Abstract
Teachers always make students read aloud in Japanese Language class. On the other hand, the absence of a natural “rhythm” when reading aloud is frequently observed in Japanese learners. This study examined the relationship between sentence comprehension and prosodic production of oral reading. We focused on relationship for speaking speed and pause and analyzed the impact of speaking speed and pause on oral reading. A native speaker of Japanese was also included in the analysis to compare reading prosody. Experimental results suggest that the learners were often incapable of producing the correct prosody, despite their generally high comprehension ability.
https://ror.org/035t8zc32 
