2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
An attempt to develop a listening test and teaching materials focusing on phonetic aspects
| Project/Area Number |
22520637
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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 | Kinki University |
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Principal Investigator |
SUGAI Kosuke 近畿大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (90454636)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KANZAKI Kazuo 大阪電気通信大学, 総合情報学部, 教授 (60123387)
YAMANE Shigeru 関西大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (60132388)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 英語 / テスト / 音声学 / 知覚 |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of our project is to make an English listening test which can precisely predict the learner's phoneme perception skills. To attain this goal we conducted a preliminary research to see how existing listening tests can predict this ability of the learner's. Through the dictation test and interview to the learners, it was found that the learners who are regarded to have the same level of listening comprehension ability differ in their overall and individual consonant perception skills. The result of a minimal pair test of English initial consonants of mono-syllabic words shows that percentage of correct answers didn't differ much, but reaction time for answering each question differ a lot between the learners and between the test items. From these results it is clear that the existing listening tests cannot predict the learner's consonant perception skills. Based on the findings we obtained through a series of studies, we plan to produce a reliable listening test.
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