2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Emotional expressions in English writing and speaking: Comparison between Japanese learners and native speakers of English

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23520700
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Foreign language education
Research Institution	Juntendo University
Principal Investigator	KANEKO Ikuyo 順天堂大学, スポーツ健康科学部, 准教授 (00360115)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Keywords	感情表現 / 日本人英語学習者 / 第二言語習得 / ライティング / スピーキング / 発表的技能
Research Abstract	This study investigated the degree of acquisition of emotional expressions in writing and speaking by Japanese learners of English. The results of the comparison between Japanese learners and native speakers of English indicated relations among the writing proficiency, the degree of acquisition of emotional expressions, and the TOEIC scores. It was also observed that the usage of pitch may be a key to better emotional expressions in speaking by Japanese learners of English. This study also analyzed letters written in Japanese (L1) and English (L2) by Japanese learners of English by adopting Appraisal theory as a framework. The results showed different linguistic features of the letters written in English and those in Japanese respectively, although written by the same students.