 0-30

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Re-examining phonological and lexical correlates of second Language comprehensibility: The role of rater experience2015

    • Author(s)
      Kazuya Saito, Stuart Webb, Pavel Trofimovich, Talia Isaacs
    • Journal Title

      Interfaces in second language pronunciation assessment: Interdisciplinary perspectives (John Benjamins)

      Volume: 0 Pages: 0-30

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] How do non-native speakers perceive the role of phonology and leixogrammar in improved comprehensibility?2015

    • Author(s)
      Kazuya Saito
    • Journal Title

      文化論集

      Volume: 46 Pages: 63-75

    • NAID

      120005601598

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Interaction, negotiation for meaning, and second language speech learning: A longitudinal study2015

    • Author(s)
      Kazuya Saito; Yuka Akiyama
    • Organizer
      the 25th annual conference of the European Second Language Association (EUROSLA)
    • Place of Presentation
      Université d’Aix- Marseille
    • Year and Date
      2015-08-27
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Longitudinal Investigation of Linguistic Performance in Video-based Telecollaboration2015

    • Author(s)
      Yuka Akiyama; Kazuya Saito
    • Organizer
      the 25th annual conference of the European Second Language Association (EUROSLA)
    • Place of Presentation
      Université d’Aix- Marseille
    • Year and Date
      2015-08-27
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Interaction, Negotiation for meaning, and second language speech learning: A longitudinal study.2015

    • Author(s)
      Kazuya Saito
    • Organizer
      EuroSLA
    • Place of Presentation
      Aix-en-Provence
    • Year and Date
      2015-08-24
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] FonFが日本人学習者のスピーキング能力にもたらす影響について2015

    • Author(s)
      斉藤一弥
    • Organizer
      LET関西支部 春季大会
    • Place of Presentation
      大阪電気通信大学(寝屋川キャンパス)
    • Year and Date
      2015-05-23
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] e-FonFが日本人学習者のスピーキング能力にもたらす影響について:音声・語彙・文法学の観点から2015

    • Author(s)
      斉藤一弥
    • Organizer
      外国語教育メディア学会(LET)
    • Place of Presentation
      大阪電気通信大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-05-23
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Second language comprehensibility development in content and language integrated classrooms: A longitudinal study2015

    • Author(s)
      Keiko Hanzawa; Kazuya Saito
    • Organizer
      the American Association for Applied Linguistics
    • Place of Presentation
      Toronto, Canada
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-21
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Development of language and intercultural competence in video-based telecollaboration: A longitudinal investigation2015

    • Author(s)
      Yuka Akiyama; Kazuya Saito
    • Organizer
      the annual conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics
    • Place of Presentation
      Toronto, Canada
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-21
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Beyond the "armchair" method of rating scale construction: Validating an empirically-derived L2 comprehensibility scale2014

    • Author(s)
      Talia Isaacs; Pavel Trofimovich; Dustin Crowther; Kazuya Saito; Jennifer Foote
    • Organizer
      the 24th annual conference of the European Second Language Association (EUROSLA)
    • Place of Presentation
      York, UK
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-15
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Segmental acquisition by Japanese learners of English under foreign language classroom conditions: A longitudinal study of vowel production2014

    • Author(s)
      Keiko Hanzawa; Kazuya Saito
    • Organizer
      the 24th annual conference of the European Second Language Association (EUROSLA)
    • Place of Presentation
      York, UK
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-15
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Modelling comprehensibility in an oral production scale for L2 learners of English: Which linguistic factors generalize across L1s?2014

    • Author(s)
      Talia Isaacs; Pavel Trofimovich; Dustin Crowther; Kazuya Saito; Jennifer Foote
    • Organizer
      Language Testing Research Colloquium
    • Place of Presentation
      Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Year and Date
      2014-07-11
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Differentiating accent from comprehensibility: The importance of learner background2014

    • Author(s)
      Dustin Crowther; Pavel Trofimovich; Talia Isaacs; Kazuya Saito
    • Organizer
      the Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics Annual Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Brock University, Canada
    • Year and Date
      2014-05-10
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report

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