On the Creation of Software to Improve Japanese Learners' Academic English

2022 Fiscal Year Research-status Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K00775
• Research Institution: Meijo University
• Principal Investigator: Rogers James 名城大学, 外国語学部, 准教授 (50533527)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): フロレスク コスミン 国際医療福祉大学, 成田保健医療学部, 講師 (00788250) ; 西尾 由里 名城大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (20455059) ; Dickinson Paul 名城大学, 外国語学部, 特任講師 (30815965) ; 児玉 恵太 名城大学, 外国語学部, 講師 (80849448) ; ドールトン フランク 龍谷大学, 経済学部, 教授 (90331529)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: Academic English / Corpus Linguistics

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

During this year, the auto-suggest plug-in was further fine-tuned to give it better functionality. The translation of the resource was also completed and proofread by a research team member. In addition, the Apple and Google Play Store smartphone apps were created to enable easy distribution of the resource and to conduct the experiment with. This will enable participants to take a test and submit the results from a distance, and thus this should enable more people to participate.

Current Status of Research Progress

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

Reason

Now that the translation is complete, the smartphone apps were finally created and thus the experiment can now occur.

Strategy for Future Research Activity

Currently, the research team is trying to find as many participants as possible for the experiment. Team members also helped in creating Japanese versions of the instructions for the experiment to ensure that it could be understood easily and go smoothly.

Causes of Carryover

The remainder of the funds are planned to be used this year, which is the final year of the project.