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Understanding intra-individual developmental patterns in second language writing skills and the influential affecting factors

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K00819
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 InstitutionToyo University (2022-2023)
Kinjo Gakuin University (2020-2021)

Principal Investigator

BABA KYOKO  東洋大学, 文学部, 教授 (30454333)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 新多 了  立教大学, 外国語教育研究センター, 教授 (00445933)
Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywords第二言語習得 / ライティング / 発達パタン / 複雑系理論 / 長期的研究
Outline of Research at the Start

申請者らは、複雑系理論を用いたこれまでの研究で、日本人英語学習者が同一のライティングタスクを1年間繰り返した場合、個人のライティング発達に特定のパタンが生まれることを明らかにしてきた。しかし、これまでの研究では少数の個人の発達パタンの比較にとどまっているため、一般化が難しかった。そこで本研究では500名を超える学習者について、新たな統計手法を用い、個人内発達パタンを分類・モデル化する。その上で、作文やインタビューを質的に分析することで、それぞれの個人内発達パタンにつながる要因を明らかにする。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigates the developmental trajectories of L2 writing fluency in 105 university students when the same task procedure was repeatedly used in a classroom setting throughout an academic year. The students wrote a timed narrative composition in their English L2 along with reflective writing in their L1 Japanese every week. A growth mixture model was used to identify three groups with different developmental patterns: stagnating, steadily increasing, and markedly increasing. It was also revealed that the grouping was influenced by the type of reflecting the students did after writing a composition. Case analyses of high- and low-growth performers suggested that learners with high growth rates mentioined specific strategies for problem-solving in their reflective comments and demonstrated a positive attitude towards the writing task.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、教室内で全学習者が同じタスクを行ったとしても、タスクへの向き合い方や行い方には個人によって違いがあるため、発達の仕方にもグループレベルで違いが生じることを示した。これは、従来の変数中心主義に一石を投じる結果である。また、本研究は実際の教室で様々な要因の影響がありながらも、現実的かつロバストな研究結果を引き出すことに成功した。これによって焦点となる変数以外をコントロールする実験室型の研究にも疑問を投げかけた。さらに高成長・低成長学習者を比較し、どのような要因がその発達の仕方の違いを生んでいるのかについて調べ、実用的な教育的示唆が得た。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (3 results) Journal Article (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 4 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Invited: 1 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Macquarie University/University of British Columbia/York University(カナダ)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Arizona State University(米国)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Groningen(オランダ)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Multilayered approach to researching learner agency as complex dynamic system: Cases of Japanese students learning English at university2023

    • Author(s)
      Nitta, R. & Baba, K.
    • Journal Title

      Special Issue, International Journal of Complexity in Education

      Volume: 4 Pages: 37-59

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Multilayered approach to researching learner agency as complex dynamic system: Cases of Japanese students learning English at university2022

    • Author(s)
      Nitta, R. & Baba, K.
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Complexity in Education

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Emergence of multiple groups of learners with different writing-development trajectories in classroom: Growth mixture modeling2021

    • 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

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Exploring the effects of web-based communication tasks on the development and transferability of audience awareness in L2 writers2020

    • 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

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Researching learner agency from a Complex Dynamic Systems Theory perspective: A multilayered approach2023

    • Author(s)
      Nitta, R. & Baba, K.
    • Organizer
      EuroSLA 32
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Understanding L2 writing development from the perspective of learner agency: Biographical retrodiction2021

    • Author(s)
      Nitta, R. & Baba, K.
    • Organizer
      AILA 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Book] Complex Dynamic Systems Theory and L2 Writing Development2020

    • Author(s)
      Baba, K. (Edited by G. G. Fogal & M. Verspoor )
    • Total Pages
      304
    • Publisher
      John Benjamins
    • ISBN
      9789027205582
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Studies and essays on learning, teaching and assessing L2 writing in honour of Alister Cumming2020

    • Author(s)
      Fogal, G., Nitta, R., & Baba, K. (Edited by M. Riazi, L. Shi, & K. Barkaoui)
    • Total Pages
      393
    • Publisher
      Cambridge Scholars Publishing
    • ISBN
      9781527548145
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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