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Nurturing vocabulary knowledge and developing vocabulary acquisition tasks in reading comprehension: making use of capacity to infer unknown words

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26370708
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Foreign language education
Research InstitutionTsuda College

Principal Investigator

Tajika Hiroko  津田塾大学, 学芸学部, 教授 (80188268)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 村杉 恵子 (斎藤恵子 / 村杉 恵子(斎藤恵子))  南山大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (00239518)
豊嶋 朗子  国際教養大学, 国際教養学部, 助教 (20527717)
奥脇 奈津美  都留文科大学, 文学部, 教授 (60363884)
野田 小枝子  津田塾大学, 学芸学部, 教授 (60408474)
齊藤 涼子  白百合女子大学, 文学部, 教授 (90758509)
星野 徳子  神戸市外国語大学, 外国語学部, 准教授 (70609841)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) OZAKI Keiko  津田塾大学, 付置研究所, 研究員 (70527712)
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords未知後 / 推論 / 語彙 / 読解 / 語彙レベル / 語彙指導 / 第二言語習得 / 外国語 / 未知語
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to explore what can be the possible guidance to enhance vocabulary competency with particular emphasis on making use of learners' ability to infer unknown words in the process of reading English passages. In the past, although we know that vocabulary knowledge plays a major role in second language reading, research on how vocabulary knowledge functions in the process of attaining the meanings of written passages has not been made clear enough. The present research tries to clarify how second language learners infer and attain the meanings of vocabulary words and how such process can be utilized for second language acquisition and ultimately deduce any effective ways to guide learners to acquire L2 vocabulary. Upon this clarification, pedagogical implication for teaching/learning English will be clarified.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2017 2016 2015

All Journal Article (3 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Lexical Inferencing in Context in L2 Reading Comprehension2017

    • Author(s)
      田近 裕子
    • Journal Title

      津田塾大学紀要

      Volume: 49 Pages: 59-77

    • NAID

      120006243111

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] L2 Lexical Inferencing in Reading Comprehension2017

    • Author(s)
      奥脇 奈津美
    • Journal Title

      津田塾大学言語文化研究所報

      Volume: 32 Pages: 63-71

    • NAID

      40021267258

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Lexical Inferencing in L2 Reading Comprehension by Japanese Learners of English2016

    • Author(s)
      斉藤 涼子
    • Journal Title

      津田塾大学言語文化研究所報

      Volume: 31 Pages: 49-58

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] How Learners Infer the Meaning of Unfamiliar Words in L2 Reading Comprehension2016

    • Author(s)
      Natsumi Okuwaki et al.
    • Organizer
      Pac SLRF 2016, Tokyo
    • Place of Presentation
      Anglia Rusakin University, Cambridge
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-16
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Lexical Inferencing in Context in L2 Reading Comprehension2016

    • Author(s)
      Hiroko Tajika et al.
    • Organizer
      BAAL 2016, Cambridge
    • Place of Presentation
      Anglia Rusking University, Cambridge
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-03
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The Role of lexical Inferencing in L2 Reading Comprehension2015

    • Author(s)
      Hiroko Tajika, Ryoko Saito, Natsumi Okuwaki, & Keiko Murasugi
    • Organizer
      CAES International Conference 2015
    • Place of Presentation
      Univ. of Hong Kong
    • Year and Date
      2015-06-12
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Role of Lexical Inferencingin L2 Reading Comprehension2015

    • Author(s)
      Ryoko Saito, Hiroko Tajika, Keiko Murasugi, Natsumi Okuwaki
    • Organizer
      CAES International Conference: Faces of English: Theory, Practice aand Pedagogy
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Hong Kong
    • Year and Date
      2015-06-11 – 2015-06-13
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Reading and Vocabulary in SLA2017

    • Place of Presentation
      津田塾大学千駄ヶ谷キャンパス
    • Year and Date
      2017-02-24
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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