2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
An Exploratory Study on Effective Learner Strategies for L2 Speech Production
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24652118
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Nagoya 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 | 口頭産出 / ワーキングメモリ / カバー率 / タスク / 言語運用能力 / 産出プロセス / 学習者ストラテジー |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The aim of this study was to explore effective learner strategies employed in speaking by investigating the gap between the speech production and written production of Japanese EFL learners. As the first stage of the study, a research design was proposed to investigate the performance gap and a new analysis measure, namely, cover rate was introduced to assess the accuracy of the meaning conveyed. Taking into account the cognitive load required for production processes, three kinds of monologue production tasks were examined. The results showed a weak negative correlation between learners’ working memory capacity (WMC) and the production gap for the task with a heavy demand. However, there was a moderate correlation between English proficiency and WMC. Further investigation is necessary to generate suggestions for effective learner strategies in speaking.
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| Free Research Field |
第二言語習得
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