2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The acquisition and retention of second language speech sounds in immersion education and traditional foreign language education
| Project/Area Number |
20520527
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
HARADA Tetsuo Waseda University, 教育・総合科学学術院, 教授 (60208676)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 第二言語習得 / 早期言語教育 / 音声習得 / 音声維持 / イマージョン教育 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study investigated long-term effects of childhood second language (L2) experience in an instructional setting on L2 pronunciation in adulthood. Specifically, it compared the production of Japanese speech sounds by English-speaking university students who had spent their early years in a Japanese immersion program (early learners) to that of English-speaking learners of university-level intermediate Japanese with no exposure to Japanese in childhood (late learners). Results did not confirm enough advantages in pronunciation for the early learners over the late learners despite a substantial amount of childhood experience in the immersion program.
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