Analysis of Fixation Area in Watching English Movies by English Skill Stage and Construction of Advance Learner Model

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K12429
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Educational technology
• Research Institution: Osaka Ohtani University
• Principal Investigator: Okura Takaaki 大阪大谷大学, 教育学部, 教授 (50223772)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 小山 敏子 大阪大谷大学, 教育学部, 教授 (20352974)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 英語映画 / 英語字幕 / 視線停留時間 / 上級者モデル

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We experimented eye-tracking tests to the student with high English ability who was before studying abroad and two weeks after returning. The tests were made by extracting 6 clips from 3 movies.
Comparing data before studying abroad and after returning it was found that fixation time rate from 100ms to less than 300ms decreased after returning. And was found that the rate of fixation time 300ms or more increased from 10% to 19.3%. She was unable following the subtitles and had a lot of fixations with short length, when she was before studying abroad. However, after returning Japan, it was found that she had listened with confidence and grasping the subtitles with a wide view and confirming the contents.We considered that she had gotten reading skills of subtitles as complement for sound by getting use to English speech.

Free Research Field

教育工学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

英語映画が英語学習に効果的な学習教材であることは，広く知られている．字幕提示によって内容の理解が促進され，音声が聞き取り易くなるのではないかという映画の活用は，以前から行われてきた．一方，しばらく英語圏に滞在した後に帰国すると，英文の読み取り，聞き取りにおけるハードルが低くなるという留学の効果を共通理解している．
今回の成果は，初学者に英語映画を教材として適用する場面で，オリジナルのサブタイトル画像（DVDなどで提供される字幕は，画像として収録されている）を提示して読み取るように誘導するのではなく，補完情報として着目すべき領域を示すなどの情報補完型字幕文提示の有効性を示唆した．