Foreign Language Learning without Vision

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25590284
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Special needs education
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Nakamori Takayuki 京都大学, 人間・環境学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (10362568)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 点字 / 視覚障害 / 発音 / 発話 / 聴解 / 読解 / 聴覚処理 / 視覚・触覚処理

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this research is to answer the question “How are auditory and visual systems related to each other in foreign language processing?” The relationships between listening and reading, while paying attention to sound processing and letter processing, should be investigated thoroughly. Research on multisensory processing, i.e. auditory, visual, and tactile processing, has developed rapidly from the perspectives of brain and cognitive sciences. This book investigates how foreign language learners perceive input and produce output, with special reference to blind people who do not depend on vision.

Free Research Field

言語習得論