著者

山田 浩 マスワナ 紗矢子 柳沢 ケイトリン

出版者

The Hokkaido English Language Education Society

雑誌

北海道英語教育学会 紀要 (ISSN:13476343)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.21, pp.3-18, 2022 (Released:2022-09-26)

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There are numerous English-based loanwords in Japanese, often called katakana words. Many teachers and researchers have advocated for using katakana words in English education, particularly for novice English learners. To maximize the teaching potential, teachers should consider the phonological differences between the English and katakana words. However, it has not been systematically explored whether native English speakers can comprehend the sounds of katakana words using a lemmatized word list. Therefore, the current study aims to fill this gap. First, we identified 769 katakana words from the first 1,000 words in the New General Service List developed by Browne, et al. (2013) by referring to a katakana dictionary. Second, we created an audio file of the selected katakana words. Third, we asked three native English speakers to guess the words after listening to the audio file while rating the intelligibility of each word. The analysis showed that among the 769 katakana words, 400 words were guessed correctly by all native speakers, while 120 words were not correctly understood by anyone. Additionally, 119 words could be easily understood. Based on the results, we discuss several points to consider when using katakana words in the English classroom.

著者

田地野 彰 寺内 一 金丸 敏幸 マスワナ 紗矢子 山田 浩

出版者

京都大学高等教育研究開発推進センター

雑誌

京都大学高等教育研究 (ISSN:13414836)

巻号頁・発行日

no.14, pp.111-121, 2008-12-01

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This paper presents a genre analysis of English academic research papers and discusses exploratory proposals for the application of a research paper-based corpus to academic writing materials development. The paper first introduces the development of a 3.7 million-word research paper-based corpus in six academic disciplines: sociology, education, economics, medicine, pharmacology, and engineering. The paper then shows an example of academic word lists and discusses the results of a study that was conducted to analyze two subgenres.titles and introductions.of academic research papers. In the study, the titles were analyzed in terms of linguistic structure and vocabulary, and the introductions were analyzed by means of Swales's Create-A-Research-Space (CARS) model. The paper concludes with some pedagogical implications for English academic writing materials development.

著者

田地野 彰 寺内 一 金丸 敏幸 マスワナ 紗矢子 山田 浩

出版者

京都大学高等教育研究開発推進センター

雑誌

京都大学高等教育研究 (ISSN:13414836)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.14, pp.111-121, 2008-12-01

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This paper presents a genre analysis of English academic research papers and discusses exploratory proposals for the application of a research paper-based corpus to academic writing materials development. The paper first introduces the development of a 3.7 million-word research paper-based corpus in six academic disciplines: sociology, education, economics, medicine, pharmacology, and engineering. The paper then shows an example of academic word lists and discusses the results of a study that was conducted to analyze two subgenres.titles and introductions.of academic research papers. In the study, the titles were analyzed in terms of linguistic structure and vocabulary, and the introductions were analyzed by means of Swales's Create-A-Research-Space (CARS) model. The paper concludes with some pedagogical implications for English academic writing materials development.