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A Phonological Syllabus for Japanese Students

This presentation outlines an action research project based on a phonological syllabus targeting Japanese first-year junior high school students. The syllabus provided explicit pronunciation instruction, phonological awareness activities, and bottom-up listening activities. Effectiveness of the syllabus was assessed quantitatively. After three months, the participants performed better in the syllable counting task, improved in pronouncing some consonants, and low achievers made more progress than high achievers.