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ERIC Number: EJ1457510
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1345-8353
EISSN: EISSN-2671-938X
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Effects of Instructional and Environmental Cues on English Utterances by Japanese University Students in a Virtual-Realistic Situation
Noriko Aotani; Shin’ya Takahashi
Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, v28 n2 p57-70 2024
In order to verify our hypothesis that a certain trigger is necessary to facilitate L2 learners' communication strategy transfer to speak English, this study examined the effects of implicit and explicit cues on English utterances by Japanese speakers. Ten Japanese university students viewed a video of city-walking in New York or in Tokyo, and uttered as much as they could about anything they saw or felt in English. Video was projected on a hemisphere screen with stereo sound, so that participants had a virtual-realistic experience. At the beginning of the second phase of the experiment, participants were given an additional instruction to do the task as if they were guiding the street to video-viewers. The results showed that participants made more subjective expressions in the second phase of the experiment than the first, indicating the effect of the additional instruction as an explicit cue. Moreover, they made more objective descriptions when viewing the New York video than the Tokyo video, indicating the effect of a simulated English environment as an implicit cue. These results, which are consistent with our previous findings, were discussed in light of a theoretical contribution to the communication strategy and the practical implication of English education.
Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics. Cheongji National University of Education. Main Bldg #506, 2065 Cheongnam-ro, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do 28690, Korea. e-mail: paaljournal@gmail.com; Web site: http://paal.kr/html/sub04_01.asp
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York (New York); Japan (Tokyo)
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