2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Effect of Visual Syntactic Text Format on Reading Comprehension and Proficiency
| Project/Area Number |
26770189
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Saitama University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | CALL / text formatting / reading |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research project investigated the long-term effects of reading in a syntactically parsed text format called Visual Syntactic Text Format (VSTF). Specifically, it tested the hypothesis that reading in a parsed text format over time would lead to greater reading retention and overall proficiency growth than reading in regular block text format. 736 participants were asked to read a total of 80,000 words worth of texts of their choosing online as part of their general English course homework. Approximately half read most of their texts in parsed format, while the other half read most of their texts in block format. Results showed no significant differences in retention or proficiency growth between the parsed and block format groups.
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| Free Research Field |
人文学
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