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Mapping the spoken vocabulary knowledge of second language (L2) learners of English

Research Project

Project/Area Number 22K00814
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 InstitutionHiroshima University

Principal Investigator

CLENTON JONATHAN  広島大学, 人間社会科学研究科(総), 准教授 (80762434)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) Fraser Simon  広島大学, 外国語教育研究センター, 教授 (10403510)
内原 卓海  東北大学, 国際文化研究科, 講師 (10905847)
Project Period (FY) 2022-04-01 – 2025-03-31
Project Status Granted (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywordsflemma / lemma / word family / lexical choices / lexical diversity / fluency / vocabulary / speach / speaking / knowledge / bilingual / tasks
Outline of Research at the Start

The plan is to conduct studies across 5 different proficiencies towards the purpose of the larger-scale proposed project: current data suggests that relationships between the three different IELTS speaking task prompts and productive vocabulary knowledge change according to proficiency levels.

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

Completed data collection and analysis of 150 participants, at three different proficiency levels. Presented these preliminary findings at the prestigious vocab@vic conference (Wellinton, December 2023). Research relates to choice of different word counts necessary to predict proficiency in relation to lexical choices (lexical diversity measurements). Research findings appear to indicate that fluency mitigates vocabulary choices, although not as expected. The higher the proficiency might not always indicate specific word choice, but indicates that choices are consistently made at specific proficiencies.

Current Status of Research Progress
Current Status of Research Progress

2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.

Reason

Currently, awaiting research assistant data analysis, which pertains to flemma, lemma, word count measure analysis. Once completed, we aim to examine how these different word counts relate to different units of analysis.

Strategy for Future Research Activity

As we are awaiting research assistant data analysis, which pertains to flemma, lemma, word count measure analysis, we cannot complete our first data analysis and presentation. However, once completed, we aim to examine how these different word counts relate to different units of analysis and to work towards publication. This first set of data is currently being analysed and will need to be paid for. Following this initial round of analysis, we then aim to consider additional analyses which allude to bi/ trigram delineation and the extent to which these relate to word count measures. These further analyses will also require RA payment and processing, to then support paper writing and publication.

Report

(2 results)
  • 2023 Research-status Report
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (1 results)

All 2023

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

  • [Presentation] To what extent does word choice influence LD measure predictability?2023

    • Author(s)
      Jon Clenton, Takumi Uchihara, Simon Fraser
    • Organizer
      Vocab@vic, Wellington, 2023
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2022-04-19   Modified: 2024-12-25  

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