表題番号：2018S-116
日付：2019/04/08
研究課題Are differences between native and non-native speakers' eye movements during reading due to differences in representation,processing,knowledge,or strategy?
| 研究者所属（当時） | 資格 | 氏名 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| （代表者） | 理工学術院 国際理工学センター（理工学術院） | 准教授 | ローランド ダグラス ウィリアム |
- 研究成果概要
- The goals of this project were to investigate the pattern of eye-movements of second language learners of English (i.e., Japanese speakers of English) while reading sentences containing relative clauses in order to investigate how non-native speakers process these structures. We conducted two experiments, collecting data from approximately 40 participants for each experiment. We found that non-native speakers reread the target sentences more than native speakers do, resulting in non-native speakers making approximately twice as many fixations per sentence as native speakers did. We also found that like native speakers, non-native speakers also faced the greatest degree of processing difficulty when reading full NP object relative clauses (as opposed to pronominal relative clauses or subject relative clauses). Because the longer reading times of non-native speakers result in a higher data loss due to blinks occurring while reading, we will need to collect data from additional participants to have the same degree of statistical power as in the data from native speakers which we are using as a point of comparison.