Employing corpus-based Word Sketch collocation summaries as an L2 writing reference tool: The impact on lexical accuracy and diversity of Japanese EFL compositions

• Project/Area Number: 17K02927
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: Quinn Cynthia 神戸大学, 国際文化学研究科, 非常勤講師 (00368474)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000); Fiscal Year 2020: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2019: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
• Keywords: L2 writing / corpus referencing / error correction / Corpus referencing / Lexical accuracy / Word Sketch / L2 Writing / lexical diversity / lexical accuracy

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Findings indicate that learners were generally successful in correcting their collocation errors with a corpus; however, the interpretative demands placed on them to address these errors played an important role in their degree of success. Overall, the more interpretation and analysis required to come to a conclusion, the less likely learners were to make a successful correction. This not only points to the importance of practicing analytical skills, but also what types of errors learners are capable of correcting with a corpus. In short, error corrections that do not require a significant investment of time and analysis are likely most productive for learners. Striking this balance may be an important aspect in successfully introducing corpus referencing to the foreign language classroom.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

この研究は、言語学習リソースとしてコーパス参照を導入することを支援するものである。そうすることで、学習者が言語使用を研究するための代替アプローチ（従来の辞書参照に対して）と、生徒がコロケーションを研究するための手段を見つけることをサポートします。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] L2 writers referencing corpora to address accuracy: A qualitative analysis of learners' lexicogrammatical error corrections (2022)
  • Author(s): Cynthia Crosby Quinn
  • Journal Title: University of Birmingham PhD thesis Volume: 1 Pages: 1-248
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Referencing corpus data to address lexical error in the L2 writing classroom (2018)
  • Author(s): Cynthia Quinn
  • Organizer: The 40th ALAK international conference (Applied Linguistics Association of Korea), Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Corpus referencing to address lexical error L2 writing (2018)
  • Author(s): Cynthia Quinn
  • Organizer: 2018 Korea TESOL international conference 2018 (KOTESOL), Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, Korea
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Correcting lexical errors with corpus data (2018)
  • Author(s): Cynthia Quinn
  • Organizer: The 44th Japan Association of Language Teachers (JALT) national conference, Shizuoka Convention & Arts Center, Shizuoka, Japan
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Book] L2 writers referencing corpora to address accuracy: a qualitative analysis of learners' lexicogrammatical error corrections (2020)
  • Author(s): Cynthia Crosby Quinn
  • Total Pages: 248
  • Publisher: University of Birmingham, PhD thesis