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On the Creation of Software to Improve Japanese Learners' Academic English

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21K00775
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 InstitutionMeijo University

Principal Investigator

Rogers James  名城大学, 外国語学部, 准教授 (50533527)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) フロレスク コスミン  国際医療福祉大学, 成田保健医療学部, 講師 (00788250)
西尾 由里  名城大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (20455059)
Dickinson Paul  名城大学, 外国語学部, 特任講師 (30815965)
児玉 恵太  名城大学, 外国語学部, 講師 (80849448)
ドールトン フランク  龍谷大学, 経済学部, 教授 (90331529)
Project Period (FY) 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
KeywordsCorpus Linguistics / Corpora / Academic English / ESP / Multi-word units / Collocation / Fixed Expressions / Formulaic Language / academic English / collocation / formulaic language / multi-word unit / academic vocabulary / CALL / smartphone apps / phrases / auto-suggest / corpora
Outline of Research at the Start

This project aims to confirm the validity of and also create free resources to help Japanese learners improve their academic English. It also aims to shed light on new methods of identifying, studying, and teaching useful academic English phrases by creating a variety of free software.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research created a large-scale academic English phrase list, an app to study the resource with, and a Microsoft Word auto-suggest plug-in that uses the resource as a database to help writers write academic English. This resource is custom-tailored for Japanese learners in that the original example sentences written for each phrase has been translated into Japanese.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

This research created a large-scale academic English phrase list, an app to study the resource with, and a Microsoft Word auto-suggest plug-in that uses the resource as a database to help writers write academic English.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2023 Other

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] On developing a real-time academic English auto-suggest tool2023

    • Author(s)
      Florescu, C., & Rogers, J.
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the JAECS Conference 2023

      Volume: None Pages: 67-72

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] On the development of real-time academic English auto-suggest software2023

    • Author(s)
      Rogers, J.
    • Journal Title

      Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics 2023 Conference Proceedings

      Volume: None Pages: 1-2

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] On the creation and application of a large-scale corpus-based academic multi-word unit list2023

    • Author(s)
      James Rogers
    • Organizer
      The 4th IAFOR International Conference on Arts & Humanities, Honolulu, Hawaii
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] On the development of real-time academic English auto-suggest software2023

    • Author(s)
      James Rogers
    • Organizer
      Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, Tokyo
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] On the creation of a large-scale corpus-based academic multi-word unit list and its application via C.A.L.L.2023

    • Author(s)
      Cosmin Florescu
    • Organizer
      Synergies in Communication (SiC) The 11th International Conference
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Using a large-scale corpus-based academic multi-word unit list to create digital learning tools2023

    • Author(s)
      Cosmin Florescu
    • Organizer
      JAECS CONFERENCE 2023
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] The Top Academic English Phrases

    • URL

      https://jamesmartinrogers.wixsite.com/smartsmart/academic-english-phrase-5k

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2021-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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