2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Integrated Text Tools for Creating EFL/ESL Reading Materials - Integrated Text Analysis Tools, SNS and Cloud Storage within the MS Word Platform -

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24652128
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Foreign language education
Research Institution	Prefectural University of Kumamoto
Principal Investigator	MATSUNO RYOJI 熊本県立大学, 総合管理学部, 教授 (60044351)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	MATSUO Kanako 熊本高等専門学校, その他部局等, 准教授 (30413876) TSUTSUMI Yutaka 熊本学園大学, 商学部, 教授 (80227446)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
Keywords	外国語教育 / EFL/ESL / テキストの難易度解析 / ソーシャルメディア / クラウド
Research Abstract	The goal of our research is to offer EFL/ESL teachers effective text analysis tools including the following: Word-Frequency Counter, Phrase-Frequency Counter, Spell/Grammar Checker, Sentence-Beginning Checker, Sentence-Ending Checker, and Readability Checker. These tools enable teachers to develop EFL/ESL reading materials cooperatively, using Facebook and Cloud storage network services. Additionally, these tools are integrated into an MS Word platform: teachers can create reading materials effectively without needing to constantly switch between discrete software packages and MS Word, when developing content for students.

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