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2022 Fiscal Year Research-status Report

Investigating the Impact of Learner Proficiency on Their Usage of Vocabulary and Multi-word Expressions: A Longitudinal Multi-modal Corpus

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21K00577
Research InstitutionKwansei Gakuin University

Principal Investigator

Jordan Jennifer  関西学院大学, 総合政策学部, 講師 (00469264)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) ブルックス ギャビン  名古屋商科大学, 国際学部, 講師 (10610818)
CLENTON JONATHAN  広島大学, 人間社会科学研究科(総), 准教授 (80762434)
Fraser Simon  広島大学, 外国語教育研究センター, 教授 (10403510)
Project Period (FY) 2021-04-01 – 2026-03-31
Keywordsmulti-word expressions / vocabulary / corpus / English education
Outline of Annual Research Achievements

This year we continued collecting and transcribing the corpus data. We have been working with some of the 2021 data, but the online data appears to be quite different from the face-to-face data of the next year. We presented at JALT’s pan-sig conference on some preliminary results from the 2021 data and the TESOL conference in the US and have gotten some good feedback and ideas from both of those. The TESOL conference presentation was attended by a corpus linguist from Arizona State university who was able to give us some good ideas on how we might be able to approach the data differently. We are working on a preliminary article about the process of compiling the corpus and are preparing to present on using AI transcription at JALT call.

Current Status of Research Progress
Current Status of Research Progress

2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.

Reason

The project is going fairly well in spite of a few set backs mainly having to do with having teachers collecting data. We have tried to streamline the collection process to make that easier on teachers and to help make it easier for teachers to remember the protocols in the process. Having a dedicated transcriber has been very helpful, but having only one has meant that there is sometimes a bit of a wait on data we’d prefer to have sooner. Because of this we are looking into alternative means of transcription. We are also looking for a new research assistant as the previous one has graduated.

Strategy for Future Research Activity

As mentioned earlier, we’ll be extending the data collection for one more year so we will have 2 years of face-to-face data. This upcoming year we will continue to focus on data collection and our publication opportunities will mainly focus on the process of collecting, transcribing, and getting the data into a format that can be easily worked with. This continues to be one of the biggest challenges in learner corpus linguistics so it a very appropriate field to work with at the moment.

Causes of Carryover

Our main expenditure this upcoming year will be travelling to conferences and working on getting the data transcribed. The first conference we are planning to attend is JALT Call in Kumamoto. We’ve also applied for BAAL but have not heard back from them yet. At this point, our focus is on presentations as these are opportunities to get feedback on our current work and how we might be able to better approach the project. I had Y66,182 left from the 2022 funds that I was expecting to spend on transcription, but the timing didn't work so it will be used on transcription this year.

  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2023 2022

All Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Presentation] Investigating Lexical Patterns Using a Longitudinal Learner Corpus2023

    • Author(s)
      Brooks, G. & Jordan, J.
    • Organizer
      TESOL 2023
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Using a Large-Scale Longitudinal Learner Corpus for Materials Development2023

    • Author(s)
      Brooks, G. & Jordan, J.
    • Organizer
      TESOL 2023
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Importance of the L2 Corpora for Material Development2022

    • Author(s)
      Brooks, G. & Jordan, J.
    • Organizer
      JALT Pan-Sig

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Published: 2023-12-25  

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