京都大学 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(人間・環境学) / 甲第23275号 / 人博第990号 / 新制||人||234(附属図書館) / 2020||人博||990(吉田南総合図書館) / 京都大学大学院人間・環境学研究科共生人間学専攻 / (主査)准教授 金丸 敏幸, 教授 桂山 康司, 准教授 笹尾 洋介, 教授 田地野 彰 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Human and Environmental Studies / Kyoto University / DGAM

AbstractThis paper investigates the benefits of using different teaching strategies to develop EFL learners’ vocabulary and speaking skills. Undeniably, there are some learners in grades 4-6 who have difficulties to speak and to learn new vocabulary in English classroom, due to many reasons. To examine the impact of different teaching strategies, an electronic research in educational databases ERIC via EBSCO was conducted. The materials used were peer-reviewed journal articles and literature. By examining and analyzing the different articles found, its evident that English teachers often focus on writing and reading activities instead of communicative activities. Some teachers often use the first language in the classroom and learners will do as their teachers. Factors such as large classroom sizes and limitation of communication tasks can motivated learners and make them less confident in speaking and practicing English. These can be the reasons why some EFL learners do not speak and use vocabulary during the communicative activities in the classroom. Thus, this paper clarifies teaching methods and strategies that teachers can use to increase vocabulary learning and speaking in the EFL classroom. Results have shown that the theory of Vygotsky’s sociocultural learning was beneficial to include all learner in authentic communicative activities, which also created an environment that was both communicative and supportive. The communication-based learning activities, such as songs, games, stories, pair work and project work, are useful for learners, since it establishes a communicative environment. Moreover, these activities increase the EFL learners’ motivation towards speaking.

La presente tesis se centra en el análisis de la efectividad del aprendizaje incidental a través de vídeos auténticos con especial atención a la variable de repetición. Además de la revisión bibliográfica y el estudio crítico de las obras anteriores, la novedad de esta tesis reside en los estudios que la componen: una encuesta y tres estudios experimentales. La encuesta proporciona información sobre las actitudes de los estudiantes de inglés como lengua extranjera (LE) sobre el uso de vídeos auténticos para el aprendizaje de inglés, en general, y su vocabulario, en particular. El objetivo principal de la parte experimental de la tesis consiste en examinar el posible aprendizaje incidental de distintos aspectos de nuevo vocabulario (forma, significado, uso en frases y acento léxico) a través de vídeos auténticos. Se presta una atención especial al posible efecto del aumento de repeticiones de nuevas palabras en vídeos auténticos para el aprendizaje incidental de nuevo léxico. Mientras que los resultados de la encuesta revelan que los estudiantes de inglés asumen la utilidad de ver vídeos auténticos para el aprendizaje de distintas destrezas del inglés, la parte experimental no proporciona una evidencia clara sobre su efectividad. En relación a la variable de repetición, con el aumento de palabras nuevas en vídeos auténticos, los resultados de los estudios demuestran que solo se observa una correlación positiva entre el aprendizaje de la forma de nuevas palabras y el aumento de repeticiones. Sin embargo, para los aspectos de significado y acento léxico, no se constata una relación positiva.

This paper investigates the informal environment that pupils ages 3-12 are a part of while they are not in school and how extramural tools aid their vocabulary learning. According to Sundqvist and Wikström (2016) children today are growing up in a world of digital development and advancement and at the same time being a part of it. This study will discuss if pupils are in the mindset of learning when using digital tools within an informal environment or not. Previous research within this field provide key information regarding pupils who were gaming in their free time using the English language daily playing games, interacting and producing the language was key for vocabulary development (Russell, 2016). This paper will investigate different aspects that may have an effect on the students’ vocabulary learning within the classroom. Furthermore, this paper will review and discuss how this way of learning may be transmitted over to the formal environment in the classroom.

Recent research has underscored the important role of second language (L2) vocabulary acquisition in the reading process. The present study examined how accurately eighteen learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) were able to identify unknown words within a reading passage. It is assumed that "noticing" unfamiliar words in a text plays an important role in being able to extract meaning from context, which may ultimately result in word learning; thus, whether or not learners are able to recognize unknown words as unknown is a key step in vocabulary learning. The design of this study was based on previous research (Laufer and Yano, 2001) on the connection between first language background and self-assessment of L2 word knowledge. The first three steps of the Lafuer and Yano study were used in this study. In the first step, ESL learners self-assessed their ability to identify selected words in a text. After this, L2 learners explained or translated the meanings of the words. Finally, the two sets of data were analyzed to measure correlations. The findings of the study showed that teachers, as well as learners, should not underestimate the importance of vocabulary. Instead, they should provide more explicit vocabulary instruction and practice. In addition, L2 learners need to learn to identify words that are unknown. The act of "noticing" unknown words and identifying them as such is the initial step towards building vocabulary through reading. Lastly, L2 learners should not rely solely on context clues for the "guessing" strategy when they have a limited level of vocabulary because they may develop mistaken word knowledge, which would impact reading comprehension. Instead, learners should develop a wide range of strategies to comprehend academic reading.

The notion of learner autonomy is one of the major theoretical constructs studied in L2 learning. Drawing on Deci and Ryan's (1985) Self-Determination Theory (SDT), I sought to investigate and describe L2 learner autonomy and how an educational intervention influences it. The SDT conceptualizing human motivation for learning as existing on a continuum from extrinsic to intrinsic motivation provides ways of measuring learner autonomy and a rationale for educational interventions for developing it. First, Japanese adult EFL learners' characteristics were described in terms of learner autonomy-related psychological constructs (motivation, affect, and strategy use) according to levels of learner autonomy based on SDT. Second, the adapted VSS yielded significant effects on the participants' vocabulary learning and L2 learning anxiety (for the high and low autonomous motivation groups) and social strategy use (for the low autonomous motivation group). Third, the implementation of the adapted VSS into the adult L2 English classes was considered in terms of the development of linguistic and autonomous forms of learning quoting from the participants' quantitative and qualitative responses for this approach. / CITE/Language Arts

Recent research in second language acquisition has focused on the effects of group work on learning by examining various factors (i.e., motivation, age, task, gender differences, etc.). One particular factor that has not been heavily investigated is interlocutor familiarity, which is at the forefront of the present study. Two separate classes (in both classes, n = 23) of introductory Spanish (Spanish 1002) at Temple University were used in the present study. Subjects in Class #1 worked with the same partner of their choosing throughout the semester. Subjects in Class #2 did not repeat partners and were assigned a different partner during each group task throughout the semester. All subjects received the same treatment. Part of this treatment consisted of two separate lessons on slang terms from Spain that included creative group work assignments. Learners' written group work assignments were collected for analyses. To examine and compare learners' retention in each of the classes, a total of three slang retention tests were administered. All three tests were individual assignments. The first slang test (Slang 1 Immediate Test) was administered on the second class session following Slang Lesson #1 and consisted of slang terms from Slang Lesson #1. The second slang test (Slang 2 Immediate Test) was administered on the second class session following Slang Lesson #2 and consisted of slang terms from Slang Lesson #2. At the end of the semester the third slang retention test (Final Slang Retention Test) was comprehensive, consisting of the slang terms from both lessons. Results suggested that learners' overall retention was higher in Class #1 than in Class #2. At the end of the semester, a Group Work Attitudes Questionnaire was administered and revealed that Class #1 viewed interlocutor familiarity and group work as positive, whereas Class #2 viewed group work as problematic. In addition, learners in Class #1 produced larger quantities of text in the group work assignments and engaged in more slang play than Class #2. The findings suggest the need to further investigate the effects of interlocutor familiarity on language acquisition. / Spanish

Learning new words and acquiring vocabulary could arguably be the most important thing when learning a new language. Without words, you would not be able to express anything even if you were to have perfect grammar, since you would not have anything to fill the grammatical structures with. Therefore, in general, it is of interest to explore and investigate how learning new words could be done but as a teacher, there is specific interest as to how learning new words could be done in a classroom setting. Previous research shows that there is a need for explicit vocabulary learning where acquiring new vocabulary is treated as an explicit learning criterion in schools in Sweden. Therefore it felt like a suitable topic to delve into as a soon-to-be licensed teacher of English.  An experimental pre-test, immediate post-test and delayed post-test-design study was run, in which a test group of English 5-students from an academic program at upper-secondary school, productively practised ten target items. The ten target items were learnt by using digital flashcards in the program Quizlet. The students had two occasions where they practised the words for ten minutes learning with a day in between. The results indicate that using digital flashcards can be an, if not effective, at least a good way of introducing and learning new words since the retention of the words two weeks after the final learning occasion, tested to be over 50% when the students were asked to translate the target items from Swedish to English.

This research focuses on the strategies that native English speakers use as they learn to speak and write Chinese vocabulary words in the first year of an elementary Chinese class. The main research question was: what strategies do native English-speaking beginning learners of Chinese use to learn Chinese vocabulary words in their speaking and writing? The study was conducted at a medium-sized comprehensive university in the Southeastern U.S. The study drew from concepts and theories in second language acquisition and psycholinguistic studies. A random sampling of four students was selected in their first year of Chinese study for qualitative analyses. Data were collected from demographic student surveys, reflection papers, interviews, observation and field notes, weekly diary of the students and Strategies Inventory for Language Learning (SILL). The conclusions from this study provide insight as to how students of this demographic approach the challenge of learning Chinese. From this study, a clear picture emerges that students use different strategies to learn Chinese. Some students respond better to sound while others are more visually based learners. However, in this study, students used combinations of audio, visual, and kinesthetic learning techniques. The tonality of spoken Chinese was one of the most difficult skills to master and this aspect of the language frustrated many students. This is a widely recognized problem with Chinese education. Nevertheless, students enjoyed the artistic nature of Chinese characters and for the most part enjoyed writing them. This element can be emphasized in Chinese instruction to motivate students and appeal to visual learners. Similarly, integrating instruction on Chinese culture into language classes made the Elementary Chinese curriculum more appealing to students. Using native Chinese speakers from the local community in the language curriculum, reinforced classroom instruction, made the instruction more relevant, and increased student interest. Encouraging students to attend Chinese cultural events in the community had many of the same positive benefits for students. The motivations for learning revealed in this study are very interesting and support earlier studies of Chinese learners. Personal and profession interests as well as a combination of both these factors were the most commonly cited reasons for learning Chinese. Maintaining proper motivation is a pivotal factor that determines the success of many elementary learners including the students in this study. When students lost their motivation, interest in the curriculum and learning declined as well. Teachers need to be aware of motivations and attempt to foster them in individual students in order to maximize the learning experience. / Ph. D.

La présente étude vise à étudier: (1) les perceptions des élèves à l’égard de l’apprentissage du vocabulaire qui influence le choix et l’utilisation des stratégies (Discovery Study) et (2) déterminer l’effet de l’utilisation de stratégies métacognitives qui étaient intégrées dans les leçons d’apprentissage du vocabulaire utilisées par les étudiants de l’Université de Malaisie pour apprendre le français comme langue étrangère (Main Study). Cette étude comprenait des variables telles que les différences individuelles et les facteurs situationnels et sociaux qui agissent comme facilitateurs et contraintes dans l’apprentissage du vocabulaire des apprenants. Une approche qualitative a été appliquée pour l’objectif 1et l’approche quantitative utilisée pour atteindre l’objectif 2. Les sujets de recherche dans la présente étude étaient 45 étudiants de premier cycle à l’UiTM (Université de la Technologie Mara, Penang) au cours de l’année académique de 2015 : une classe de 21 ayant reçu des stratégies d’apprentissage métacognitif dans l’apprentissage du vocabulaire impliquant le groupe expérimental et une autre classe de 24 étudiants ayant servi le groupe contrôle et ayant reçu seulement la méthode d’apprentissage traditionnelle, c’est-à-dire sans composants métacognitifs. Les principales sources de données de cette étude ont été analysées par le programme de SPSS telles que le t-test pour évaluer les différences significatives pour les moyennes de performance des tests de connaissances du vocabulaire entre le groupe contrôle et le groupe expérimental au cours de pré et post-test et l’Excel 2007 pour analyser de façon descriptive la fréquence, le pourcentage ,la moyenne et l’écart type des composants de la stratégie métacognitive utilisés. En outre, l’analyse One Way ANCOVA a été utilisée pour déterminer les effets de l’utilisation de la stratégie métacognitive pendant les leçons d’apprentissage du vocabulaire. De plus, des questionnaires et des entretiens semi-structurés ont été utilisés pour recueillir des données et des documents de cours, les réponses réfléchies des élèves (The keys ideas) et les notes lors des interventions de classe étaient comme des sources de données supplémentaires. Les résultats révèlent que la perception des élèves vis-à-vis de l’apprentissage du vocabulaire de la langue cible affecte la sélection et l’utilisation de la stratégie, où la perception négative a abouti à un apprentissage infructueux alors que les perceptions positives conduiront à un apprentissage efficace. Les résultats d’analyse ont révélé que les différences individuelle et les facteurs situationnels et sociaux influençant l’utilisation et les choix des stratégies telles que les croyances, les états affectifs, la langue cible et le contexte. En outre, l’utilisation de la stratégie métacognitive dans l’apprentissage du vocabulaire a été bénéfique pour améliorer les performances des connaissances du vocabulaire des apprenants. Les résultats de cette étude suggèrent également que les perceptions de l’apprentissage du vocabulaire et l’utilisation de stratégies métacognitives dans l’apprentissage du vocabulaire français ont eu des répercussions sur l’apprentissage des langues étrangères. / The present study aims to investigate twofold: (1) to investigate the students’ perceptions toward vocabulary learning which influences the choice and the use of the strategies (Discovery Study) and (2) to investigate and describe the effect of using Metacognitive strategies which were integrated in vocabulary learning lessons employed by Malaysian University students in learning French as a foreign language (Main Study); This study included variables such as Individual differences and Situational and Social factors that act as facilitators and constraints of the students’ vocabulary learning. Qualitative approach is applied for objective 1 and whilst quantitative approach is used to fulfil objective 2. The research subjects under the present investigation were 45 undergraduate students studying at UiTM (University of Technology Mara, Penang Campus) in academic year 2015; one class of 21 which received metacognitive learning strategies in learning vocabulary involving the experimental group; the other class of 24 students served as the control group and received only traditional method of learning without metacognitive components. The primary data sources of this study were analysed by SPSS such as t-test to assess the significant differences for mean of vocabulary knowledge tests performance between the control group and experimental group during pre and post-tests and as well Excel 2007 to analyse descriptively the frequency, percentage mean and standard deviation of metacognitive strategy components use. Furthermore, One Way ANCOVA analysis was used to determine the effects of using metacognitive strategy during vocabulary learning lessons. Moreover, questionnaires and semi-structured interview were used for collecting data and course documents, students’ reflective answers (Keys ideas), and notes during the class interventions were additional data sources. The findings reveal that students’ perception towards vocabulary learning of the target language affects the selection and use of the strategy, where the negative perception resulted in an unsuccessful learning whilst positive perceptions will lead to effective learning. The analysis results found that the factors were strongly related to influence the use of the strategies such as beliefs, affective states, learner factors, target language and context. Moreover, using metacognitive strategy in the vocabulary learning was beneficial in enhancing the students’ vocabulary knowledge performances. Findings from this study also suggest that perceptions towards vocabulary learning and the use of metacognitive strategies in learning French vocabulary had impacts on foreign language learning.