2021 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Investigating multi-faceted aspects of vocabulary and oral ability
Project/Area Number |
19K00881
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Research Institution | Hiroshima University |
Principal Investigator |
CLENTON JONATHAN 広島大学, 人間社会科学研究科(総), 准教授 (80762434)
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Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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Keywords | vocabulary / oral / spoken / bilingual / assessment |
Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
The research has culminated in a publication submitted and awaiting review at the journal System. The work is a collaborative article that serves to delineate the various aspects of vocabulary knowledge in terms of their production but also their comprehension. The work has been presented at an international conference (the Hiroshima Lexical Research Forum).
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Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
The covid-19 impacted the data collection and processing. The work schedule has been delayed accordingly.
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Strategy for Future Research Activity |
With more data collection, I am investigating the facility to automatize the assessment of aspects of fluency. My aim is to work with a large body of data in order to investigate the extent to which oral ability and vocabulary knowledge according to proficiency
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Causes of Carryover |
Covid-19 resulted in significant delays in data collection. I plan to investigate automatic assessment of fluency and vocabulary using a large body of data in this final year of the project.
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