2017 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Improving English speaking with parsing training
| Project/Area Number |
15K16799
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| Research Institution | The University of Aizu |
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Principal Investigator |
Heo Younghyon 会津大学, コンピュータ理工学部, 准教授 (10631476)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | English prosody / L2 speaking / Shadowing |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
In 2017, a new set of English PIST (Pause, Intonation and Stress Training) was created using all three components (audio, visual and text) and administered in two English speaking classes. In previous experiments or pilot studies, PIST training was implemented only at the sentence level, but for this set, paragraph reading was added to improve their understanding/reading of English prosody not only at the sentence level but also at the paragraph level. So students were asked to read/listen to/read-aloud the whole paragraph (10 English sentences; an excerpt from the class listening) with visual marking of prosody first. Then they moved on to the read/listen to/read-aloud of 10 individual sentences (one-by-one), which were used in the paragraph. The length of each paragraph used for training was limited to 10 sentences so that students can still recall the native reading (audio) of those sentences. Student recordings (mp3 file recordings with Audacity) were uploaded on Schoology (LMS) for the total of 17 training sessions for each speaking class. Trainings consisted of in-class (10-15 min) sessions and home assignments. The results and findings were reported at the 2017 SLRF (Second Language Research Forum) held at the Ohio State University.
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Research Products
(1 results)
