2022 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
The development of productive knowledge of collocations and overall English proficiency
| Project/Area Number |
21K00757
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| Research Institution | Kanazawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
Brown Dale 金沢大学, 外国語教育系, 准教授 (50781168)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
D・G Coulson 立命館大学, 言語教育情報研究科, 教授 (50341988)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | collocations / productive knowledge / English proficiency |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
In Year 2, good progress has been made with the four studies that comprise the project.
Study 1 (longitudinal): Two further rounds of data collection were completed (2022年7月; 2023年3月). Data collection is now complete, data processing is also complete and data analysis is under way.
Study 2 (pre- and post-study abroad): Post-study abroad data data collection was completed (2023年3月) and data processing is under way.
Study 3 (the four skills): Using an online version of our data collection instrument, data collection was completed (2022年9~12月). Data processing is complete and data analysis is under way.
Study 4 (cross-sectional): Data processing of data collected in Year 1 is complete and data analysis is under way.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
Data collection is complete for all four of the studies that comprise the project and a considerable amount of data has been collected. Processing of the data is also complete for three of the studies and is under way for the fourth study. Basic, initial analyses of the data have been conducted for three of the studies and further, more sophisticated analyses are planned.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
For the pre- and post-study abroad study, processing of data will be completed and then learners' responses will be scored, using an existing database of "good" responses". Statistical analyses will then be conducted to assess whether the learners' have made progress during their year abroad.
For the other three studies, basic analyses having already been conducted, more sophisticated analyses of the learners' scores will be carried out, looking at the range of words they were able to use and the frequency level of the words they used.
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| Causes of Carryover |
Money is remaining due to changes to our plans to present the research findings at conferences (and because some conferences continue to be online). We will make use of the remaining money to further disseminate the research findings at international conferences.
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