2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Global Foreign Accent and the effectiveness of the prosody-oriented approach.
| Project/Area Number |
19720146
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
AKITA Mamiko (AKITA ORII Mamiko) 早稲田大学, 教育・総合科学学術院, 准教授 (30334585)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2011
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| Keywords | 第二言語習得 / 教授法・カリキュラム論 |
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| Research Abstract |
This pretest-treatment-posttest-delayed-posttest design study investigated the relationship between global foreign accent(GFA), which is an impressionistic judgement of overall non-native pronunciation(see Anderson-Hsieh, Johnson & Koehler 1992) and changes in the production abilities of adult Japanese English learners in a regular classroom setting ; this was done through two instructional approaches : segmental and prosody-oriented. Results suggest that the prosody-oriented approach effectively improves learners' phonology.
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