2020 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Acquisition and decay: The long-term impact of study abroad on receptive vocabulary knowledge and lexical diversity
| Project/Area Number |
20K00763
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| Research Institution | Doshisha University |
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Principal Investigator |
NEFF Peter 同志社大学, グローバル・コミュニケーション学部, 准教授 (70411072)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
ブルックス ギャビン 関西学院大学, 総合政策学部, 講師 (10610818)
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) |
2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | study abroad / receptive vocabulary / lexical diversity |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
I will summarize the first year achievements in two categories. Publishing: The Principal Investigator (PI) published a research article about the effects of study abroad in a peer-reviewed international journal. Also, both CIs published articles or books related to vocabulary learning. Presentations: The PI gave academic seminar online at Birkbeck, University of London regarding how study abroad affects learners' communicative competence.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, our plans to begin data collection were necessarily delayed. The goals of this study are to measure the effects of extended study abroad on learners' vocabulary and lexical diversity, but because none of our expected participants have been able to leave Japan as planned, we need to wait to collect pre-departure data until later in 2021 at the earliest.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
Our plans for Year 2 of the study are to: 1) decide upon final instrumentation for measuring vocabulary and lexical diversity; 2) measure these attributes for around 50-60 students in the PI's university department before they leave for extended study abroad in 2021; and 3) compile and analyze results from this initial data.
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| Causes of Carryover |
There was a surplus for the 2020 fiscal year for three reasons. First, the outbreak of COVID-19 prevented us from carrying out data collection and the expenses related to that, including creation of necessary instrumentation. Also, because we did not not collect data from participants, we did not pay them a participation fee. Finally, we were unable to travel to conferences as planned.
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