Abstract
Fukuda(2012a,b) found that the recall performances of items and sentences in the five- and seven-syllable rhythm sound condition were better than those in the none rhythm sound condition. Also in the processing of the five- and seven-syllable rhythm sound condition, on the other the right brain activated in predominance in the processing of the none rhythm sound condition(Fukuda,2013). These findings indicate that sentences involved the five- and seven-syllable rhythm sound are suitable to recite for Japanese. This experiment investigated whether there are some advantages of sentences involved the five- and seven-syllable rhythm sound to recite for second language learners as well as native speaker by using a measurement of NIRS. The results showed that the left brain activated in predominance regardless of the both conditions. It suggested that second language learners might allocate their cognitive resources to process the meaning of sentences before paralinguistic information.
