Effects of shadwoing and elicited imitation on L2 spontaneous speech

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370637
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: The University of Aizu
• Principal Investigator: Kaneko Emiko 会津大学, コンピュータ理工学部, 教授 (30533624)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 第二言語習得 / EFL / スピーキング / 練習 / シャドーイング / 誘出模倣

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research investigated the effects of shadowing (repeat model audio right after it is heard) and elicited imitation (repeat the whole sentence after a three-second pause) on the complexity, accuracy and fluency of spontaneous speech of lower intermediate level English learners. The results indicate that fluency and sentence length improved significantly while the accuracy remained the same. This means that oral practices for beginning level learners do not necessarily have to be communicative; practices like these without much interaction can improve fluency and complexity.

Free Research Field

第二言語習得、L2スピーキング