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Testing the effectiveness of a program to increase confidence of Japanese beginner-level learners in English to write and present in English

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K00814
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
Research InstitutionJissen Women's Junior College

Principal Investigator

Mita Kaoru  実践女子大学短期大学部, 英語コミュニケーション学科, 教授 (30310337)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 久保田 佳枝  実践女子大学短期大学部, 英語コミュニケーション学科, 准教授 (40803028)
Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords英文ライティング / 日本人初級学習者 / 英文エッセイの評価基準 / 分析評価 / 全体評価 / 相関分析 / テキストマイニング / 第2 言語ライティング / ルー ブリック / トピックの展開 / ディスコースマーカー / パラグ ラフ・ライティング / 文法エラー / パラグラフ・ライティング / 分析的評価ルーブリック / 分散分析 / 英文発信力 / 英語が苦手な学生 / 第二言語作文 / 日本語干渉による動詞エラー / 論理的一貫性 / 国際教育ネットワーク / 結束性 / 読み手本位 / 訂正フィードバック / オンラインアプリ / 国際教育ネットワークアイアーン / 機械作文評価ソフトウェア / テキストマイニング法 / 特徴語抽出 / 英語教育 / リメディアル / 発信力向上 / 英語的な構造の日本語
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we attempted to establish evaluation criteria for measuring the English essays of Japanese beginner-level learners in English. The reliability and validity of "analytic scoring" were verified through correlation analysis of "analytic scoring" based on the criteria we established and "holistic scoring," which was evaluated by multiple raters based on their impressions. In addition, a text-mining analysis of the reasons given by the "holistic scoring" evaluators for the essays they gave the highest ratings was conducted to identify the factors that contributed to the high ratings. The improvement in students' writing skills was confirmed by comparing the pre and post writing tests. Possible contributing factors included error correction instruction, instruction in discourse markers for expressing organization and logic, instruction in improving the quality of content, instruction in writing short sentences, and opportunities to write essays to be sent abroad.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

日本人学生の英作文力不足は, 学生が英文エッセイを書く機会が圧倒的に少ないことに起因する.書く機会が増えない理由として, 英文エッセイの評価基準が確立しておらず, 教員の採点負担が大きいことが影響している.本研究では日本人初級学習者向け英文エッセイ評価基準の信頼性と妥当性を, 「分析評価」と「全体評価」の相関分析により検証したことで, 教員の負担を減らし, かつ学生の英作文力の向上につながる点に意義がある.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (13 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (7 results) (of which Open Access: 7 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results)

  • [Journal Article] 英語初級学習者のパラグラフ・ライティング評価基準の確立を目指して2022

    • Author(s)
      三田薫・霜田敦子
    • Journal Title

      実践女子大学短期大学部紀要 = Jissen Women’s Junior College Review

      Volume: 43 Pages: 65-83

    • DOI

      10.34388/1157.00002260

    • URL

      http://id.nii.ac.jp/1157/00002260/

    • Year and Date
      2022-03-10
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Analysis of Students' English Writing Improvement Part 3: Changes in Writing Proficiency through Focused Instruction on Grammar, Structure, Logic, and Content Quality2022

    • Author(s)
      三田薫・霜田敦子
    • Journal Title

      Jissen English communication = Jissen English communication

      Volume: 52 Pages: 13-48

    • DOI

      10.34388/1157.00002296

    • URL

      http://id.nii.ac.jp/1157/00002296/

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 学生の習熟度別 英文ライティング力向上の分析 ―弱点克服の重点的指導によるライティングの変化―2021

    • Author(s)
      三田薫、霜田敦子
    • Journal Title

      実践女子大学短期大学部紀要 = Jissen Women’s Junior College Review

      Volume: 42 Pages: 63-83

    • DOI

      10.34388/1157.00002170

    • NAID

      120006995962

    • URL

      http://id.nii.ac.jp/1157/00002170/

    • Year and Date
      2021-03-10
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Analysis of Studentsʼ Improvement in English Writing. Part 2: Changes in Writing Proficiency with Focused Instruction in Grammar,Organization,and Logic2021

    • Author(s)
      三田薫、霜田敦子
    • Journal Title

      Jissen English communication = Jissen English communication

      Volume: 51 Pages: 14-46

    • DOI

      10.34388/1157.00002251

    • NAID

      120007033156

    • URL

      http://id.nii.ac.jp/1157/00002251/

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 東京の女子短期大学の全学共通英語必修科目における授業改善の歴史-----アクティブ・ラーニングアプローチに基づく国際プロジェクトベーストラーニングに至る取り組み2020

    • Author(s)
      三田薫、栗田智子、霜田敦子
    • Journal Title

      実践女子大学短期大学部紀要

      Volume: 41 Pages: 13-32

    • NAID

      120006813786

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 学生の英文ライティング力向上の分析 ---------Fluencyが伸びた学生の日本語の干渉によるエラーと表現力の変化2020

    • Author(s)
      三田薫、霜田敦子
    • Journal Title

      Jissen English Communication

      Volume: 50 Pages: 6-33

    • NAID

      40022205206

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 日本の短期大学授業において学生の英文ライティング力を高めるためのプログラムの探索的研究2019

    • Author(s)
      三田薫
    • Journal Title

      実践女子大学短期大学部紀要

      Volume: 40 Pages: 19-42

    • NAID

      120006599755

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Presentation] A Study Toward Improving Japanese College Students’ English Writing Skills and Confidence: An Analysis of Students’ Pre and Post Writing2021

    • Author(s)
      MITA, Kaoru
    • Organizer
      The Asian Conference on Language (ACL2021)
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] An Attempt for Developing Global Competence: A Program to Improve L2 Writing Skills and Confidence in a Japanese Women’s Junior College2020

    • Author(s)
      MITA, Kaoru
    • Organizer
      2020 Hawaii International Conference on Education
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] An Exploratory Study of EFL Japanese Junior College Students’ Anxiety and Self-confidence in Sending Messages to Social Networking Sites2019

    • Author(s)
      MITA, Kaoru
    • Organizer
      The European Conference on Language Learning (ECLL)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A study toward improving Japanese college students’ English writing skills and confidence: Japanese college students’ familiarity with English SNS2019

    • Author(s)
      MITA, Kaoru
    • Organizer
      The IAFOR Conference for Higher Education Research 2019 (CHER)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Effects of a Program for Improving L2 Writing Skills and Confidence in a Japanese Women’s Junior College: An Explanatory Study2019

    • Author(s)
      MITA, Kaoru & KUBOTA, Yoshie
    • Organizer
      2019 Hawaii International Conference on Education
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Three-Way Corrective Feedback in EFL Writing at a Junior College in Japan2018

    • Author(s)
      MITA, Kaoru & KUBOTA, Yoshie
    • Organizer
      2018 Symposium on Second Language Writing
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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