2021 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Spoken and Written Vocabulary in High-stakes Assessments: The Impact of Lexical Choices at Different IELTS Proficiency Levels.
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21K00669
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima Jogakuin University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
CLENTON JONATHAN 広島大学, 人間社会科学研究科(総), 准教授 (80762434)
ブルックス ギャビン 関西学院大学, 総合政策学部, 講師 (10610818)
Fraser Simon 広島大学, 外国語教育研究センター, 教授 (10403510)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | productive vocabulary / lexical diversity / multiword units |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Written and spoken data were collected from Queen Mary University of London international students enrolled in a pre-sessional course. Response rates were disappointing due to the online collection process necessitated by Covid19 although sufficient for analysis to proceed as planned. Both spoken (102 x 15-minute seminar discussions) and written (102 x 2000-word essays) data were processed. The subsequent analysis yielded contributions to:
1) our understanding of 6 lexical diversity measures and their impact on 3 different word counting methods. The results were reported at an international conference and accepted for publishing: Assessing Writing journal
2) our understanding of how multiword units relate to spoken fluency.
The results were reported in an international conference.
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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 Covid19 restrictions the participants were all studying online, which led to fewer participants than expected. From a pool of 600 potential participants only 120 consented and shared their data. The analysis of a large corpus, that had been planned, will therefore have to wait until more data can be collected.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
In September 2022 a new cohort of QMUL students will be asked to participate in the project. As these students will probably be taught on-campus more participants can be expected in this 2nd phase of data collection.
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| Causes of Carryover |
Due to Covid19 the investigators could not attend conferences as planned.
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