中学生の繋辞beの学習における個人差 : 言語適性と母語構造の認識

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This article investigates differences between successful and unsuccessful learning of the English copula be by Japanese learners in terms of awareness of copular sentences in their native language (NL) and language analytic ability as measured by an aptitude test. 124 third-year junior high school students took three written tests: an English test to measure the learning of be, a Japanese test to measure awareness of Japanese copular sentences, and a "language analytic ability" test for the Japanese. The results reveal an interesting relationship between success in the English test and success in the Japanese test. Participants who have succeeded in learning be also have awareness of Japanese copular sentences, although those who have the NL awareness have not necessarily succeeded in learning be. The data also show that the measure of language analytic ability predicts the extent of the learning of be. The article suggests that learners without high analytic ability need some instructional help involving raising NL awareness in the learning of the copula be.
全国英語教育学会の論文