| Project/Area Number |
21K20214
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
:Education and related fields
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| Research Institution | Kyushu University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021-08-30 – 2025-03-31
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| Project Status |
Granted (Fiscal Year 2023)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
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| Keywords | self-efficacy / WTC / TBLT / task-based learning / psychology in L2 / individual differences / PLL / L2 spoken task / L2 Output / Self-efficacy / L2 Motivation |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
Little research exists demonstrating the extent to which motivational constructs predict actual L2 learners’ communicative output both in a general sense and in Japan. This large-scale empirical inquiry in the Japanese university English learning context investigates the extent to which willingness to communicate and other motivational constructs predict spoken L2 output in a group communicative English speaking task. This research answers the fundamental question of whether Japanese English learners’ reported motivation to communicate is associated with their observed English output.
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
There were four major research outputs associated with this project. In September 2023, I published a validation paper for a speaking task self-efficacy instrument in RELC Journal (JIF = 3.0 - WoS and Scopus-indexed). In November 2023, I presented the results of the research at KoreaTESOL's National Conference. In March 2024, I joined colleagues at the 2024 American Association for Applied Linguistics conference to present research on individual differences, self determination theory, and language learning. Finally, I, along with internationally known co-authors, published the chief research findings in Language Learning (JIF = 4.4 - WoS and Scopus-indexed). Additionally, I have been selected to submit a follow-up research report to System in AY2024 (WoS and Scopus-indexed).
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
1: Research has progressed more than it was originally planned.
Reason
As this was a start-up grant, the two Scopus-/Web of Science-indexed papers funded by the grant show that the research has progressed more smoothly than expected. This grant has allowed me to collaborate with well-known researchers in Japan and abroad. What is more is that I have been invited to contribute papers based on the research supported by the grant in the future.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
There are three future plans during AY2024: a - submit an invited paper on the topic of individual differences and the lexical quality of group discussion task output; b - prepare a 'mini' learner corpus based on data collected during the research; and c - present on these findings at an international conference.
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