2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The relationship between linguistic features of authentic English and listening comprehension skill
| Project/Area Number |
23520684
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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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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | University of Niigata Prefecture |
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Principal Investigator |
CHINO Junichiro 新潟県立大学, 国際地域学部, 准教授 (50413753)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MINESHIMA Michio 新潟医療福祉大学, 社会福祉学部, 准教授 (10512981)
OMINATO Yoshihiro 長岡工業高等専門学校, 一般教育科, 准教授 (70413755)
URABE Shozo 長岡工業高等専門学校, 一般教育科, 准教授 (20530447)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 教育工学・教材・教育メディア一般 / 英語 / リスニング / 聴解 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study examines how features of authentic oral text affect learners' listening comprehension. First, linguistic features of four English listening materials were analyzed, revealing that, compared with impromptu speech, oral text for non-educational purposes showed a different distribution of speech rate and word frequency. It also lacked some features inherent in unprepared speech, such as repetitions, false starts, and sentence fragmentation. Second, how fillers affect EFL learners' listening comprehension was examined. Two types of listening tests were conducted and the results showed that listening comprehension significantly decreased when fillers were inserted in a sense group, causing fragmentation.
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