An Investigation of English Language Writing by Japanese Students Using Online Tools and a Translation Learner Corpus

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K12915
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Toyo University
• Principal Investigator: Akutsu Sumie 東洋大学, ライフデザイン学部, 講師 (20460024)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 英語ライティング / 翻訳 / エラー分析 / コーパス / 英語教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aims to investigate the use of translation skills to develop the English writing proficiency of Japanese learners of English. Based on the pedagogical translation corpus approach, L1 influence and common errors or characteristics in Japanese learners’ English writing were analyzed to improve the writing instructions. The outcomes during the research indicate learners have benefited from the online system where they can not only submit writing tasks but also see a sample translation in order to understand the linguistic and cultural differences between Japanese and English as well as to overcome the issues they experience during the writing process.

Free Research Field

外国語教育学