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Hesitation Phenomena in Second Language Learning

Research Project

Project/Area Number 24520661
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Foreign language education
Research InstitutionWaseda University

Principal Investigator

ROSE Ralph  早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 准教授 (30404916)

Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Keywords躊躇現象 / 流暢さ / 発話速度 / 無声休止 / 有声休止 / 第2言語習得 / 第二言語習得 / コーパス
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project had two primary aims related to hesitation phenomena in second language (L2) speech. The first aim was to create a speech corpus with people speaking in both their L1 and L2, allowing evaluation of L2 versus L1 speech patterns. Results show that speech rate and silent pause duration are correlated with L1 speech. Evaluation of L2 proficiency should focus on silent and filled pause rates which are not so correlated.
The second aim was to investigate L2 fluency development and its perception. Fluency of the L2 corpus recordings were rated by native speakers. Results show that ratings depend more on speech rate and silent pause duration in sharp contrast to the above findings. To assist L2 learners' fluency development, a computer application was developed that gives realtime feedback on various hesitation phenomena in a speaker's speech. Experimental investigation shows users find the application useful for their L2 fluency development.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2014 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report

Research Products

(19 results)

All 2015 2014 2013 2012 Other

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results) Presentation (13 results) (of which Invited: 2 results) Remarks (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Temporal Variables in First and Second Language Speech and Perception of Fluency2015

    • Author(s)
      Rose, R.L.
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences

      Volume: 18

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Crosslinguistic Corpus of Hesitation Phenomena: A corpus for investigating first and second language speech performance2013

    • Author(s)
      Rose, R.L.
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association

      Volume: 15 Pages: 992-996

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 高等教育における学生のコミュニケーション能力開発を巡る重要課題2012

    • Author(s)
      Manalo, E., Sheppard, C., Rose, R., and Katada, F.
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 54th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Educational Psychology

      Volume: 54 Pages: 894-895

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Temporal Variables in First and Second Language Speech and Perception of Fluency2015

    • Author(s)
      Rose, R.L.
    • Organizer
      International Congress of Phonetics Sciences
    • Place of Presentation
      Glasgow, UK
    • Year and Date
      2015-08-10 – 2015-10-14
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Understanding second language fluency development: Comparisons with first language speech and with listener perceptions2015

    • Author(s)
      Rose, R.L.
    • Organizer
      University of Michigan Psycholinguistics Lab Group
    • Place of Presentation
      Ann Arbor, Michigan; USA
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-13
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Fluidity: Real-time feedback for speaking fluency development2015

    • Author(s)
      Rose, R.L.
    • Organizer
      English Language Education Society of Japan (JELES)
    • Place of Presentation
      Tokyo, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-07 – 2015-03-08
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] On the Relationship between First and Second Language Spontaneous Speech: The Role of Hesitation Phenomena2014

    • Author(s)
      Rose, R.L.
    • Organizer
      International Association for Applied Linguistics (AILA)
    • Place of Presentation
      Brisbane, Australia
    • Year and Date
      2014-08-10 – 2014-08-15
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Interpreting the temporal characteristics of second language speech2014

    • Author(s)
      Rose, R.L.
    • Organizer
      CELESE Faculty Development Symposium on Teaching, Learning, and Research
    • Place of Presentation
      Tokyo, Japan
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Crosslinguistic Corpus of Hesitation Phenomena: A corpus for investigating first and second language speech performance2013

    • Author(s)
      Rose, R.L.
    • Organizer
      Interspeech
    • Place of Presentation
      Lyon, France
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Speech Hesitation Patterns in English by Native Speakers of Japanese2013

    • Author(s)
      Rose, R.L.
    • Organizer
      Workshop on Linguistic Analyses of Foreign Language Learning: Automatization in Real-Time Comprehension and Production
    • Place of Presentation
      Tokyo, Japan
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The Developmental Trajectory of Second Language Learners' Use of Hesitation Phenomena2013

    • Author(s)
      Rose, R.
    • Organizer
      Symposium on Contemporary Speech Habits and Pronunciation Patterns (SJUSK)
    • Place of Presentation
      Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Investigating the Relationship between First Language Speech and Second Language Fluency Development2013

    • Author(s)
      Rose, R.
    • Organizer
      Experimental Linguistics Talks – Utrecht (ELiTU)
    • Place of Presentation
      Utrecht University, the Netherlands
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] On the lexical status of filled pauses: Seeing 'uh' and 'um' as words2012

    • Author(s)
      Rose, R.
    • Organizer
      International Workshop on Language Production
    • Place of Presentation
      New York, USA
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Hesitation Phenomena, L2 Proficiency, and Fluency2012

    • Author(s)
      Rose, R.
    • Organizer
      Japan Association for Language Teaching International Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      静岡県浜松市
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] An Evaluation of Hesitation Phenomena as Measures of Second Language Proficiency and Fluency2012

    • Author(s)
      Rose, R.
    • Organizer
      Second Language Research Forum
    • Place of Presentation
      Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 高等教育における学生のコミュニケーション能力開発を巡る重要課題2012

    • Author(s)
      Manalo, E., Sheppard, C., Rose, R., and Katada, F.
    • Organizer
      日本教育心理学会
    • Place of Presentation
      沖縄県那覇市琉球大学
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Filled Pause Research Center

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] Filled Pause Research Center

    • URL

      http://www.filledpause.com/

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Filled Pause Research Center

    • URL

      http://filledpause.com/

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report

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Published: 2013-05-31   Modified: 2021-04-07  

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