Discourse Analysis in Japanese and English, and the Production of Model Aural Comprehension Practice Materials in Japanese

本研究的目的是分析日语和英语电视新闻的语篇发展，确定日语电视新闻的结构特征，并在此基础上制作出供学习日语的外国人使用的听力理解材料。以下是我们研究的结果.电视新闻的结构我们收集了日本电视新闻广播中的句子结构的数据，并进行了计算机处理和分析，重点是句子的主题，组成句子的短语数量，句子结尾和用作连接词的短语。预测能力测试我们设计了一个测试来测量日本人和外国观众拥有多少预测能力，对大约50名学生进行了测试，并分析了结果。这一分析发表在《御茶水大学艺术与文化研究》第44期。“3.本研究利用本研究的结果，制作了听力理解练习教材。材料包括录像带和书面材料。本文首先对日英电视新闻广播、日剧及其英译本进行了比较研究。我们希望今后继续进行这些研究。

The aim of this project was to analyze the discourse development of TV news in Japanese and English, to determine characteristics of the TV news structure in Japanese, and, based on those results, to produce model aural comprehension materials for foreigners studying Japanese. Following are the results of our study.1. TV news structureWe collected, computerized, and analyzed data on the structure of sentences in Japanese TV news broadcasts, focusing on the subject of the sentence, number of phrases comprising a sentence, sentence endings, and phrases serving as conjunctions.2. Anticipating ability testWe constructed a test to measure how much anticipating ability is possessed by Japaneses and foreign viewers, administered it to about fifty students, and analyzed the results. This analysis was published in "Ochanomizu University Studies in Arts and Culture, No. 44."3. Model aural comprehension practice materialsWe produced model aural comprehension practice materials, utilizing the results of our study. The materials consist of a video tape and written text.4. OthersWe started a comparative study of Japanese and English TV news broadcasts and of Japanese dramas and their translated English versions. We hope to continue these studies in the future.