2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Unveiling Learning Methods for Improving L2 Speaking Skills in a Blended Learning Environment
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24520662
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Tokai University (2015)
Waseda University (2012-2014) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | Blended Learning / Foreign Language / SLA / CALL / Actor-Network Theory |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study has unveiled a few important aspects of analysing speech samples collected from foreign language (L2) speakers of very low proficiency in a blended learning environment. First of all, the study was able to capture the relationship between the organizational intention of the L2 course under study and the activities that were employed in the actual classroom by using Actor Network Theory. Secondly, the study was able to identify how the L2 learners employed technology in the classroom and how they were used, in order to complete the given tasks. Finally, the tool of traditional analysis of speech samples―CAF (complexity, accuracy & fluency) measures were not able to gauge oral outputs produced by low-proficiency L2 learners, therefore, new CAF measuring tool, “hierarchical C-Unit,” was created by the researcher that enables to label non-fluent speech outputs.
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| Free Research Field |
Computer-Assisted Language Learning
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