Psycholinguistic experiments on sentence production in picture description tasks in L2 English and its skill development

• Project/Area Number: 23520680
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Oita University
• Principal Investigator: YANAI Tomohiko 大分大学, 教育福祉科学部, 教授 (60136025)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: 言語産出 / 文のプラニング / 絵描写課題 / 心理言語学 / 英語教育 / 文のプラニング範囲 / プラニング範囲

Research Abstract

The present study examined how far ahead L2 learners plan an English sentence before they begin to describe a picture. The results of the present psycholinguistic experiments show that learners' scope of sentence planning varied according to the type of the subject phrase containing double nouns: coordinatd noun phrase ("A and B are ...") and prepositional noun phrase ("A above B is ..."). Through these experiments the role of 'cognitive load' in sentence planning was recognized. It is suggested that varying the cognitive load may change the ease of sentence production in a second language.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] L2 Learners'scope of sentence planning (2013)
  • Author(s): Yanai, T. & Goto, F
  • Journal Title: Effects from phrase types and picture preview. Annual Review of English Language Education in Japan Volume: 24 Pages: 17-30
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] L2 Learners' Scope of Sentence Planning: Effects from Phrase Types and Picture Preview (2013)
  • Author(s): Tomohiko Yanai, Fuminori Goto
  • Journal Title: Annual Review of English Language Teaching in Japan (ARELE) Volume: 24 Pages: 17-30
  • NAID: 110009806689
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 名詞句の複雑さとplanning scopeに関する心理言語学的実験 (2012)
  • Author(s): 柳井智彦
  • Journal Title: 九州英語教育学会紀要 Volume: 第40号 Pages: 41-49
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 動詞と目的語の発話前プラニング-日本語(L1)と英語(L2)の場合 (2013)
  • Author(s): 柳井智彦,他4名
  • Organizer: 第42回九州英語教育学会
  • Place of Presentation: 佐賀大学
• [Presentation] L2の単文発話におけるplanning scope :等位構造と後置修飾の反応潜時 (2012)
  • Author(s): 柳井智彦,後藤史典
  • Organizer: 第38回全国英語教育学会
  • Place of Presentation: 愛知学院大学
• [Presentation] 名詞句の複雑さと発話のplanning scopeに関する心理言語学的実験 (2011)
  • Author(s): 柳井智彦
  • Organizer: 第40回九州英語教育学会
  • Place of Presentation: 宮崎県立看護大学
• [Presentation] 名詞句の複雑さとplanning scopeに関する心理言語学的実験 (2011)
  • Author(s): 柳井智彦
  • Organizer: 九州英語教育学会
  • Place of Presentation: 宮崎県立看護大学
• [Presentation] 動詞と目的語の発話前プラニング－日本語（L1)と英語（L2)の場合
  • Author(s): 柳井智彦，瀬口珠美，平川理絵子，李末，梅野はる香
  • Organizer: 第42回九州英語教育学会 佐賀研究大会
  • Place of Presentation: 佐賀大学
• [Presentation] L2の単文発話におけるplanning scope: 等位構造と後置修飾の反応潜時
  • Author(s): 柳井智彦，後藤史典
  • Organizer: 第３８回全国英語教育学会愛知研究大会
  • Place of Presentation: 愛知県愛知学院大学