2023 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Spoken and Written Vocabulary in High-stakes Assessments: The Impact of Lexical Choices at Different IELTS Proficiency Levels.
| Project/Area Number |
21K00669
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| Research Institution | Eikei University of Hiroshima |
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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 京都産業大学, 外国語学部, 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 / spoken fluency |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
This project created a database of the written and spoken language of over 200 second language students from a wide variety of L1 backgrounds and proficiency (IELTS 5.5 - 8). This database was investigated in two ways. The first analysed written essays in terms of their lexical diversity. The main findings were that the measures of lexical diversity used were (to varying degrees) related to IELTS proficiency levels. Another methodological finding was that when counting words it makes a difference if words are counted as flemmas or lemmas. The second (ongoing) investigation explored the spoken data to measure the impact of multi-word-unit use on fluency. The findings suggest that L2 learners that use 2- 5 word phrases well are also the learners that receive high IELTS spoken grades.
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