Effects of web-based communication tasks on the development of a sense of audience in L2 writers

• Project/Area Number: 17K02977
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Nagoya City University
• Principal Investigator: SASAKI Miyuki 名古屋市立大学, 大学院人間文化研究科, 教授 (60241147)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000); Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
• Keywords: 第二言語習得理論 / e-tandem / 読み手意識 / 意見文 / 転移 / SNS / 第二言語ライティング

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of the present study is to investigate how L2 writers develop audience awareness while engaged in online writing and whether they transfer such awareness to classroom writing. Results indicate that: 1) all participants improved their sense of audience as a result of online writing: and 2) they transferred this sense of audience to classroom writing but only if: a) their original sense of audience was very low; b) the writing prompt included information about the audience; and c) participants limited their scope to audience comprehensibility (as opposed to audience effectiveness).

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の結果は、先行研究がほとんどないため、我が国だけでなく、様々な場面での第２言語ライティング教育に先駆的示唆をもたらすと思われる。読み手の背景に配慮し、自分の意図を英語で正確に表現する力の発達過程を調査する本研究の結果は、現行の学習指導要領が推進する「表現する力」を効果的に養成する方法を探るのに有効である。

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] University of Tubingen(ドイツ)
• [Int'l Joint Research] The Pennsylvania State University(米国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] University of Maryland(米国)
• [Journal Article] Exploring the effects of web-based communication tasks on the development and transferability of audience awareness in L2 writers (2020)
  • Author(s): Sasaki Miyuki、Baba Kyoko、Nitta Ryo、Matsuda Paul Kei
  • Journal Title: Australian Review of Applied Linguistics Volume: - Issue: 3 Pages: 277-301
  • DOI: 10.1075/aral.18035.sas
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Application of diffusion of innovation theory to educational accountability: the case of EFL education in Japan (2018)
  • Author(s): Miyuki Sasaki
  • Journal Title: Language Testing in Asia Volume: 8
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Developmental trajectories in L2 writing strategy use: A self-regulation perspective (2018)
  • Author(s): Miyuki Sasaki, Atsushi Mizumoto, & Akira Murakami
  • Journal Title: Modern Language Journal Volume: 102 Pages: 1-18
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Impacts of an ICT-assisted program on attitudes and English communicative abilities: An experiment in a Japanese high school (2017)
  • Author(s): Yuki Higuchi, Miyuki Sasaki, Makiko Nakamuro
  • Journal Title: RIETI Discussion Paper Series Volume: 17-E-030 Pages: 1-38
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] The impact of normative environments on learner motivation and L2 reading ability growth (2017)
  • Author(s): Miyuki Sasaki, Yoko Kozaki, Steven Ross
  • Journal Title: The Modern Language Journal Volume: 101(1) Pages: 163-178
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Development of L2 writing strategy use: Shared patterns and uniqueness (2018)
  • Author(s): Miyuki Sasaki
  • Organizer: Public Research Talk, School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Development of L2 writing strategy use: A mixed methods approach (2018)
  • Author(s): Miyuki Sasaki
  • Organizer: Symposium on Academic Writing in an L2 Context. University of Tokyo
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Longitudinal development in L1 and L2 writing: Shared patterns and individual differences (2017)
  • Author(s): Miyuki Sasaki, Atsushi Mizumoto
  • Organizer: American Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Effects of study-abroad experiences on L2 writing: Insights from published research (2017)
  • Author(s): Miyuki Sasaki
  • Organizer: Public Research Talk, Department of Linguistics, Georgetown University
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 第２言語ライティング教育最前線: 長期的観察に見られるパタンと個人差 (2017)
  • Author(s): Miyuki Sasaki
  • Organizer: JACET Kansai Chapter Spring Conference
  • Invited
• [Presentation] L2 writers in study abroad contexts: Insights from recent studies and pedagogical implications (2017)
  • Author(s): Miyuki Sasaki
  • Organizer: E-Link Talk, Kansai University
  • Invited
• [Presentation] What causes scoring discrepancies between trained raters? Comparing rating mechanisms in L1 Japanese and L2 English composition assessment (2017)
  • Author(s): Miyuki Sasaki
  • Organizer: Symposium on Second Language Writing
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Measuring L1-L2 writing development with new longitudinal cluster analysis statistics (2017)
  • Author(s): Miyuki Sasaki
  • Organizer: Invited Public Research Talk, Department of Linguistics, Georgetown University
  • Invited
• [Book] The Handbook of Second and Foreign Language Writing (2018)
  • Author(s): Miyuki Sasaki (pp. 161-180のChapter 8を担当）
  • Total Pages: 648
  • Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
  • ISBN: 9781501516962
• [Book] Transnational writing education: Theory, history, and practice (2018)
  • Author(s): Miyuki Sasaki (pp. 138-155を担当）
  • Total Pages: 259
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 9780815383505