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Addressing the issue of assessing English as an Additional Language (EAL) learners: Developing and validating a word list and Vocabulary Levels Test for EAL learners

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K00793
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
Research InstitutionNagoya University of Commerce & Business (2022)
Kwansei Gakuin University (2020-2021)

Principal Investigator

Brooks Gavin  名古屋商科大学, 国際学部, 講師 (10610818)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) CLENTON JONATHAN  広島大学, 人間社会科学研究科(総), 准教授 (80762434)
Fraser Simon  広島大学, 外国語教育研究センター, 教授 (10403510)
Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
KeywordsEAL / Vocabulary / Corpus Linguistics / Assessment / Word lists / Academic vocabulary / Corpus linguistics / Corpus
Outline of Research at the Start

This research will start with an initial assessment of EAL learners’ vocabulary and its relationship to their academic performance.We will then work on the development of the EAL-corpus and word list. After the corpus and word list have been developed, we will validate them by using them to analyze a separate corpus of EAL texts as well as assessing EAL learners' actual knowledge of the words in the word list that we have developed. Finally, the word list and corpus will be made available for both teachers and researchers to use with their own EAL learners.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Through this project, we collaborated with several Japanese international schools to create a comprehensive corpus and set of word lists aimed at EAL students studying in an EMI context. We are currently in the process of publishing the final word lists. These wordlists will help provide support for this group of learners as they cover between 9.5% to 22.6% of their respective subcorpora with between 481 - 845 lemmas. The extent of coverage offered by these word lists surpasses that of existing ones, indicating their potential as valuable resources for supporting EAL students in the classroom.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

The wordlists that we have compiled with help to support EAL learners studying in the international school setting. The word lists will make it possible to evaluate materials, develop supporting materials, and assess EAL learners in this context.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020

All Presentation (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Presentation] How to Measure Lexical Diversity with R and Python, and Why You Would Want To2022

    • Author(s)
      Gavin Brooks
    • Organizer
      JALT CALL
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Why Do EAL Learners Struggle with Reading Comprehension: A Corpus-Based Analysis2022

    • Author(s)
      Gavin Brooks, Jon Clenton, Simon Fraser
    • Organizer
      British Association of Applied Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] What Words Do EAL Learners Need to Know to be Successful: The Importance of Domain Specific Word Lists2022

    • Author(s)
      Gavin Brooks, Jon Clenton, Simon Fraser
    • Organizer
      British Association of Applied Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Creating an EAL Word List: Bridging the Gaps in EAL Learners’ Vocabulary Knowledge2021

    • Author(s)
      Gavin Brooks, Jon Clenton, Simon Fraser
    • Organizer
      Journees de la Recherche en Education (JRE) 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Academic vocabulary and formulaic language in the EAL context: Creating a discipline-specific EAL word list2021

    • Author(s)
      Gavin Brooks, Jon Clenton, Simon Fraser
    • Organizer
      30th Conference of the European Second Language Association
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Importance of Vocabulary for English as an Additional Language Learners’ Reading Comprehension2021

    • Author(s)
      Gavin Brooks, Jon Clenton
    • Organizer
      British Association of Applied Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Academic Vocabulary and Multiword Expressions in an EAL Context2021

    • Author(s)
      Gavin Brooks, Jon Clenton, & Simon Fraser
    • Organizer
      Hiroshima Lexical Research Foundation
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Using the VLT to Assess Young EAL Learners: Benefits, Issues, and a Way Forward2020

    • Author(s)
      Gavin Brooks, Jon Clenton
    • Organizer
      Hiroshima Vocabulary Assessment Research Group 2020 Conference
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Book] EAL Research for the Classroom: Practical and Pedagogical Implications2023

    • Author(s)
      Gavin Brooks, Jon Clenton, Simon Fraser
    • Total Pages
      240
    • Publisher
      Routledge
    • ISBN
      9781003274889
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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