2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The development of test specifications based on the CEFR-J reading and listening scales
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16K02976
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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 | Kanda University of International Studies |
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Principal Investigator |
Park Siwon 神田外語大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (00458639)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
伊藤 泰子 神田外語大学, 外国語学部, 准教授 (00433681)
杉田 めぐみ 神田外語大学, 外国語学部, 講師 (70366938)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
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| Keywords | CEFR-J / L2 Reading / L2 Listening / Language Testing |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The current project contributes to the field of English education in Japan from two perspectives: 1) empirical research findings, and 2) test materials development. First, the empirical aspect of the project informs that while the level specifications of the CEFR-J scales require much more specifics in realizing the developmental construct, the development of level-specific EFL reading and listening tests appears feasible as the results indicted the developed items were statistically pertinent to their intended levels. Another contribution that the project makes is the tests and the item pool developed based on the CEFR-J reading and listening scales. We produced three sets of reading and two sets of listening tests of English that could be used for assessing students’ English skills at differing levels. The tests may also be used for assessing the longitudinal development of students’ English skills as they are level-specific with their calibrated item difficulty.
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| Free Research Field |
Language Assessment, Curriculum Development
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
国内における英語教育改革の必要性が叫ばれる昨今、英語教育のカリキュラム・デザインやテスト開発におけるCEFR-Jの有用性を探ることは意義深い。同様に、CEFR-Jリーディングおよびリスニング尺度がレベル別テストの開発のフレームワークとなり得ることが本研究によって実証された点は、学術的にも社会的にも意義がある。さらに、本研究でCEFR-Jを基に作成したテストは将来的なCEFR-J 準拠テスト開発の基礎となり、また国内の言語テスト開発に携わる研究者にとっても研究・教育上の参考となるだろう。
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