The development of a new type of language tests based on criterial features derived from English learner corpus

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24320103
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
• Principal Investigator: Negishi Masashi 東京外国語大学, 大学院総合国際学研究院, 教授 (50189362)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TONO YUKIO 東京外国語大学, 大学院総合国際学研究院, 教授 (10211393) ; NAGANUMA NAOYUKI 東海大学, 外国語教育センター, 准教授 (20365836) ; KUDO YOJI 玉川大学, 文学部, 講師 (60509173) ; MURAKOSHI RYOJI 神奈川県立言語文化アカデミア, 講座・研究課, 講師 (30567110)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 教育評価・測定 / 言語テスト / 文法能力 / コーパス言語学CEFRと基準特性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In our research, we collected and built learner corpora of written and spoken English, and analyzed the data. Results showed that the CEFR level of Japanese learners’ output is much lower than that of their input. We developed and validated a new type of grammar test. Also we discovered that in the rating of more open-ended type test, it is necessary to tailor the set of criteria to the task type.

Free Research Field

英語教育学