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Research Findings on English Grammar Acquisition Among Japanese High School Learners and the Implications on Teaching Methodologies

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K00747
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
Research InstitutionShizuoka University of Art and Culture

Principal Investigator

Yokota Hideki  静岡文化芸術大学, 文化政策学部, 教授 (50440590)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 白畑 知彦  静岡大学, 教育学部, 教授 (50206299)
Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
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: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords英語教育 / 第二言語習得 / 文法指導 / 英文法 / 英文法指導 / 習得難易度 / 高等学校 / 英語運用能力 / 暗黙的知識
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Two experiments were carried out to assess the level of English grammar proficiency among Japanese high school graduates (JLEs). The results indicated that the order of difficulty of English grammar for these JLEs was strongly correlated with the findings of earlier studies on second language acquisition order. Additionally, it was found that the level of difficulty varied even within the same grammatical categories, depending on the specific words, phrases, and contexts that were used.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究が明らかにした「同じ文法項目に属する要素であっても文脈や語句によって困難度が異なる」という現象は、第二言語習得研究における英語文法項目別習得困難度順序の先行研究(Johnson & Newport 1989; Dulay & Burt 1973など)ではとらえられていないことである。このように日本語母語話者の英文法能力の実証データを分析し、詳細な英文法学習の困難度を明らかにすることで、英文法に関する到達度目標の設定や、困難を伴う項目の指導の際に何を重点的に指導すべきかなど、データに裏づけされた英語の指導が行えるようになるはずである。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (20 results)

All 2023 2021 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (6 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 4 results) Presentation (10 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Invited: 1 results) Book (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] 大学生の英文法習得難易度順序の調査2021

    • Author(s)
      横田秀樹・白畑知彦
    • Journal Title

      中部地区英語教育学会紀要

      Volume: 第50号 Pages: 251-258

    • NAID

      40022701339

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Effects of explicit instruction on intransitive and transitive verbs in L2 English: with a special focus on non-instructed verbs2020

    • Author(s)
      Kondo, T., Shirahata, T., Suda, K., Ogawa, M. & Yokota, H.
    • Journal Title

      全国英語教育学会紀要

      Volume: Vol. 31 Pages: 81-96

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The acquisition of Wh-questions by Japanese learners of English: Focusing on subject Wh-questions2019

    • Author(s)
      Shirahata, T., Yokota, H., Suda, K. Kondo, T. & Ogawa, M.
    • Journal Title

      2018 International Conference on Bilingual learning and Teaching (ICBLT): E-proceedings. The Open University of Hong Kong

      Volume: - Pages: 153-157

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The Learning and Teaching of Inanimate Subjects: The Case of Japanese Learners of English2019

    • Author(s)
      Tomohiko Shirahata, Takako Kondo, Koji Suda, Ayano Otaki, Mutsumi Ogawa, HidekiYokota
    • Journal Title

      ARELE(全国英語教育学会紀要)

      Volume: Vol.30 Pages: 1-16

    • NAID

      130007826213

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 「第二言語習得研究の観点から見た 文法指導で押さえるべき「受容」と「発信」」2019

    • Author(s)
      横田秀樹
    • Journal Title

      『英語教育』2月号

      Volume: Vol.67 No.12 Pages: 22-23

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 「SLA研究から見た語順習得の留意点」2018

    • Author(s)
      横田秀樹
    • Journal Title

      『英語教育』5月号

      Volume: Vol.67 No.2 Pages: 30-31

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The influence of animacy of sentential subjects on overpassivization in L2 English2021

    • Author(s)
      Takako Kondo, Tomohiko Shirahata, Koji Suda, Mutsumi Ogawa, & Hideki Yokota
    • Organizer
      第20回 日本第二言語習得学会 国際年次大会(J-SLA2020)設立20周年記念大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The influence of animacy on the acquisition of subjects in English2020

    • Author(s)
      Suda, K., Shirahata, T., Yokota, H., Kondo, T., Ogawa, M.
    • Organizer
      Hawaii International Conference on English Language and Literature Studies (HICELLS 2020)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Effects of Explicit Instruction on the Acquisition of English Wh-questions by Japanese-speaking Learners of English2019

    • Author(s)
      Hideki Yokota
    • Organizer
      The 17th Asia TEFL International Conference and the 6th FLLT International Conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] THE ACQUISITION OF SUBJECT WH-QUESTIONS BY JAPANESE LEARNERS OF ENGLISH2019

    • Author(s)
      Shirahata, T., Yokota, H., Suda, K., Kondo, T., Ogawa, M.
    • Organizer
      Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition (GALA) 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 可算・不可算の区別に関する明示的文法指導-認知言語学的アプローチによる実践-2018

    • Author(s)
      小川睦美・白畑知彦・須田孝司・近藤隆子・横田秀樹
    • Organizer
      全国英語教育学会第44回京都研究大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Teaching boundedness and individuation as a distinction between count and mass nouns in English2018

    • Author(s)
      Ogawa, M., Shirahata, T., Suda, K., Kondo, T., & Yokota, H
    • Organizer
      the British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL2018)
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The acquisition of wh-questions by Japanese learners of English: Focusing on subject wh-questions2018

    • Author(s)
      Shirahata, T., Yokota, H., Suda, K., Kondo, T. and Ogawa, M.
    • Organizer
      2018 International Conference on Bilingual Learning and Teaching. The Open University of Hong Kong: Hong Kong.
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The acquisition of inanimate subject by Japanese learners of English2018

    • Author(s)
      Shirahata, T., Kondo, T., Ogawa, M., Suda, K., Yokota, H. and Otaki, A.
    • Organizer
      Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) 2018. The University of Wollongong Australia
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Effect of explicit instruction on unaccusative verbs Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) 20182018

    • Author(s)
      Kondo, T., Shirahata, T., Suda, K., Ogawa, M. and Hideki, Y.
    • Organizer
      Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The effect of instruction on recognition of noun countability: An application of a cognitive linguistic approach2018

    • Author(s)
      Ogawa, M., Shirahata, T., Suda, K., Kondo, T. and Yokota, H.
    • Organizer
      III International Conference on Teaching Grammar
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Book] 「英語文法項目別の習得困難度―大学生を対象とした予備調査―」『第二言語習得の科学Ⅰ 言語の習得』2023

    • Author(s)
      白畑知彦・横田秀樹
    • Total Pages
      21
    • Publisher
      くろしお出版
    • ISBN
      9784874249369
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 「日本語を母語とする大学生の英語文法項目別習得困難度順序 -予備的調査-」『第二言語習得研究(仮題)-第1巻 ことばの習得から考える-』2023

    • Author(s)
      白畑知彦・横田秀樹
    • Total Pages
      22
    • Publisher
      くろしお出版
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 第二言語習得研究の波及効果2020

    • Author(s)
      白畑 知彦、須田孝司、横田秀樹 他
    • Total Pages
      232
    • Publisher
      くろしお出版
    • ISBN
      9784874248263
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 言語習得研究の応用可能性 : 理論から指導・脳科学へ2019

    • Author(s)
      白畑 知彦、須田 孝司、横田 秀樹 他
    • Total Pages
      378
    • Publisher
      くろしお出版
    • ISBN
      9784874248065
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2024-12-25  

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