2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Interface Study of English Prosodic Features : From a Japanese L2 Learners' Point of View

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20520440
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	English linguistics
Research Institution	Kobe University
Principal Investigator	TATEISHI Shinobu Kobe University, 大学院・国際文化学研究科, 教授 (00157489)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	英語音調 / インターフェース / 学習順序 / 音韻 / 統語 / 意味
Research Abstract	This is a study of effective learning of English prosodic features by Japanese L2 learners. We made two pieces of computer-assisted software for those learners and made several long-term experiments. Our findings are 1) Japanese L2 learners CAN learn English prosodic features, contra previous studies, 2) Japanese L2 learners face phonological, syntactic and semantic difficulties, when they study English prosody, 3)prosodic training is especially effective to intermediate Japanese L2 learners, and 4) the order of studying prosody and phones is crucial for effective learning.

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