| 研究課題/領域番号 |
20K13155
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| 研究機関 | 広島大学 |
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研究代表者 |
HIGA MARSHALL 広島大学, 外国語教育研究センター, 准教授 (50736923)
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| 研究期間 (年度) |
2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| キーワード | eye-tracking / vocabulary acquisition / extensive reading / TOEIC / space repetition |
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| 研究実績の概要 |
Consistent with the research timeline, the first year of the project would be dedicated to two aims: 1) finding suitable and software programs for integration into the proposed system; and 2) improving the technology of an eye-tracking system in order to create a new methodology for analyzing reading fluency and comprehension. The first aim is still in progress, and software development will begin taking place in the summer of 2021.
For the second aim, a prototype has been developed that will allow eye-tracking to be observed while participants look at paper, rather than a computer screen. Though this is not a completely unique method, it has not been used in a second language acquisition context as far as the researcher is aware of.
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| 現在までの達成度 (区分) |
現在までの達成度 (区分)
4: 遅れている
理由
Partly due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but due in greater part to the researcher switching institutions at the beginning of FY2020, the progress of this project is delayed. Because the researchers previous institution was a college of technology, facilities and the ability to fabricate a prototype for an eye-tracking system.
Furthermore, self-induced travel restrictions due to Covid-19 has limited the researchers ability to meet with collaborators to a certain extent. In the case of building an eye-tracking system, though it is possible to do remotely, it is not ideal as parts and machinery should ideally be on-site during fabrication.
Additionally, due to the circumstances of the researcher's new institution, some portions of the research proposal have had to be rethought and revised.
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| 今後の研究の推進方策 |
Some portions of the initial research proposal will be revised due to the researcher's change in affiliation and institution. However, the revisions concern the implementation, but not the main intent of the project. Namely, the researcher intends to integrate the software being developed in this research with the existing software created at his current institution. This will reduce the labor requirements of developing an original vocabulary database and production of example sentences.
The rest of the project will carry on as expected. A book review related to eye-tracking is currently under review by an international journal. A conference presentation proposal about the eye-tracker developed in this project has also been submitted for an international conference in November.
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| 次年度使用額が生じた理由 |
Travel expenses and hiring of a research assistant was not carried out in FY2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore, the researcher requests funds to be used in the following fiscal year for the same purposes. Additionally, because of limited contact with the research collaborators, some items have yet to be purchased as originally planned.
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