2020 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Eye movements during reading as a window to non-native speaker's language comprehension processes
| Project/Area Number |
20K00584
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
ローランド ダグラス 早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 准教授(任期付) (60749290)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2025-03-31
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| Keywords | eye tracking / L2 comprehension |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
The goal of this research is to collect eye movement/reading time data from Japanese speakers of English with varying levels of proficiency for comparison with data from native speakers of English. Unfortunately, we have been unable to collect data during the last year due to restrictions due to COVID19. The collection of eye tracking data requires the participants and researchers to be in a confined area (i.e., the room where the eye tracking equipment is located) - a situation which is not possible under the current restrictions. We hope to start collecting data as soon as restrictions are relaxed. However, we have been able to collect preliminary data (online self-paced reading time data from native speakers of English) which will serve as a partial control for the eye movement data which we hope to collect from Japanese speakers of English
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
4: Progress in research has been delayed.
Reason
The goal of this research is to collect eye movement/reading time data from Japanese speakers of English with varying levels of proficiency for comparison with data from native speakers of English. Unfortunately, we have been unable to collect data during the last year due to restrictions due to COVID19. The collection of eye tracking data requires the participants and researchers to be in a confined area (i.e., the room where the eye tracking equipment is located) - a situation which is not possible under the current restrictions. We hope to start collecting data as soon as restrictions are relaxed.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
We anticipate being able to start collecting eye tracking data in the later part of 2021 (assuming COVID19 related restrictions are relaxed). In addition, we are designing alternate experiments using on-line self-paced reading and other tasks to address the same theoretical issues as the originally planned eye tracking experiments.
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| Causes of Carryover |
The goal of this research is to collect eye movement/reading time data from Japanese speakers of English with varying levels of proficiency for comparison with data from native speakers of English. Unfortunately, we have been unable to collect data during the last year due to restrictions due to COVID19. The collection of eye tracking data requires the participants and researchers to be in a confined area (i.e., the room where the eye tracking equipment is located) - a situation which is not possible under the current restrictions. We hope to start collecting data as soon as restrictions are relaxed. In addition, we will also collect data using an alternate online procedure that we hope will be able to address some of the same theoretical issues as the originally planned eye tracking experiments.
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