| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study investigated the effects of the repetition of auditory words/sentences on the L2 pronunciation improvement of the schwa sound by Japanese learners of English. Experiment 1 examined the effects of presenting the orthography of a target word during repetition, and Experiment 2 investigated the effects of repeating musical beats before a target sentence was repeated. Experiment 1 showed that intensive auditory repetition without orthographic information followed by enough practice with both auditorily and orthographically presented targets is effective. Experiment 2 found that repeating a rhythm that matches the rhythm of the target sentence facilitates learning. These experiments revealed that the simple repetition of materials improves learners’ pronunciation of the schwa sound in the duration, while the effect was not clearly revealed in the quality. This suggests that auditory priming may be more effective for the pronunciation improvement of prosodic features.
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