2015 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
音響・調音データベースに基づくバイオフィードバックによる英文リズム学習方法の開発
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25370444
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| Research Institution | Kanazawa Medical University |
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Principal Investigator |
澁谷 良穂 金沢医科大学, 一般教育機構, 教授 (90154260)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
Erickson Donna 金沢医科大学, 一般教育機構, 非常勤講師 (80331586)
Wilson Ian 会津大学, コンピュータ理工学部, 教授 (50444930)
末光 厚夫 北陸先端科学技術大学院大学, 情報科学研究科, 助教 (20422199)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | Teaching English / Language Rhythm / Acoustics / Articulation / Biofeedback |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
We continued our exploration of the acoustic and articulatory characteristics of language rhythm, with the purpose of better understanding how to give effective feedback to learners of English as a second language. The rhythmical organization of language is such that speakers use the jaw (mouth) to provide a basic underlying rhythmical structure of their language, as they produce each syllable in the utterance. This rhythmical structure varies from language to language: Japanese, Chinese, Spanish and French, for instance, tend to have increased syllable stress (implemented by increased jaw opening), at the end of phrases/utterances, and maybe also at the beginning of phrases, while English has a hierarchical organization such that each syllable has a specific value of stress, reflecting the varying amounts of jaw displacement in an utterance. For learning a second language, it is important to "retrain" articulatory mechanisms in order to produce the rhythmic pattern of the language they are trying to learn.
An important finding in this past year is that given laryngeal and supralaryngeal articulation are essentially independent, in order to better understand how to provide effective feedback to learners of a second language with regard to improving comprehensibility, jaw displacement patterns in each language must also be taken into account.
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Research Products
(23 results)
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[Journal Article] Bridging articulation and perception: The C/D model and contrastive emphasis.2015
Author(s)
Erickson, D., Kim, J., Kwahara, S., Wilson, I., Menezes, C., Suemitsu, A., Moore, J.
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Journal Title
Proceedings of International Congress of Phonetic Sciences 2015
Volume: 1
Pages: 1-4
Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
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[Presentation] Spanish articulatory rhythm2015
Author(s)
Erickson, D., Villegas, J., Wilson, I., Iguro, Y.
Organizer
Fall meeting Acoustical Society of Japan
Place of Presentation
The University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu
Year and Date
2015-09-16 – 2015-09-18
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[Presentation] Bridging articulation and perception: The C/D model and contrastive emphasis2015
Author(s)
Erickson, D., Kim, J., Kawahara, S., Wilson, I., Menezes, C., Suemitsu, A., Moore, J.
Organizer
International Congress of Phonetic Sciences 2015
Place of Presentation
Glasgow, Scotland
Year and Date
2015-08-10 – 2015-08-14
Int'l Joint Research
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