2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Children's understanding process of picture books from an elementary school English educational perspective
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21520640
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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 | Tamagawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
SATO Kumiko 玉川大学, リベラルアーツ学部, 教授 (60154043)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KAJIKAWA Sachiyo 玉川大学, リベラルアーツ学部, 准教授 (70384724)
NIWANO Katsuko 東北福祉大学, 総合福祉学部, 准教授 (30458202)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
MINAGAWA Yasuyo 慶應義塾大学, 社会学研究科, 特任准教授 (90521732)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 早期英語教育 |
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| Research Abstract |
First, a good reader of English picture books can understand the stories using various kinds of strategies, including not only listening to English word sounds, but also looking at the pictures, using back world knowledge and guessing ability. On the other hand, a poor reader is likely to concentrate on only the pictures, and is unable to exploit hints or employ other strategies well.
Second, we investigated mother-child interaction, and found that mothers whose children's speaking ability is high exhibit three distinctive utterance features :(1) rapid response timing,(2) short utterance length, and(3) slow direct speech to their children. Consequently, the approach to reading picture books by the mothers of such children can foster the children's ability to understand picture books written in English more effectively.
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