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Investigating the Impact of Learner Proficiency on Their Usage of Vocabulary and Multi-word Expressions: A Longitudinal Multi-modal Corpus

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21K00577
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 02080:English linguistics-related
Research InstitutionKwansei Gakuin University

Principal Investigator

Jordan Jennifer  関西学院大学, 総合政策学部, 専任講師 (00469264)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) ブルックス ギャビン  名古屋商科大学, 国際学部, 講師 (10610818)
CLENTON JONATHAN  広島大学, 人間社会科学研究科(総), 准教授 (80762434)
Fraser Simon  広島大学, 外国語教育研究センター, 教授 (10403510)
Project Period (FY) 2021-04-01 – 2026-03-31
Project Status Granted (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2025: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Keywordsmulti-word expressions / vocabulary / corpus / English education
Outline of Research at the Start

The current project is a direct response to recent calls by researchers for a large-scale corpus to determine how learners acquire specific language skills, including vocabulary and MWE.

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

This year we collected the final set of data we will use for the corpus. The data collected during the pandemic was clearer in terms of the audio, but we found a number of other problems with it and decided to collect an additional face-to-face year. This concludes the data collection phase of the project.

The major difficulty we have found so far with the data is the expensive and time-consuming nature of getting the spoken data transcribed. As such, we have been working to solve these problems and facilitate a smoother, faster transcription process. The transcription was our major focus this year.

Current Status of Research Progress
Current Status of Research Progress

3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.

Reason

The challenges of the data collection have mainly be teacher error in trying to get the recordings done properly and returned to the project coordinator. In addition, we have experienced a bit of a bottle neck at the point of getting the data transcribed. We are working on ways to streamline that with code and online systems. We are continuing to use a dedicated transcriber consistency, but this leads to slower progress on the transcriptions.

Strategy for Future Research Activity

We are continuing with processing data this year and are hoping to get some help from Dawn Knight at Cardiff University with understanding how to better organize the data to allow for easy access to entries from different learners. This will allow others to more easily access the anonymous data and conduct research on it. We will continue analyzing the data for our own research projects in the meantime.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2023 Research-status Report
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2023 2022 2021

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results)

  • [Journal Article] L2 Vocabulary Knowledge Across Modes of Production: A Pilot Study2021

    • Author(s)
      Brooks, G. & Jordan, J.
    • Journal Title

      JALT Post Conference Publication

      Volume: 1 Pages: 177-184

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Using Whisper to Automate the Transcription of L2 Learners' Spoken Text2023

    • Author(s)
      Brooks, G. & Jordan, J.
    • Organizer
      JALT Conference
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Investigating Lexical Patterns Using a Longitudinal Learner Corpus2023

    • Author(s)
      Brooks, G. & Jordan, J.
    • Organizer
      TESOL 2023
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Using a Large-Scale Longitudinal Learner Corpus for Materials Development2023

    • Author(s)
      Brooks, G. & Jordan, J.
    • Organizer
      TESOL 2023
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Importance of the L2 Corpora for Material Development2022

    • Author(s)
      Brooks, G. & Jordan, J.
    • Organizer
      JALT Pan-Sig
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The SPS ELP Corpus Project2021

    • Author(s)
      Jordan, J. & Brooks, G.
    • Organizer
      Hiroshima Lexical Research Forum
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The Challenges and Opportunities Associated with Developing a Longitudinal, Multi-modal Learner Corpus2021

    • Author(s)
      Jordan, J.
    • Organizer
      British Association of Applied Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A Multi-modal, Longitudinal Corpus Project2021

    • Author(s)
      Jordan, J. & Brooks, G.
    • Organizer
      Japan Association of Language Teachers
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Investigating Learner Vocabulary Use Across Different Modes of Production2021

    • Author(s)
      Brooks, G. & Jordan, J.
    • Organizer
      Teachers of English as a Second Language (TESOL)
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2021-04-28   Modified: 2024-12-25  

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