Japanese EFL learners and article usage: Locating precise variables that affect explicit instruction through web-based methods

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21K13081
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Review Section	Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
Research Institution	Kansai University
Principal Investigator	Lucas Matthew 関西大学, 外国語学部, 准教授 (50796498)
Project Period (FY)	2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status	Granted (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000) Fiscal Year 2023: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000) Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000) Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords	articles / explicit instruction / grammatical accuracy / Japanese EFL learners / web-based instruction
Outline of Research at the Start	The precise factors affecting learning gains related to L1-L2 awareness-raising are yet to be determined. Furthermore, instructional methods tend to be restricted to the classroom. This project seeks to address these gaps with respect to English articles for Japanese EFL learners in a CALL context.