| Project/Area Number |
15K02770
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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 | Kindai University |
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Principal Investigator |
Atkins Andrew 近畿大学, 国際学部, 准教授 (70513331)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
Prichard Caleb 岡山大学, 全学教育・学生支援機構, 准教授 (10440306)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
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| Keywords | Reading Strategy / L2 Reading Strategy / Reading Fluency / Eye tracking / Gaze tracking / Selective attention / L2 Reading Strategies / Eye-tracking / SLA / ESL Reading Strategies / Eye Tracking / EFL Reading Strategies / Online Reading / Eye Movements / Gaze Tracking |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The project produced some interesting and useful insights into the reading strategy use of Japanese learners of English, although from the start we were limited and disappointed by the performance of the equipment that we were able to purchase with the funding. We were able to publish our results in two respected international journals and presented our findings at domestic and international conferences across a range of academic fields from English Language Teaching to Eye-Movement. Overall we found that in the tasks that we used when conducting experiments, all but the highest ability students failed to read in a strategic manner. This was mainly for tasks to assess selective attention in reading that included reading to write a summary and reading to find specific information within an online text.
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