2019 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
The effects of deliberate learning with digital flashcards on the implicit knowledge of visual and aural word forms: A lexical decision task study
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19K13311
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| Research Institution | Osaka Jogakuin Junior College |
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Principal Investigator |
Kramer Brandon 大阪女学院短期大学, 英語科, 准教授 (50780483)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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| Keywords | vocabulary / implicit knowledge / lexical decision task |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
This study aims to elucidate the effects of form modality (visual, aural, or both) during the presentation of target vocabulary words using digital flashcards on the explicit and implicit knowledge gains of those same words.
During this 2019-2020 research period I was able to achieve 1)peer-reviewed publications in two international journals (System & Reading in a Foreign Language), one domestic journal (VERB), and one conference proceeding (EuroCALL), 2)an invited book review publication (JALT Journal), 3)four international research presentations (JALT, EuroCALL, Vocab@Leuven x 2), and 4)the construction of a personal website and blog to share the results of any research conducted (brandonkramer.net).
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
My stated plans for the 2019-2020 research period were 1) to acquire the necessary equipment, 2) develop the primary research instruments, and 3) pilot these instruments with a limited number of students.
While I have been able to complete the first two goals without problems, the COVID-19 outbreak has prevented me from safely meeting with my fellow researchers and paid student volunteers in order to complete the third goal of pilot testing the research instruments.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
My proposed plans for the 2020-2021 research period were primarily data collection, with paid student volunteers participating in deliberate vocabulary learning treatment sessions followed by a post-treatment measurement of their implicit knowledge gains. Qualitative follow-up data collection would follow these quantitative measures.
Given the current situation, my current plans are to conduct limited pilot testing during the summer period, and begin collecting data from participants in earnest from the start of the fall semester. If there are no further interruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, data collection should be complete by the end of 2020. If, however, I am not able to collect data in person, some flexibility will be required and online options will need to be considered.
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| Causes of Carryover |
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I was forced to delay my initial pilot testing and a planned conference in America was cancelled (AAAL 2020 in Denver, CO, USA).
I plan to put this money back into the project by funding further data collection.
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[Journal Article] The relationship of four variants of the Vocabulary Size Test to a criterion measure of meaning recall vocabulary knowledge2019
Author(s)
Stoeckel, T., Stewart, J., McLean, S., Ishii, T., Kramer, B., & Matsumoto, Y.
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Journal Title
System
Volume: 87
Pages: 1-14
DOI
Peer Reviewed
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