System for Rating Listening Materials

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02740
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: University of the Ryukyus (2017); Miyazaki International College (2015-2016)
• Principal Investigator: MURRAY Adam 琉球大学, グローバル教育支援機構 外国語ユニット, 教授 (60515013)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: リスニング / e-ラーニング

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of the research study was to develop and validate a system for rating (both objectively and subjectively) the difficulty of foreign language listening materials. Using an online system, students with various levels of English proficiency (as measured by the listening section of the TOEIC test) completed listening tasks and then rated the difficulty of the listening materials. Results were presented both domestically and internationally, and publications and future presentations are in process at the time of this report. It is expected that the findings of this research project will be useful to a number of people such as language educators, textbook authors, and other researchers.

Free Research Field

言語学