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HomeThe Status of the English Have/Be Auxiliaries in Japanese-Speaking Learners
Sunday, October 28th, 2007, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Miki H. K. Bong
This presentation reports a study investigating the status of the English have/be auxiliaries in Japanese-speaking learners (JSLs). It is generally assumed that Japanese is categorised as a HAVE-LESS language, namely a BE language (Ikegami 1985), owing to the fact that there is no HAVE, but the BE (iru) auxiliary that does the jobs of the HAVE auxiliary in HAVE-languages. Because Japanese and English differ in the existence of HAVE auxiliary in the lexicon, the second language acquisition (SLA) of English by JSLs has been considerably investigated (Bong 2004, 2005, 2006a). This presentation discusses the status of the have/be auxiliaries in the lexical and syntactic representation of JSLs, by examining the experimental data obtained from218 JSLs and 26 English native speakers (ENSs). The data suggest that JSLs have different lexical and syntactic representations from ENSs. Based on the data analysis, Dr. Miki H. K. Bong will introduce a way of effective teaching the English have/be auxiliaries to JSLs.
Dr. Miki Hyun Kyung Bong is Associate Professor of English at Shinshu University. She holds BA and MA from Nagoya National University in English Linguistics and M.Phil. and Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in English and Applied Linguistics. Her doctoral study was on the second language acquisition of English by Japanese speaking learners. Her research interests are in the field of first language (L1) and second language (L2) acquisition, in particular roles of causal factors for divergence such as variabilities of the input caused by learning environments and L1 lexicons.
Organization: Nagano Chapter (formerly the Shinshu Chapter) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (Nagano JALT)
Cost: JALT Members: free
Non-members: to be announced
Venue: Shinshu University, Matsumoto Campus, Chukaigishitsu (on the 2nd floor, the South Building of the "Zengaku Kyoiku Kikou")
Location: Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
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