2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Embodiment as a means of speech-context grounding: EFL activity development and conversation analysis using improvisational drama
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20K00780
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
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| Research Institution | Daito Bunka University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | L2スピーキング活動 / 相互行為分析 / 即興 / マルチモダリティ / ジェスチャー / 創造性 / インプロ（即興劇） / 遊び |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study developed L2 activities based on the principles and techniques of improvisational drama, and examined the process of participants’ interaction by means of multimodal conversation analysis. The results revealed that in face-to-face communication, language fulfils its meaning and function through forming close and complex relationships with bodily and environmental resources. It was also pointed out that the harmony/discrepancy between linguistic expression and bodily representation affects the naturalness/unnaturalness of language. As language is a system of abstract symbols, language learning without embodiment runs the risk of unnatural utterances, which deviate from the things they represent or the physical environments where they are embedded. Embodiment is a central factor contributing to authenticity of interactions.
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| Free Research Field |
L2相互行為分析
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
空間共有型の相互行為は、物理的環境に埋め込まれた参与者の身体を通して行われている。よって、自然な会話では言語的資源の他にも様々な身体的・物理的資源を利用しながら意味交渉を達成するが、L2教育では言語だけが特権的な資源のように位置付けられてきた。本研究の結果、言語記号の抽象性と非言語的資源の具体性が相補的に意味状況の全体を構成するするだけでなく、身体的な動作やイメージ、空間における身体の位置取りや移動などが発話を動機づける現象が確認できた。これにより、現在まで外国語教育が利用し得ていないコミュニケーション資源としての身体性の活用について、学術・教育実践の両面で更なる探究を進める利点が示唆された。
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