Research regarding English proficiency, both communicative and grammatical, necessary for international communication and the devising of a developmental index for Japanese EFL learners.

• Project/Area Number: 25871043
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Foreign language education; Education on school subjects and activities
• Research Institution: Ube National College of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Michimoto Yuko 宇部工業高等専門学校, 一般科, 准教授 (80624600)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
• Keywords: 処理可能性理論 / 日本人EFL学習者 / 英語 / 文法 / チャンク / 文法発達 / 含意尺度 / 第二言語習得 / コロケーション / 英語運用能力

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was the examination of Japanese EFL learners' English performance ability and grammar development. Based on an L2 development theory, various writing tasks were given to a number of Japanese EFL learners. It was found that learners did not always produce English sentences by processing the structures; they produced some sentences as chunks. This result indicates that English chunks play an important role in the development of English for Japanese EFL learners.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] A Study of the Validity for Processability Theory with Writing Tasks. (2016)
  • Author(s): Yuko Michimoto
  • Journal Title: Research Reports of Ube National College of Technology Volume: 61 Pages: 1-8
  • NAID: 120005823484
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Morphology and syntax acquisition by Japanese EFL writers: a study of their developmental course based on Processability Theory (2015)
  • Author(s): MICHIMOTO Yuko
  • Journal Title: Nidaba, Linguistic Society of West Japan Volume: 43 Pages: 70-78
  • NAID: 120007052602
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Research into Syntactic Development: A Study Using Implicational Scaling (2015)
  • Author(s): MICHIMOTO Yuko
  • Journal Title: Research Reports of Ube National College of Technology Volume: 60 Pages: 33-40
  • NAID: 120005727926
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 「チャンク」習得における学習者へのインプットの影響 (2015)
  • Author(s): 道本ゆう子、中村真貴子
  • Journal Title: 太成学院大学紀要 Volume: 17 Pages: 77-83
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] 学習者の「英語」使用モデルに関する考察：英語教育における母語話者英語の軌範と学習者の志向 (2014)
  • Author(s): 道本祐子
  • Journal Title: 太成学院大学紀要 Volume: 16 Pages: 79-87
• [Presentation] 文法発達段階における「チャンク」の影響：ライティング・ タスクによる「処理可能性理論」の検証 (2015)
  • Author(s): 道本祐子
  • Organizer: JSLS2015（言語科学会第17回国際年次大会）
  • Place of Presentation: 別府国際インベンションセンター
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-18 – 2015-07-19
• [Presentation] 文法発達段階における『チャンク』の影響―ライティング・タスクによる処理可能性理論の検証 (2015)
  • Author(s): 道本祐子
  • Organizer: 言語科学会, 第17回年次国際大会 (JSLS2015)
  • Place of Presentation: 別府国際コンベンションセンタービーコンプラザ
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-18
• [Presentation] 日本人英語学習者の文法習得 (2014)
  • Author(s): 道本祐子
  • Organizer: 平成26年度女性研究者研究交流会
  • Place of Presentation: 学術総合センター
  • Year and Date: 2014-12-15
• [Presentation] 英語連結表現の習得における文法指導とチャンク運用について (2014)
  • Author(s): 道本祐子
  • Organizer: 第12回全国高専テクノフォーラム
  • Place of Presentation: 札幌コンベンションセンター
  • Year and Date: 2014-08-21
• [Presentation] 日本人英語学習者の形態素・統語構造の発達：Processability Theoryにもとづく発達過程の分析 (2013)
  • Author(s): 道本祐子
  • Organizer: 言語科学会第15回年次国際大会(JSLS2013)
  • Place of Presentation: 活水女子大学