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2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

How recent changes in dictionary types have affected the lookup behavior and learning outcomes of college English learners?

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 19K00777
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
Research InstitutionOsaka Ohtani University

Principal Investigator

Koyama Toshiko  大阪大谷大学, 教育学部, 教授 (20352974)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 薮越 知子  日本大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (80578071)
Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Keywords辞書アプリ / モバイルディバイス / 電子辞書 / スマートフォン / タブレット / 外国語(英語)教育
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The present study, focusing on pocket E-dictionaries and smartphones, investigated how recent changes in dictionary types have affected the lookup behavior and learning outcomes of college English learners.
Statistical analysis revealed that 1) the majority of students used free translation apps or web searches on their smartphones instead of electronic dictionaries when tackling tasks such as English reading comprehension or vocabulary grammar questions, 2) there was no correlation between their choices of mobile devices used and their English proficiency, and 3) although there were some differences in the number of lookups and the time to look up between the use of pocket E-dictionaries and smartphone, no significant difference was found in the accuracy rates.
Based on these findings, a pilot study was conducted to examine their lookup behavior in detail introducing a video analysis.

Free Research Field

応用言語学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

EFL環境下の日本で、英語学習時の辞書使用の重要性は認識されているにもかかわらず、現在までインターフェイスの異なる辞書(印刷辞書、電子辞書、スマホなど)の検索行動と学習効果の比較研究はほとんどなされておらず、本研究の意義は極めて大きい。
本研究結果から、現在の大学レベルの英語学習者らは、形態いかんにかかわらず編纂されて販売されている「英和辞書」を利用しない傾向が明らかになった。検索ツールと英語基礎力との相関は見られず、英語資格試験に使用される「コミュニケーション力育成」目的の教材レベルであれば、スマホの無料アプリ、電子辞書の「英和辞書」のいずれを使用しても正答率に差がないこともわかった。

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Published: 2024-01-30  

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