2023 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Evaluating communicative adequacy in English speaking - development and validation of rater evaluation rubric
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21K00786
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
リー シーチェン・ナンシー 大阪大学, 大学院人文学研究科(言語文化学専攻), 准教授 (60512308)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
小川 知恵 京都産業大学, 文化学部, 准教授 (40645107)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021-04-01 – 2025-03-31
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| Keywords | Speaking assessment / communicative adequacy / rater evaluation rubrics |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Speaking evaluation is an ongoing challenge for many classroom practitioners. How to more effectively assess speaking proficiency of language is therefore an ongoing multifacted development. Speaking measurement remains controversial because it varies depending on the objectives of the speakers and the contexts in which they are in (Housen & Kuiken, 2009; Norris & Ortega, 2009). Researchers in the past three decades often measured second language (L2) speaking proficiency in terms of three constructs: complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) (Ellis & Barkhuizen, 2005; Norris & Ortega, 2009). While communicative adequacy is argued to be another measurement of speaking proficiency because it evaluates the degree to which speakers are successful in achieving the objective of their speaking task (Pallotti, 2009). However, similar to the previous CAF triad, the measurement of communicative adequacy is not without criticisms because the evaluation criteria for assessing the overall speaking performance of learners and the contribution of each criteria towards the overall evaluation remain controversial. This project aims to conceptualize EFL communicative adequacy and to develop rater evaluation rubrics for measuring the speaking performance of Japanese university students.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
4: Progress in research has been delayed.
Reason
一年間育休をしていたためです。
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
Research meetings will be conducted monthly to speed up the research progress. One domestic conference presentation has been schedule for October 2024. Proposal has been submitted to an international conference in April 2025.
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| Causes of Carryover |
一年間育休をしました。
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