Development and Application of a Computer Adaptive Language Learning System

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25870967
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Learning support system; Foreign language education
• Research Institution: University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences
• Principal Investigator: SUMI Seijiro 流通科学大学, 商学部, 准教授 (60441341)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 適応型学習支援 / 外国語教育 / 大学英語教育 / CALL

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research is to develop a computer-adaptive language learning system (CALLs). The features of the system are to automatically evaluate students’ English ability and provide them with an appropriate level of English grammar and vocabulary multiple-choice test items. In addition, it displays hints according to students’ responses and directs them to the correct answer and resources for further learning. To achieve this, three major projects were conducted; (a) the development of a placement test, (b) the development of an e-learning system, and (c) the development and application of a CALLs. Our findings confirmed that the developed systems not only resulted in a substantial solution to identified problems at the university, but also presented the possibility of making contributions to the Japanese universities that share similar problems.

Free Research Field

情報学フロンティア（学習支援システム），言語学（外国語教育）