2023 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Adapting second language learning methods to brain plasticity levels
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23K18970
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
Barbir Monika 東京大学, ニューロインテリジェンス国際研究機構, 特任研究員 (20977772)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2023-08-31 – 2025-03-31
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| Keywords | Language acquisition / Online study / EEG study / Lifespan / Grammar learning |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
In the current fiscal year, we were able to extract and analyse the sentence constructions we want to use in our experiments, from natural languages. The data and results on extracting and understanding the structures were presented at an international conference. We have also developed the online the experiment we plan to deploy and are working on implementing the behavioural+EEG experimental code. The results will help us understand how humans learn diverse languages across the lifespan. They are essential for creating better pedagogical methods for teaching second languages in classes and applications.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
We were able to create the stimuli for the experiments and get pilot versions of the studies running. We have some obstacles with loading time on the online study that might take some time to resolve. We feel we are on track to start testing soon.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
We need to finish the experiment codes and start testing participants. We have one engineer working on the online study. The computer we planned to use is too slow so we will need to buy a more performative one.
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| Causes of Carryover |
The next year the amount will be used to buy a more powerful computer to perform the experiment. It will also be used for an engineer and research assistants for the development of the online game and EEG experiment code. We will also travel internationally to set up the international version of the experiment. The funding will also be used for participant payment.
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| Remarks |
We have posted some content about grammar learning related to the content of the study on a website for parents and educators that we run. Posts are in English, Japanese, and other languages.
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