L2 acquisition of English grammar by Japanese learners above junior high school and its application to teaching methods

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370701
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Shizuoka University of Art and Culture
• Principal Investigator: Yokota Hideki 静岡文化芸術大学, 文化政策学部, 教授 (50440590)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 白畑 知彦 静岡大学, 教育学部, 教授 (50206299)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 第二言語習得 / 動詞の習得 / 文法形態素の習得 / 否定文 / wh疑問文

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The present study investigated the L2 acquisition of English grammar by Japanese learners above junior high school. We also tried to provide theoretical explanations as to why L2 learners have difficulties acquiring certain grammatical items, and pursued what kind of external factors affect them. Specifically, we examined the following grammar items: argument structures, subjects, progressive -ing, irregular past, regular past, 3rd singular -s, negation, and wh-questions.

Free Research Field

英語教育