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The role of semantic relatedness in text comprehension in English as a foreign language: Comparison of different text units and developmental stages

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K13507
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Foreign language education
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tsukuba (2018-2020)
Kyoei University (2017)

Principal Investigator

Nahatame Shingo  筑波大学, 人間系, 助教 (60756146)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Discontinued (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywordsリーディング / 英語教育 / 文章理解 / 心理言語学 / 計算言語学 / 自然言語処理 / 記憶 / 潜在意味解析 / コーパス / 読解 / 語彙学習 / テキスト分析
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to examine whether and how semantic relatedness between concepts represented by words and sentences influences text comprehension in English as a foreign language (EFL). The results of the several empirical studies with Japanese EFL learners indicated that semantically related text information is easy to process during reading and remember after reading, regardless of the units of the reading texts. However, the influence of semantic relatedness is limited by learners’ English proficiency and other text variables. These findings offered implications for cognitive processes, instruction, and material development of EFL reading.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義は,コンピューターによって客観的に評価される単語や文の意味的な関連度を扱い,それが英語学習者の文章理解とどのように関わっているかを明らかにしたことである。本研究によって得られた成果は,英語学習者の読解における認知プロセスを解明したり,そのプロセスをコンピューターでモデリングするための基盤となるものであり,今後の研究への応用が期待される。
社会的意義としては,英語学習者が理解しやすい(あるいはしにくい)文章の特徴や学習者の英語習熟度による理解プロセスの違いを明らかにしたことで,英文読解指導や教材開発へ示唆を与えたことである。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2020 Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (17 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Journal Article (6 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 6 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results) Remarks (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] 年少英語学習者向け読み物教材の言語的特徴と難易度:英文解析プログラムによる多面的な分析に基づいて2020

    • Author(s)
      名畑目真吾・木村雪乃
    • Journal Title

      小学校英語教育学会誌

      Volume: 19 Pages: 70-85

    • NAID

      130008023806

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Revisiting Second Language Readers’ Memory for Narrative Texts: The Role of Causal and Semantic Text Relations2020

    • Author(s)
      Shingo Nahatame
    • Journal Title

      Reading Psychology

      Volume: - Issue: 8 Pages: 753-777

    • DOI

      10.1080/02702711.2020.1768986

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Sentence semantic relations and second language text memory: An approximate replication study2019

    • Author(s)
      Shingo Nahatame
    • Journal Title

      Language Education and Technology

      Volume: 56

    • NAID

      40022118218

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 言語的特徴に基づく小学生向けストーリー教材の分類: 英文解析プログラムを用いた多面的な分析2019

    • Author(s)
      名畑目真吾・木村雪乃
    • Journal Title

      小学校英語教育学会誌

      Volume: 19 Pages: 70-85

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Comprehension and processing of paired sentences in second language reading: A comparison of causal and semantic relatedness.2018

    • Author(s)
      Shingo Nahatame
    • Journal Title

      Modern Language Journal

      Volume: 102 Issue: 2 Pages: 392-415

    • DOI

      10.1111/modl.12466

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 小学生向けストーリー教材の文脈の分析:文間の意味的な関連度に基づいて2018

    • Author(s)
      名畑目真吾
    • Journal Title

      小学校英語教育学会誌

      Volume: 18 Pages: 84-99

    • NAID

      130007629931

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Text readability and comprehension processes during L2 reading: A computational and eye-tracking investigation2020

    • Author(s)
      Shingo Nahatame
    • Organizer
      Annual Conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (Canceled)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Predicting the text difficulty of graded readers for young language learners: A computational analysis of linguistic features2019

    • Author(s)
      Shingo Nahatame
    • Organizer
      Annual Meeting of the Society for Text & Discourse
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 英文読解中の文から文への読み戻り ―視線計測を用いた検証2019

    • Author(s)
      名畑目真吾
    • Organizer
      第45回全国英語教育学会弘前研究大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 年少英語学習者向け読み物教材の難易度推定 ―英文解析プログラムによる言語的特徴の分析に基づいて―2019

    • Author(s)
      名畑目真吾・木村雪乃
    • Organizer
      第19回小学校英語教育学会北海道研究大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Comprehension processes in L2 reading: The role of causal and semantic text relations2019

    • Author(s)
      Shingo Nahatame
    • Organizer
      the Annual Conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Semantic memory of second language readers: An empirical study employing latent semantic analysis2018

    • Author(s)
      Shingo Nahatame
    • Organizer
      the Annual Conference of the Society for Text & Discourse
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 言語的特徴を観点とした小学生向けストーリー教材の分類 :英文解析プログラムによる多角的分析に基づいて2018

    • Author(s)
      名畑目真吾・木村雪乃
    • Organizer
      小学校英語教育学会 長崎研究大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 小学生向けのストーリー教材における文脈の分析:コンピューターを用いた文の意味的な関連度の算出2017

    • Author(s)
      名畑目 真吾
    • Organizer
      小学校英語教育学会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 所属先研究者ページ

    • URL

      https://trios.tsukuba.ac.jp/researcher/0000004194

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 研究者個人ページ

    • URL

      https://sites.google.com/site/snahatame/

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 名畑目真吾ホームページ

    • URL

      https://sites.google.com/site/snahatame/

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2022-01-27  

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