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Investigation in Measures to Cope with Confusing Pronunciation by Native English Speakers that may Endanger Air Traffic Control Operations

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16H03454
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Foreign language education
Research InstitutionSenshu University

Principal Investigator

Nitta Haruhiko  専修大学, 商学部, 兼任講師 (80424323)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) Walter K.Klinger  滋賀県立大学, 全学共通教育推進機構, 准教授 (10275183)
岡崎 弘信  秋田県立大学, 総合科学教育研究センター, 教授 (80405084)
Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥12,220,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,820,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥5,980,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,380,000)
Keywords航空英語 / 航空管制 / Eラーニング / 口語発音 / 発音の乱れ / 口語英語 / 英語 / 管制英語 / Eラーニング
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The rate of speech by air traffic controllers in the USA is faster than speech in movies, as we determined in earlier projects, making it often very difficult for Japanese pilots and controllers to catch and decode, which we also determined in our previous studies. We consider the cause is that pronunciation by native speakers at high rates of speech is quite different from how English sounds were learned by Japanese people in school. We developed a database of 2.4 million spoken words and studied the frequency of appearance and variations in pronunciation of 2080 words and 587 phrases. Based on this material, we recorded 6000 items of sample voices reproducing sounds that are difficult for Japanese people to hear, and are incorporating them in an e-learning system.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

航空管制には正確なコミュニケーションを成立させるため予め定義された語彙や表現(Radio Phraseology)が用いられる。しかしこのことは必ずしも日本人のリスニングの問題を解決しない。その原因は母語話者の発音のバリエーションにある。このバリエーションの調査やバリエーションに対する英語学習方法を研究した事例は今までに存在しない。また発音のバリエーションを学習するためのオリジナル音声を作成したが著作権を主張せず社会に提供する。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Annual Research Report
  • 2016 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (1 results)

All 2018

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Open Access: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Speech Speed Rates of American Air Traffic Controllers in Communications with Non-Native English-Speaking Pilots2018

    • Author(s)
      NITTA Haruhiko, OKAZAKI Hironobu, Walter KLINGER, & KIDO Kazuhiko
    • Journal Title

      専修人文論集

      Volume: 103 Pages: 351-360

    • NAID

      120006792549

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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