L2 language development of Japanese learners of English in oral and written modalities

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22K13169
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Review Section	Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
Research Institution	Nagoya University of Commerce & Business
Principal Investigator	Son Myeongeun 名古屋商科大学, 経済学部, 研究員 (20909478)
Project Period (FY)	2022-04-01 – 2027-03-31
Project Status	Granted (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000) Fiscal Year 2026: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000) Fiscal Year 2025: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000) Fiscal Year 2024: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000) Fiscal Year 2022: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Keywords	second language / modality / speaking / writing / L2 development / Emergence / Accuracy
Outline of Research at the Start	From April to July in 2022, I will recruit participants in the university that I am currently working. After the data collection, I will hire two transcribers who transcribe the participants' oral responses and two native speakers who code the data. I am planning to present the results at some international conferences in 2023. Based on the presentation, I will focus on writing up the manuscript from 2023 to 2026.
Outline of Annual Research Achievements	In the previous year, I completed the data analysis with an expected way. I found that there were some unexpected but interesting points in the data, which could contribute to understanding Japanese L2 laerners of English better. Therefore, I started to analyze the data with a different way. In order to do this, I hired a research assistant who focused on accuracy of the participants' responses. I have now been working on writing up a research paper with the first results; in addition, I have been organizing the data that the research assistant sorted to analyze the data differently.
Current Status of Research Progress	Current Status of Research Progress 2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned. Reason As mentioned above, I found something interesting points in the data. Therefore, I was planning to add additional results in the final research paper. Although time schedule would be quite delayed, I believe the entire results could be more valuable to comprehend Japanese second language (L2) learners' language development in L2
Strategy for Future Research Activity	I am planning to finalize the second part of the data analysis. In addition, I am planning to either add another research question in the original final research paper with the results of the data analysis or create a new research paper with them. Before then, I am planning to give a paper presentation about the research at some international conferences to receive constructive feedback from researchers in the field of second language acquisition.