A Study on the Acquisition of English Phonetic Images with the Aid of Computerized Visual Cognition

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23520686
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Aichi Prefectural University
• Principal Investigator: OHMORI Yujitsu 愛知県立大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (00213877)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): POPE Edgar 愛知県立大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (00310102)
• Research Collaborator: SHIMIZU Katsumasa
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 応用英語音声学 / 視覚音声情報 / 音響音声学 / 聴覚音声学 / ＣＡＬＬ / ＩＣＴ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of the present study is to develop an effective way of enhancing the oral-aural literacy of learners of English. In this research a tentatively prospective approach was adopted to the acquisition of English phonetic images with the aid of computerized visual cognition, on the assumption that there should arise synergistic effects on linguistic competence in listening and speaking by the integration of those potentialities.
The experimental results show that the new approach, which puts much emphasis on the importance of some connected phonetic units to be acquired with visual aids in learning how to produce natural utterances in English, has considerable influence on learners' progress in listening, as well as leading to sufficient intelligibility and comprehensibility in language use.

Free Research Field

英語学、応用言語学