An Eye Movement Study on the Reading Process of EFL Learners

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25770203
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: LEUNG Chi Yui 名古屋大学, 国際開発研究科, 研究員 (80648262)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 第2言語読解 / 眼球運動 / 傍中心窩 / parafoveal-on-foveal 効果 / 直列処理 / 並列処理

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examined whether word identification during L2 reading is serial (only one word is processed at a time) or parallel (multiple words are processed at a time) in nature with a focus on eye movements and parafoveal processing during reading. The results of a series of eye-tracking experiments revealed that 1) L2 readers do make use of parafoveal information during reading, although the amount of attention allocated to parafoveal processing during L2 reading is less than that during L1 reading, and 2) based on corpus-based analyses of eye movement data, lexical parafoveal-on-foveal effects were identified not only among L1 but also among L2 readers, suggesting that parallel processing may be possible in word identification during L2 reading.

Free Research Field

第2言語習得