Digital building blocks of elementary school foreign language reading motivation

• Project/Area Number: 23K25344
• Project/Area Number (Other): 23H00647 (2023)
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund (2024); Single-year Grants (2023)
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: オオガボールドウィン クィント 早稲田大学, 教育・総合科学学術院, 教授 (20536304)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 中尾 かおり 西南学院大学, 人間科学部, 准教授 (80846494)
• Project Period (FY): 2023-04-01 – 2027-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2024)
• Budget Amount: ¥16,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,780,000); Fiscal Year 2026: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000); Fiscal Year 2024: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000); Fiscal Year 2023: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
• Keywords: Primary education / English education / Digital assessment / Phonemic awareness / Phonics learning / CALL / Motivation / Elementary school / Longitudinal measurement

Outline of Research at the Start

Students from third through sixth grades will be observed longitudinally using tests of phoneme awareness and sound-letter recognition. Tests and activities are designed to use the Chromebook tablets used in Japanese public schools. Web-based tests, activities, and surveys will deliver content and tests to schools with minimal disruption to the teaching curriculum, and allow maximum flexibility for classroom implementation.