Multilayered approach to reseaching second language learner personality using the New Big Five Model

• Project/Area Number: 19K00925
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
• Research Institution: Rikkyo University
• Principal Investigator: Nitta Ryo 立教大学, 外国語教育研究センター, 教授 (00445933)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 馬場 今日子 金城学院大学, 文学部, 教授 (30454333)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000); Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000); Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: 第二言語習得 / ナラティブ / ニュービッグファイブ / パーソナリティ / 動機づけ / 英語学習 / ニュー・ビッグファイブ

Outline of Research at the Start

本研究ではニュービッグファイブモデルを用いて、英語学習者のパーソナリティを記述する３つの側面と英語力の関係について大学生約150名を対象に調査を行う。近年第二言語学習者の多様性・複雑性を理解する重要性が強調されているが、比較的多くのデータから検証を行った研究はまだ行われていない。質問紙とナラティブ・ライティングを用いた量的研究手法を開発することで、第二言語習得の個人差研究分野への様々な貢献が期待できる。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Research on personality has been traditionally conducted either from a nomothetic or idiographic perspective. However, the New Big Five Model has attracted significant attention as a theoretical framework encompassing both approaches. This model understands individual personality from three levels: Big Five personality traits, characteristic adaptations and narrative identity. Using the New Big Five model, this study investigated the relationship between the three aspects describing personalities and their English language proficiency among 80 university students learning English as a second language. The development of quantitative research methods using questionnaires and narrative writing applied in this study would make significant contributions to research on individual differences in second language learning.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

近年第二言語学習者の多様性・複雑性をとらえる必要性が強調され、少人数を対象とした研究は発表されているが、比較的多くの人数からデータを採取した研究はまだ行われていない。また、これまで採用されてきた質的分析を中心とした手法を用いた研究は、個々の研究者の創造性と経験的蓄積に頼る部分が大きく、その方法を採用できるのは一部の研究者に限られる。本研究のように質問紙とナラティブ・ライティングを用いた量的研究手法を開発することは、より多くの研究を生み出し、分野の発展を促す一助となる。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] A multilayered approach to researching learner agency as complex dynamic system: Cases of Japanese students learning English at university (2023)
  • Author(s): Nitta, R & Baba, K.
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Complexity in Educaiton Volume: －
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Emergence of multiple groups of learners with different writing-development trajectories in classroom: Growth mixture modeling (2021)
  • Author(s): Baba Kyoko、Nitta Ryo
  • Journal Title: Journal of Second Language Writing Volume: 54 Pages: 100856-100856
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jslw.2021.100856
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Action-Oriented Approach to Curriculum Development in CLIL Courses : A theoretical and methodological framework (2021)
  • Author(s): Yuka Yamamoto, Ryo Nitta
  • Journal Title: Journal of Foreign Language Education and Research Volume: 2 Pages: 122-135
  • Open Access
• [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] Reconceptualizing CLIL from transformative pedagogy perspective: Pilot debate study in English language curriculum (2020)
  • Author(s): Nitta, R. & Yamamoto, Y.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Foreign Language Education and Research Volume: 1 Pages: 47-62
• [Journal Article] Understanding motivation and classroom modes of regulation in collaborative learning: an exploratory study (2020)
  • Author(s): Nakata, Y., Nitta, R., & Tsuda, A.
  • Journal Title: Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching Volume: - Issue: 1 Pages: 14-28
  • DOI: 10.1080/17501229.2020.1846040
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Effects of web-based communication tasks on the development and transferability of audience awareness in L2 writers: Two exploratory studies (2020)
  • Author(s): Sasaki, M., Baba, K., Nitta, R., & Matsuda, P. K.
  • Journal Title: Australian Review of Applied Linguistics Volume: -
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] グローバルコース1年次生の英語外部試験結果・授業アンケートを通じた課題と展望：第二言語習得・英語教育の視点から (2023)
  • Author(s): 新多 了
  • Organizer: 公開シンポジウム「グローバルな学部法学教育の可能性 立教大学法学部・グローバルコースの挑戦」
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 複雑系理論から英語教育現場を考える (2021)
  • Author(s): 新多了、山本有香、小泉香織、リチャード・サンプソン
  • Organizer: 第51回KELESセミナー・JASELE英語教育セミナー
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Understanding L2 writing development from the perspective of learner agency: Biographical retrodiction on study abroad experiences (2021)
  • Author(s): Ryo Nitta, Kyoko Baba
  • Organizer: AILA 2021
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Understanding learner agency from a complex dynamic systems perspective (2020)
  • Author(s): Nitta, R.
  • Organizer: JSLARF-ESRC Symposium
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] 生徒の学習に影響力を与える第二言語個人差要因とは？ (2019)
  • Author(s): 新多 了
  • Organizer: 新英語教育学会2019 第56回全国大会
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Multifaceted dimensions of regulated learning in language classroom context: Self-regulation, strategy use and socially-shared regulation (2019)
  • Author(s): Nakata, Y., Nitta, R., & Tsuda, A.
  • Organizer: 3rd International Conference on Situating Strategy Use
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Book] 英語学習の科学 (2022)
  • Author(s): 中田 達也、鈴木 祐一、濱田 陽、門田 修平、濱田 彰、神谷 信廣、新谷 奈津子、新多 了、廣森 友人、鈴木 渉、佐々木 みゆき
  • Total Pages: 244
  • Publisher: 研究社
  • ISBN: 4327453072
• [Book] Complex Dynamic Systems Theory and L2 Writing Development （Chapter 6. Biographical retrodiction for investigating the evolution of learner agency and L2 writing development through study abroad experiences 〈Ryo Nitta〉 (2020)
  • Author(s): Fogal, G. G., & Verspoor, M. H., Nitta, R., Baba, K., H, J., Loerts, H., Macqueen, S., Knoch, U., Rosmawati, R., Hepford, E., Blute, A., Housen, A., Byrnes, H.
  • Total Pages: 304
  • Publisher: John Benjamins
  • ISBN: 9789027205582
• [Book] Complex Dynamic Systems Theory and L2 Writing Development （Chapter 1. Exploring dynamic developmental trajectories of writing fluency: Who benefited from the writing task? 〈Kyoko Baba〉 (2020)
  • Author(s): Fogal, G. G., & Verspoor, M. H., Nitta, R., Baba, K., H, J., Loerts, H., Macqueen, S., Knoch, U., Rosmawati, R., Hepford, E., Blute, A., Housen, A., Byrnes, H.
  • Total Pages: 304
  • Publisher: John Benjamins
  • ISBN: 9789027205582
• [Book] Studies and essays on learning, teaching, and assessing L2 writing in honour of Alister Cumming (Chapter 7., A complex dynamic systems account of written corrective feedback and L2 writing development <G. Fogal, R. Nitta & K. Baba> (2020)
  • Author(s): Riazi, A. M., Shi, L., & Barkaoui, K., Nitta, R., Baba, K., Nogal, G., Manchon, R. M., James, M., Albrechtsen, D., Larsen, S., Watanabe, Y., Yang, L., Suzuki, M., Dong, Y., Fazel, I., Kphls, R., Wilson, J., Murray, J., Polio, C., Lim, J., Liardet, C.
  • Total Pages: 403
  • Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • ISBN: 1527548147
• [Book] Complexity Perspectives on Researching Language Learning and Teacher Psychology (Chapter 11. Understanding Complexity in Language Classes: A Retrodictive Approach to Researching Class Climate <R. Nitta & Y. Nakata>) (2020)
  • Author(s): Sampson, R. J. & Pinner, R. S., Nitta, R., Nakata, Y., MacIntyre, P., Mercer, S., Gregersen, T., Gkonou, C., Oxford, R., Yashima, T., Smith, L., King, J., Falout, J., Consolo, S., Simpson, K., Rose, H., Aoyama, T., Yamamoto, T., Muir, C., Henry, A., Feryok, A., Ushioda, E.
  • Total Pages: 320
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 9781788923576
• [Book] 英語学習法に悩むのをやめる本 ～一生モノの独学力、手に入れませんか？ (2020)
  • Author(s): 新多了
  • Total Pages: 73
  • Publisher: アルク
  • ISBN: 9784757435902
• [Book] Studies and essays on learning, teaching, and assessing L2 writing in honour of Alister Cumming (2020)
  • Author(s): Fogal, G., Nitta, R., & Baba, K.
  • Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Puplishing
• [Book] Complex Dynamic Systems Theory and L2 Writing Development (2020)
  • Author(s): Nitta, R.
  • Publisher: John Benjamins
• [Book] Complexity Perspectives on Researching Language Learning and Teacher Psychology (2020)
  • Author(s): Nitta, R.
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• [Book] 英語学習法に悩むのをやめる本 ～一生モノの独学力、手に入れませんか？（電子書籍版） (2020)
  • Author(s): 新多 了
  • Publisher: アルク
• [Remarks] 「グローバル社会を生き抜く力としての 複言語能力ー英語教育の視点から」
  • URL: https://fler.rikkyo.ac.jp/news/2021/jc0e3e00000007lq.html