2020 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Utilizing Eye Movement Data to Assess Strategic Competence Across a Range of Reading Task Types in Second Language Learners
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18K00767
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| Research Institution | Kindai University |
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Principal Investigator |
アトキンズ アンドリュー 近畿大学, 国際学部, 准教授 (70513331)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
Prichard Caleb 岡山大学, 全学教育・学生支援機構, 准教授 (10440306)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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| Keywords | L2 reading / Task-based reading / Reading strategies / Selective attention / Eye-tracking |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has not been possible to collect any data this year. Collecting eye-tracking data requires participants and researchers to be in close proximity and it is difficult to achieve a suitable social distance. We have however managed to write up previously collected data and publish one paper in the international peer-reviewed journal, Reading Matrix (Online research strategies of L2 readers: Evaluating strategic competence through mixed methods) and have another in press in the peer-reviewed journal, TESOL Quarterly (Evaluating the Vocabulary Coping Strategies of L2 Readers: An Eye Tracking Study). We have presented online at American Association of Applied Linguistics 2021.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
4: Progress in research has been delayed.
Reason
COVID-19 has been the reason we are delayed. It has not been possible to collect data.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
We have two studies planned and are hoping we will be able to collect data from students in the near future. Whether we can collect data in time to write up and publish anything before the end of the research period depends a lot on the COVID-19 pandemic and state of emergency being lifted.
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| Causes of Carryover |
COVID-19 stopped us attending conferences and doing research, and if the situation improves, we would like to use funds to buy necessary software and equipment for our research and attend conferences.
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Research Products
(3 results)
