2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A basic research on efficacy of embodied experience in L2 grammar learning
| Project/Area Number |
24520680
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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 | Kinki University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | 身体化認知経験 / 認知意味論 / 統語的ジェスチャー / 認知図式 / 意味的ジェスチャー |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
My research examined the efficacy of applying embodied cognitive experience in L2 learning/teaching.L2 teaching based on cognitive embodiment has been recognized as a promising methodology which offeres an effective and accessible leaning strategy for L2 learners. I conducted a series of experiments to show the effectiveness of embodied experience in L2 learning, covering various grammatical issues such as polysemous and synonymous adjectives, countable/uncountable distinction, and meaning of present perfect progressive. I also conducted another series of experiments, dealing with syntactic gestures based on emobodied experience to show the gestures' retention and retrival effects of rather long English sentences. These experiments provided positive evidence that embodied cognitive experience worked very effectively in L2 learning/ teaching.
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| Free Research Field |
第二言語習得
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