Assessing English Writing of Japanese Learners: The Development of Scoring Algorithms of Emails, Descriptions, and Persuasive Essays
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20K13119
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University of Commerce & Business |
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Principal Investigator |
Kim Minkyung 名古屋商科大学, 経営学部, 講師 (70866508)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
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| Keywords | Second language writing / Writing assessment / Japanese EFL writing / Email writing / Descriptive writing / Persuasive writing |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
The purpose of this study is to develop machine scoring algorithms that can predict human scores of Japanese English as a foreign language (EFL) student writing samples across three writing genres (i.e., emails, descriptions, and persuasive essays). Japanese EFL undergraduate students will be recruited. Findings will provide a comprehensive understanding of writing features that distinguish higher- and lower-quality writing across multiple genres. The developed scoring algorithms will be freely available online to help EFL teachers and students better understand higher-rated writing features.
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This project comprised two studies that scrutinized linguistic characteristics of second language (L2) writing. The first study investigated the longitudinal patterns of change in lexical and syntactic features in L2 writing. The second study explored dissimilarities in lexical and phraseological complexity features between L2 written and spoken opinion responses.
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
This project investigated longitudinal changes in lexical and syntactic features among beginning-level EFL learners' writing, and highlighted the lexical and phraseological differences between L2 written and spoken output.
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Research Products
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