Effects of noticing in the process of second language acquisition : Implications and applications to English language teaching at high school and university levels in Japan

2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21520568
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Yokohama National University
• Principal Investigator: SANO Fujiko 横浜国立大学, 教育人間科学部, 教授 (30248893)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): NAGASAKI Mutsuko 聖学院大学, 人文学部欧米文化学科, 准教授 (90406546)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Keywords: 第二言語習得論 / 気づき / ディクトグロス / フォーカス・オン・フォーム / 高大連携 / 英語指導法

Research Abstract

A total of 194 Japanese university students participated in two studies, and assigned to two experimental and two control groups. Consciousness-raising and dictogloss tasks were implemented in two ways : form-focused and meaning-focused. Form-focused consciousness-raising group in each study outperformed meaning-focused consciousness-raising group regardless of their initial linguistic proficiency. The effects of noticing trough dictogloss tasks maintained longer in form-focused group than meaning-focused group. The results show that the combination of consciousness-raising and dictogloss tasks promoted noticing the target structure and LREs during the dictogloss tasks and prompted more frequent use of the target structure in reproduced texts than dictogloss task alone.
2) A total of 182 Japanese high school students participated in a series of three studies. Form-focused consciousness-raising and dictogloss tasks benefited intermediate-level students, while meaning-focused consciousness-raising and dictogloss tasks benefited beginning-level students in terms of comprehension, production and grammar knowledge.

Research Products

• [Presentation] The effects of consciousness-raising and dictogloss tasks on L2 learning. Paper presented (2011)
  • Author(s): Sano, F.
  • Organizer: TBLT 2011(Task-Based Language Teaching, 2011 Conference)
  • Place of Presentation: Auckland New Zealand
  • Year and Date: 2011-11-18
• [Presentation] Differential effects of pre-task consciousness-raising tasks and collaborative dialogue on the learning of English Present Perfect Tense. Paper presented (2010)
  • Author(s): Sano, F.
  • Organizer: BAAL 2010(British Association for Applied Linguistics 2010 Conference)
  • Place of Presentation: Aberdeen UK.
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-10
• [Presentation] フォーカス・オン・フォームが英文産出に及ぼす影響-気づきの効用 (2010)
  • Author(s): 佐野富士子・原田淳・片山浩樹・鈴木聡
  • Organizer: 第36回全国英語教育学会
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪研究大会
  • Year and Date: 2010-08-07
• [Presentation] The effect of metalinguistic information in conjunction with dictogloss tasks on L2 learning. Paper presented (2009)
  • Author(s): Sano, F.
  • Organizer: TBLT 2009(Task-Based Language Learning 2009 Conference)
  • Place of Presentation: Lancaster UK.
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-15
• [Presentation] 高校におけるディクトグロス活動の効果-気づきと英文作成力との関連を中心として (2009)
  • Author(s): 佐野富士子・原田淳・片山浩樹・鈴木聡
  • Organizer: 第35回全国英語教育学会
  • Place of Presentation: 鳥取研究大会
  • Year and Date: 2009-08-08
• [Book] 英語教育学大系第5巻第二言語習得-SLA研究と外国語教育 (2011)
  • Author(s): 佐野富士子・岡秀夫・遊佐典昭・金子朝子
  • Total Pages: 302
  • Publisher: 大修館書店
• [Remarks] (1)招待講演会日時: 2011年5月14日(土) 16 : 00-17 : 30講師: Dr. Shinichi Izumi(上智大学)演題:' Task-based language teaching and focus on form'会場:横浜国立大学みなとみらいキャンパス
• [Remarks] (2)招待特別授業日時: 2011年10月14日(金) 13 : 00-14 : 30講師: Professor Rod Ellis(University of Auckland, New Zealand)演題:' Consciousness-raising tasks for grammar teaching'場所:横浜国立大学教育人間科学部
• [Remarks] (3)ビデオによる公開授業の解説日時: 2010年10月30日(日)学会: ELEC同友会英語教育学会全国大会解説者:佐野富士子.演題:「第二言語習得の観点から見るリプロダクションの意義と役割」
• [Remarks] (4)講演日時: 2011年8月12日(金)学会: ELEC同友会英語教育学会サマーワークショップ講演者:佐野富士子演題:「フォーカス・オン・フォームを効果的に行う方法」
• [Remarks] (5) 2009年度教員免許更新講習英語科選択佐野富士子担当「第二言語習得と外国語教育:学習成果を高める英語指導」
• [Remarks] (6) 2010年度教員免許更新講習英語科選択佐野富士子担当「第二言語習得研究の成果を取り入れた英語授業の実践」
• [Remarks] (7) 2011年度教員免許更新講習英語科選択佐野富士子担当「第二言語習得を促すタスク活動」