Impact of listening video logs for extensive viewing on the English spoken fluency of undergraduate Japanese nursing students

2023 Fiscal Year Research-status Report

• Project/Area Number: 23K00649
• Research Institution: Chiba University
• Principal Investigator: カズノブ ダビッド 千葉大学, 大学院看護学研究院, 助教 (10646657)
• Project Period (FY): 2023-04-01 – 2028-03-31
• Keywords: English education / Nursing English / Engagement

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

For promoting extensive viewing among students, we attempted to develop a new platform to allow students to create, store and manage videos of different durations. After months of discussion with both Chiba University Smart Office and private suppliers, we came to the realization that it was technically unrealistic to establish a single platform possessing all the functionalities required for both student data storage and ensuring student data security. At the end of this first year, we have decided to use two distinct platforms connected to Google Classroom to facilitate video production and storage: FLIP and EdPuzzle.
We have reached agreements with the English testing company Versant to use their speaking tests for assessing spoken fluency among both 1st year and 4th year undergraduates. The first test implementation will happen in before Summer 2024.

Current Status of Research Progress

3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.

Reason

Many technical limitations (storage space, data accessibility, data security) have stalled the development of a single unified platform for extensive viewing. However, we have now changed our plans to assess the feasibility of building an extensive viewing protocol using two available commercial services: FLIP and EdPuzzle.

Strategy for Future Research Activity

Discussions are under way to ensure the safe and secure access of students to both FLIP and EdPuzzle through the existing Google Classroom platform. A baseline for spoken fluency will be established for all 1st- and 4th year students.

Causes of Carryover

We will purchase 200 Versant tests for 1st- and 4th- year Undergraduates. This would amount to 200*2975=595000 yen