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Japanese Language Learners' 2019; Out-Of-Class Study: Form-Focus and Meaning-Focus in a Program that Uses the Performed Culture Approach

Luft, Stephen D.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1388397080

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2014, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, East Asian Languages and Literatures.
Previous research has found that among language students who study under the performed culture approach (PCA), the amount of time spent studying outside of class is negatively correlated with in-class performance (Curtin 2012, Luft, 2007). The current study investigates whether or not it is because lower performing students are overemphasizing form and neglect focusing on meaning during their out-of-class study that they were found to spend more time studying than higher performing students. Data were collected primarily by means of stimulated recall. 20 1st year Japanese language students were video recorded preparing for class. Following this video recording the students described to the researcher what they had been thinking during their study as they watched the video. These data were then analyzed to identify instances of form-focus and meaning-focus. Pearson product-moment correlations were used to assess the relationship between in-class performance scores on the one hand and instances of form-focus and meaning-focus on the other hand. This study fails to find a positive relationship between instances of meaning-focus and in-class performance. On the contrary, the data manifested a slight trend in the opposite direction (r=-0.097). This study does find a very strong correlation between instances of form-focus and meaning-focus (r=0.714). This latter finding is interpreted as suggesting that 1st year PCA students in general were not neglecting meaning-focus in favor of form-focus in their out-of-class study. Recommendations for future research include investigating the extent to which prior language study, language aptitude, language strategy use, degree of focus, and error in measurement of time spent studying are able to explain why a negative relationship has been found between self-reported time spent studying and in-class performance in PCA.
Mari Noda, Dr. (Advisor)
Quinn Charles, Dr. (Committee Member)
Xiaobin Jian, Dr. (Committee Member)
Leslie Moore, Dr. (Committee Member)
158 p.
Asian Studies; Education; Foreign Language; Teaching
Foreign Language Pedagogy; Second Language Acquisition; Japanese; Study Habits; Homework; Daily Grading; Form-Focused Instruction; Meaning-Focused Instruction; Performed Culture

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  • Luft, S. D. (2014). Japanese Language Learners' 2019; Out-Of-Class Study: Form-Focus and Meaning-Focus in a Program that Uses the Performed Culture Approach [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1388397080

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Luft, Stephen. Japanese Language Learners' 2019; Out-Of-Class Study: Form-Focus and Meaning-Focus in a Program that Uses the Performed Culture Approach. 2014. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1388397080.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Luft, Stephen. "Japanese Language Learners' 2019; Out-Of-Class Study: Form-Focus and Meaning-Focus in a Program that Uses the Performed Culture Approach." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1388397080

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