2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Metalinguistic test for English remedial education
| Project/Area Number |
23820079
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Fukuoka University (2012)
Kyushu Sangyo University (2011) |
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Principal Investigator |
TOKUNAGA Miki 福岡大学, 言語教育研究センター, 外国語講師 (30461479)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Keywords | 文法用語 / メタ言語 / 明示的知識 / リメディアル教育 / ラッシュ分析 |
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| Research Abstract |
In this research, a simple metalanguage test was developed to measure the metalinguistic knowledge of low proficiency English learners at Japanese universities. The result showed that many of the 1,180 participants could not identify simple parts of speech such as adverbs and articles. Significant correlations were found between the results of the metalanguage test and the participants’ English proficiency test scores, indicating that the lack of metalinguistic knowledge could be preventing low proficiency English learners from improving their English.
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