Reading English With and Without Japanese Translation : An Examination, Based on Mental Representation Theory, of Instruction and Assessment

2008 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17520366
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: USHIRO Yuji University of Tsukuba, 大学院・人文社会科学研究科, 教授 (60271722)
• Project Period (FY): 2005 – 2008
• Keywords: 英文読解 / 心的表象 / テスト形式 / 英文和訳 / 筆記再生課題 / 要約課題

Research Abstract

本研究は日本人英語学習者の英文読解における英文訳読と読み手の理解との関係を検証している。実験1から4を通し英文和訳や要約課題などを含めたテスト形式と採点方法の妥当性について検証した。また、英文訳読で検証される逐語的理解が、筆記再生課題や要約課題で検証される心的表象の構築に対して及ぼす影響を実験5において検証し、であることを明らかにした。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Effects of reading perspective on EFL learners' summary writing and importance rating summary and importance rating (2009)
  • Author(s): Ushiro, Y., Kai, A., Nakagawa, C., Watanabe, F., Hoshino, Y., & Shimizu, H
  • Journal Title: ARELE 20 Pages: 11-20
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Construction of a macroproposition from supporting details : Investigation from Japanese EFL reader's (2008)
  • Author(s): Ushiro, Y., Nakagawa, C., Kai, A., Watanabe, F., & Shimizu, H
  • Journal Title: JACET JOURNAL 47 Pages: 111-125
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Comparison of L2 readers' performance in translation, recall, and summary tasks (2008)
  • Author(s): Ushiro, Y., Shimizu, H., Hoshino, Y., Kai, A., Shimada, S., Gomi, N, & Hirai, N.
  • Journal Title: JLTA Journal 11 Pages: 109-123
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Effects of question types on item difficulty in two reading test formats : Open-ended and multiple-choice (2008)
  • Author(s): Ushiro, Y., Nakagawa, C., Morimoto, Y., Hijikata, Y., Watanabe, F., & Kai, A
  • Journal Title: ARELE 19 Pages: 201-210
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] What makes distractors plausible in multiple-choice reading tests? (2007)
  • Author(s): Ushiro, Y., Morimoto, Y., Hijikata, Y., Nakagawa, C., Watanabe, F., & Kai, A
  • Journal Title: JLTA Journal 10 Pages: 56-67
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Relationships between cue types in recall tests and L2 reading proficiency (2007)
  • Author(s): Ushiro, Y., Hijikata, Y., Shimizu, M.,Nakagawa, C., Koga, T., Ohno, M., & Umehara, C.
  • Journal Title: ARELE 18 Pages: 31-40
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Examining the characteristics of scoring methods for written recall tests : Focusing on propositional and idea unit analyses (2007)
  • Author(s): Ushiro, Y., Nakagawa, C., Morimoto, Y., Koga, T., Konno, K., & Nabeta, K.
  • Journal Title: JACET JOURNAL 44 Pages: 85-99
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Reliability and validity of translation tests as a measure of reading comprehension (2005)
  • Author(s): Ushiro, Y., Hijikata, Y., Shimizu, M., In'nami, Y., Kasahara, K., Shimoda, A., Mizoshita, H., & Sato, R.
  • Journal Title: ARELE 16 Pages: 71-80
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] What test constructors should keep in mind : Constructing and scoring a translation test (2005)
  • Author(s): Ushiro, Y., Koga, T., In'nami, Y., Hijikata, Y.,Niklai, G., & Murata, E
  • Journal Title: JLTA Journal 7 Pages: 145-162
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] EFL学習者のReading Perspectiveが要約作成と重要度判定に及ぼす影響 (2008)
  • Author(s): 卯城祐司・甲斐あかり・中川知佳子・渡邊芙裕美・星野(森本)由子・清水遥
  • Organizer: 第34回全国英語教育学会東京研究大会
  • Place of Presentation: 昭和女子大学
  • Year and Date: 2008-08-10
• [Presentation] 読解テストにおける質問タイプが項目困難度に及ぼす影響 : 自由記述式と多肢選択式の比較 (2007)
  • Author(s): 卯城祐司・中川知佳子・森本由子・土方裕子・渡邊芙裕美・甲斐あかり
  • Organizer: 第33回全国英語教育学会大分研究大会
  • Place of Presentation: 大分大学
  • Year and Date: 2007-08-05
• [Presentation] 筆記再生課題における検索手がかりと読解熟達度の関係 (2006)
  • Author(s): 卯城祐司・清水真紀・土方裕子・古賀功・中川知佳子・大野真澄・梅原愛.
  • Organizer: 第32回全国英語教育学会高知研究大会
  • Place of Presentation: 高知大学
  • Year and Date: 2006-08-06