日本人学習者におけるAmbiguity Toleranceと英語聴解との関係 : パイロットスタディ

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Ambiguity Tolerance (AT) is a person's ability to function rationally and calmly in a situation in which interpretation of all stimuli is not clear. This article reports the results of two experiments conducted, involving 108 Japanese college students, to explore the relationship between the subjects' degree of this personality/cognitive trait and their listening competence in English as a Foreign Language (EFL). The subjects' AT was measured by using Imagawa's ATS-IV, their listening competence by CELT (Comprehensive English Language Test), and the listening comprehension strategies by a strategy questionnaire prepared by the authors. One experiment (Experiment 1) was designed to investigate whether or not the subjects' listening competence correlates with their degree of AT; the other (Experiment 2) was designed to examine how AT is related to the subjects' use of listening comprehension strategies. The results obtained in Experiment 1 showed no significant correlation between AT and listening competence in EFL. In Experiment 2, however, a Factor Analysis indicated that the use of listening comprehension strategies varies according to the subjects' degree of AT. Speculation as to the factors affecting the results is provided, and implications for future research are discussed.
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