Investigating the viability of remote eye tracking for second language acquisition and bilingualism research

• Project/Area Number: 25K04286
• 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: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: NICKLIN CHRISTOPHER 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 特任講師 (50906609)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): Patterson Allie 立教大学, 経営学部, 助教 (21010331) ; Vitta Joseph・Paul 早稲田大学, グローバルエデュケーションセンター, 准教授 (90908146)
• Project Period (FY): 2025-04-01 – 2029-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2025)
• Budget Amount: ¥6,110,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,410,000); Fiscal Year 2028: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000); Fiscal Year 2027: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000); Fiscal Year 2026: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
• Keywords: Eye tracking / Online experiments / Psycholinguistics

Outline of Research at the Start

The aim of this research is to (a) investigate the viability of using online remote eye tracking for SLA and bilingualism research and (b) help “democratize” eye tracking by making it available to a larger number of researchers.