2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Assessing English Writing of Japanese Learners: The Development of Scoring Algorithms of Emails, Descriptions, and Persuasive Essays
| Project/Area Number |
20K13119
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University of Commerce & Business |
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Principal Investigator |
Kim Minkyung 名古屋商科大学, 経営学部, 講師 (70866508)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | Second language writing |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This project comprised two studies that scrutinized linguistic characteristics of second language (L2) writing. The first study investigated the longitudinal patterns of change in lexical and syntactic features in L2 writing. The second study explored dissimilarities in lexical and phraseological complexity features between L2 written and spoken opinion responses.
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| Free Research Field |
Second Language Writing
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
This project investigated longitudinal changes in lexical and syntactic features among beginning-level EFL learners' writing, and highlighted the lexical and phraseological differences between L2 written and spoken output.
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