2021 Fiscal Year Research-status Report

Employing corpus-based Word Sketch collocation summaries as an L2 writing reference tool: The impact on lexical accuracy and diversity of Japanese EFL compositions

Research Project

Project/Area Number	17K02927
Research Institution	Kobe University
Principal Investigator	QUINN Cynthia 神戸大学, 国際文化学研究科, 特任准教授 (00368474)
Project Period (FY)	2017-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Keywords	L2 writing / corpus referencing / error correction
Outline of Annual Research Achievements	Research results have been published in the form of a PhD dissertation by the University of Birmingham, U.K. Overall, the findings indicate that learners were generally successful in correcting their collocation errors with a corpus; however, the interpretative demands placed on them to address these errors played an important role in their degree of success.
Current Status of Research Progress	Current Status of Research Progress 2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned. Reason Publication of results went smoothly and the only delays have been in presenting results due to Covid-related travel limitations.
Strategy for Future Research Activity	This is the final year of this grant, which will be spent presenting results at conferences.
Causes of Carryover	The primary costs this year will be for technology and conference attendance. Considering the COVID-19 circumstances, if conference attendance is online, then technology purchases will be necessary to be able to record and submit presentations. If travel to conference sites is possible, then expenses will be in the form of travel costs.