| Project/Area Number |
24520626
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Kyushu Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
LONG Robert 九州工業大学, 大学院工学研究院, 准教授 (00284589)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TABUKI Masatoshi 九州工業大学, 大学院工学研究院, 教授 (60268795)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
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| Keywords | fluency / dysfluency / lexical complexity / syntactical complexity / acoustic complexity / vocabulary use / complexity / TOEIC scores |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The data indicate that TOEIC scores provide some means of measuring proficiency and fluency. Fluency increased as TOEIC scores improved, but the gains in fluency were marginal up to scores of 700 or more. Only at the higher ranges did fluency show marked improvement. What is apparent from this data is that these participants with relatively high TOEIC scores (which would allow many a chance at international jobs or jobs in which English is used) are not really ready to engage in rapid and complicated interactions and negotiations. While there are confounding variables such as personality, motivation, and study abroad experience that could impact one's fluency, it is clear that TOEIC test scores can often provide unreliable and misleading information concerning the student's productive skills in speaking and in writing.
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