Exploring the Relationship between Productive Vocabulary Knowledge and Second Language Oral Ability
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16K02922
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
Fraser Simon 広島大学, 外国語教育研究センター, 教授 (10403510)
安仁屋 宗正 広島大学, 総合科学研究科, 名誉教授 (60202652)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
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| Keywords | fluency / vocabulary / productive / receptive / implicational / aspects / pausing / pauses / multifaceted / lexical / frequency / profile / language / testing / oral / ability / 言語学 / 英語 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The study have potentially useful implications for second language acquisition research. We report that different tasks might be better employed for specific research purposes. In using Lex30, a simple task based on word association, the study supports suggestions that it appears more aligned to the ability to use the words (than other productive vocabulary knowledge tasks). This implication we feel is borne out by our reporting significant correlations between the vocabulary used in response to the scenario / speaking tasks (scen) and the Lex30 score. We suggest that this interpretation is important because it appears that the Lex30 task might tap the participant’s specific vocabulary knowledge. We suggest that some aspects of vocabulary might lag behind others to the extent that knowledge of form (which we believe Lex30 accesses) comes before other aspects of knowledge (e.g. semantic, and grammatical knowledge (which others suggest the PVLT measures).
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
The current study represents an important development in determining which aspects of vocabulary relate to second language fluency. Replicating and using different vocabulary tasks might support our findings
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Report
(4 results)
Research Products
(14 results)
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[Presentation] Investigating lexical frequency profiles from vocabulary and speaking tasks.2018
Author(s)
Clenton, J., Clingwall., D., and Fraser., S,
Organizer
EuroSLA, 2018, With Invitation, Munster, Germany
Related Report
Int'l Joint Research / Invited
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[Presentation] Investigating the impact of vocabulary, pausing, and task type on fluency,2018
Author(s)
Clingwall, D., Clenton, J., Fraser, S
Organizer
American Association for Applied Linguistics 2018 Conference Chicago, Illinois. March 23 to March 25th 2018,
Related Report
Int'l Joint Research / Invited
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[Presentation] 3.Evaluating measures of oral proficiency and vocabulary with monologic, quasi-dialogic, and dialogic speaking tasks,2018
Author(s)
Jon Clenton. , Clingwall, D., Fraser, S
Organizer
Language Assessment Research, Ames, Iowa.March 21-23, 2018, With Invitation
Related Report
Int'l Joint Research / Invited
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[Presentation] 4.Investigating the impact of vocabulary, pausing, and task type on fluency,2018
Author(s)
Clingwall, D., Clenton, J., Fraser, S.,
Organizer
American Association for Applied Linguistics 2018 Conference Chicago, Illinois. March 23 to March 25th 2018, With Invitation
Related Report
Int'l Joint Research / Invited
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