Influence of Learner Characteristics on Japanese Vocabulary Learning

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K16860
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Japanese language education
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
• Principal Investigator: ISHIZAWA Toru 東京外国語大学, 大学院国際日本学研究院, 准教授 (00636095)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 語彙学習 / 適性 / 母語 / 音韻符号化能力 / フリガナ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examined the relationship between Japanese vocabulary learning and learners' characteristics by considering learners' native language, learning styles, and learning strategies as learners' characteristics. It revealed two things: (1) Korean learners who had studied for three months and had never written Japanese kanjis by hand tried to memorize them by dividing them into parts like Hangul (Korean alphabet) and also tried to memorize them with the help of Korean kanji memorization methods. (2) Intermediate to advanced Japanese language learners at Japanese language schools (whose native languages are Chinese, Vietnamese, and Mongolian) rarely looked at the furigana at the end of words in the task of judging the correctness of furigana; it might be there is no influence by differences in the native language, but we need other investigations.

Free Research Field

日本語教育

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究はコロナ禍の影響もあり、当初想定していた形では実施できなかったが、一方で、時宜にかなう対応をすることもできた。学術的意義としては、学習者が語末のルビに注意を払っていない様子が明らかになったことが挙げられる。今後、視線計測実験と音声知覚実験を組み合わせ、学習者の文字と音の連合について、またTOPRAモデルと音韻符号化能力の関連性について検証を行っていきたい。
一方、社会的意義としては、ルビを用いることと語彙指導・音声指導との関係の一端を明らかにでき、日本語学習場面、日本語指導場面に活かせる示唆が得られたことである。