2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Elucidation of Phonological Knowledge of English necessary to cultivate 'Japanese with English Abilities'
| Project/Area Number |
25580136
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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 | Jissen Women's University (2014)
Josai University (2013) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | シャドーイング / カタカナ発音英語 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility of Katakana Hatsuon Eigo or heavily Japanese accented English speech in global community by method of shadowing. Two studies conducted among three different ethnic groups of Malay showed that their average shadowing performance was about 45 % and the ethnic groups whose first languages share the syllable structure similar to Japanese had possibility of better understanding of the speech.
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| Free Research Field |
外国語教育
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