日本人英語第二言語学習者のスピーキング能力に関する実証的研究

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The present study is an attempt to explore the structure of the speaking ability of Japanese EFL learners, by constructing a speaking process model. The model, consisting of two types of speaking, which are expected for the Japanese to live as global citizens communicating together, was designed to investigate the internal process, a kind of causal chains among several factors which may contribute to oral performance in English, within a psycholinguistic framework. 35 university students participated in a series of the survey, including Oral Performance Tests [OPT], an English proficiency test, a set of questionnaires on English learning motivation, willingness to communicate [WTC], meta-cognition, and cognitive styles. The results of the two OPTs were rated, using a multiple-trait scoring method, utilizing a rating scale, for both intuitive and objective ways. After validating each variable according to the two test theories, an exploratory regression analysis yielded the hypothetical model, with 2 types of speaking as dependent variables, linguistic variables, affective and cognitive variables as independent ones. A path analysis, based on this model, showed the causal chains. As a result, several dissimilarities along with some commonalities were identified between two types of speaking ability in the explanatory structure.