Evaluation and Monitoring Strategies in Identifying the Meaning of Words during Reading Comprehension

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K13233
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 02090:Japanese language education-related
• Research Institution: Shimane University
• Principal Investigator: Sato Tomoaki 島根大学, 学術研究院教育研究推進学系, 准教授 (30804918)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 日本語教育 / 文章読解 / 語の意味特定 / 語用論的推論 / 関連性理論

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to determine the importance of evaluation in identifying the meaning of words during text reading in Japanese as a second language, and to clarify the teaching effects of the strategies. In this study, we first examined Japanese learners' reading of texts from a pragmatic perspective, and examined difficulties in selecting contexts and understanding meanings in accordance with the writer's intentions. As a result, we found that incorrect interpretations are likely to occur when the need for explicit pragmatic inference is not indicated, and that it is important to judge readings in consideration of multiple contexts. The effects of reading comprehension instruction were also examined, and the results revealed an increased awareness of pragmatic inference in the reading comprehension process.

Free Research Field

日本語教育

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

これまで、第二言語としての日本語の文章読解における語の意味特定を語用論的観点から検討を行った研究は、管見の限りない。本研究は、第二言語としての日本語の文章読解の語の意味特定について、語用論的観点から検討を行った。また、研究の結果、評価及びモニタリングの重要性を実証的に明らかにすることができた。さらに、調査によって得られた知見をもとに読解指導を行った。その結果、ストラテジー指導について一定の効果があることが確認された。