2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of Computerized Adaptive Tests for Academic Expressions Based on the Analysis of Science & Technology Corpora
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22520561
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Nagoya Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
KOYAMA Yukie 名古屋工業大学, 工学研究科, 教授 (20293251)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SUGIMORI Naoki 立命館大学, 情報理工学部, 教授 (40216338)
TANAKA Shosaku 立命館大学, 文学部, 教授 (00325549)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | CAT / 科学技術英語 / コーパス / 言語テスト / LRT |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study is to develop a Computerized Adaptive Test based on the analysis of scientific corpora, which is appropriate for measuring English knowledge of engineering students. First, important vocabulary and phrases were extracted from the corpora in order to write test items. Secondly, Latent Rank Theory was adopted for the testing theory to analyze the preliminary test data and to measure each student's knowledge. After conducting preliminary tests of vocabulary and phrases, an item bank including 230 items was completed. Using this bank, the CAT was conducted in the moodle system. The results showed the CAT had potential as a method of measuring students' knowledge of English vocabulary relating to science & technology.
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Research Products
(18 results)
