Investigating Vocabulary Learning Strategies: Spaced or Massed Word Cards?

• Project/Area Number: 24K04110
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
• Research Institution: Eikei University of Hiroshima
• Principal Investigator: Higginbotham George 叡啓大学, ソーシャルシステムデザイン学部, 准教授 (20885090)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 中田 達也 立教大学, 異文化コミュニケーション学部, 教授 (00758188) ; ボトウィック トーマス 山陽学園大学, 総合人間学部, 准教授 (50984647) ; CLENTON JONATHAN 広島大学, 人間社会科学研究科(総), 准教授 (80762434)
• Project Period (FY): 2024-04-01 – 2027-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2024)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000); Fiscal Year 2026: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000); Fiscal Year 2024: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: vocabulary / word cards / learning strategies

Outline of Research at the Start

The research aims to investigate the efficacy of word learning strategies. Specifically, whether it is more efficient for Japanese students to use word cards in an intensive (massed) way or whether vocabulary is better retained through spaced learning.