2023 年 29 巻 2 号 p. 14-15
In order to assess Japanese language learners’ auditory comprehension of emotions expressed through Japanese speech and identify the factors influencing auditory comprehension, learners were asked to evaluate 85 statements selected from a speech corpus as positive or negative. Age, gender, and Japanese language level were found to have little impact. However, many Japanese language learners had a low percentage of correct answers for either positive or negative statements, demonstrating individual differences in the auditory comprehension of emotions.