著者

八木 克正 井上 亜依 磯辺 ゆかり

出版者

関西学院大学

雑誌

基盤研究(B)

巻号頁・発行日

2008

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本研究の目的は、学習英文法の内容を根本的に見直し、科学的根拠を与えることにあった。好ましくない有害な英語教育の内容を洗い出すこと、変化する英語をphraseologyの立場から実態調査と分析を行い、あらたな事実を記述・説明すること、今の英語の実態を反映していない中学校や高等学校の学習内容、受験参考書や英和辞典の内容を、科学的な実態調査をもとに修正を求めるための研究活動を行い、いずれの点についても講演、論文、研究発表、著書の形で成果を公表した。

著者

磯辺 ゆかり

出版者

一般社団法人大学英語教育学会

雑誌

JACET関西紀要 (ISSN:18802281)

巻号頁・発行日

no.13, pp.38-49, 2011-03-31

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The main purpose of this study is to explore how formulaic sequences (FSs) are mentally represented and processed by Japanese EFL learners. Two experiments were conducted based on the holistic hypothesis that FSs are stored and retrieved as single lexicalized units. Experiment 1 investigated the hypothesized processing advantage of FSs by comparing reaction times and error rates for three types of sequences: formulaic, nonformulaic, and ungrammatical sequences in a word order appropriateness judgment task. Experiment 2 examined the effects of familiarity with whole sequences on their processing in a sequence familiarity judgment task. The results of Experiment 1 revealed that FSs were processed significantly faster with much fewer errors than the other sequences, thereby indicating that EFL learners benefit from the processing advantage of FSs. In Experiment 2, both the familiarity and frequency of formulaic expressions were identified as the essential factors that facilitate the recognition of FSs. It is noteworthy that the participants with lower proficiency also enjoy the same processing advantage of FSs as those with higher proficiency; this suggests that FSs learning may be introduced from the early stage of second language development.