[in Japanese]

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The present study focuses on learners’ chunking ability when practicing chunk reading. We examine the factors that influence the acquisition of chunking ability and the way they impact it. The qualitative analysis showed that chunking ability improved. This improvement was brought by becoming aware of the necessity for chunking while reading as well as actively engaging in the chunk reading in class.

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This paper proposes the use of reproduction, a basic translation training tool, as an instruction method for second language teaching. This method draws on findings from interpreting process research: constraints of working memory capacity and the role of non-linguistic (conceptual) representations during interpreting. The points of the method are summarized as segmentation, tagging, and working memory.

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学習者の英語定型・非定型表現の知識に対し、英文の非明示的な黙読トレーニングが、どのような影響を持つのかを事前・事後テストにより検討した。その際に、参加者を事前テストの得点により2群に分割し、定型・非定型表現の文の中への適合性を判断してもらうテストを実施した。分析の結果、上位群において解答時間に交互作用が見られ、英文の黙読トレーニングが定型表現の処理のスピードを促進することが示された。

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the current state of in-service training on elementary school foreign language education and the awareness of teachers and attempt to develop an in-school training program aimed for reducing teachers’ teaching anxiety. The findings of this research revealed that the experience-based training program exhibited some degree of effect on reducing teaching anxiety.

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