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1996 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Development of an Effective ESL Listening Lesson by Using Captioned Visuals with Sound with the Basis of the Analysis of Eye Movement

Research Project

Project/Area Number 06451149
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Educational technology
Research InstitutionKanagawa University

Principal Investigator

SUZUKI Hiroko  Kanagawa University Dept.of Foreign Languages Associate Professor, 外国語学部, 助教授 (50191789)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) HOZAKI Norio  Kanagawa University Dept.of Foreign Languages Professor, 外国語学部, 教授 (70221562)
Project Period (FY) 1994 – 1996
KeywordsEye movement / ESL / Media literacy / Cognition / English captions
Research Abstract

There kinds of experiments were conducted in this project to investigate how the captioned video should be used. The first experiment attempted to investigate the effect of preview exercise before the subject saw the captioned video when the caption interferes with his/her understanding. The experiment showed a beginning ESL learner did not see the visuals or read the caption effectively. In the meantime, it was also found an advaced ESL learner applied the triangular processing pattern of viewing among the three presentation modes such as visuals, sound, and captions. More exactly, an adavanced ESL learner's eye movement typically moves to the visual first, focuses on the beginning part of the caption right after it is presented, repeats fixation, mini-movement and saccade to understand written dialogue, and then moves back to some part of the visual.
The result of the first experiment showed some subjects received assistantce from the excercise. Subjects with the limited English, by contrast, were not assisted with the exersie and achieved the traiangular viewing pattern with more comprehension.
The second experiement attempted to investigate the effect of different leves/kinds of preview exercise considering the subjects' English level. The short exercise mainly included receptive kinds such as the reading and listening of the caption, whiile a long exercise included both receptive and productive kinds like reading loudly and translation. It was found the appropriate exercise helped the subject with various English levels to use the additional informational mode of captions effectively.
In addition to the above, how the different size of the caption, small (24 points), medium (32) and large (40), affects the understanding and the viewing attitude of the subject in the third experiment early this year. Athough analysis still continues at the time of writing this report, the result roughly suggesteds many learners did not notice the difference of the size of captions.

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All Publications (6 results)

  • [Publications] 鈴木広子: "映像教材の視聴過程から見た英語字幕の効果-アイマークレコーダによる視線運動分析から" 神奈川大学 言語研究. 19号. (1997)

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  • [Publications] 鈴木広子 保崎則雄: "字幕付映像の理解を高める提示方法についての一考察" Language Laboratoy. 34号. (1997)

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  • [Publications] 保崎則雄: "字幕つき映像の視聴過程を知るための視線運動分析" 神奈川大学 心理 教育論集. 15号. 58-67 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Hiroko Suzuki & Norio Hozaki: "The Effective Use of Closed-captioned Video in Understanding English and Content" Languge Laboratory. No.34.

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  • [Publications] Hiroko Suzuki: "The Effect of the English Caption in the Viewing Process of Video -Analysis of Eye Movement-" Language Studies. No.19.

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  • [Publications] Norio Hozaki: "A Study of Development of Visual Literacy in Captioned Video by Analyzing the Learner's Eye movement" The Journal of Education & Psychology, No.16 Kanagawa University. No.16. 58-67 (1997)

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Published: 1999-03-09  

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