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2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23520664
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Saitama University
• Principal Investigator: VYE Stacey 埼玉大学, 英語教育開発センター, 准教授 (50513868)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Keywords: 学習者の自律 / 自主学習 / 英語力 / IELTS / 必要性の分析 / テスト及び評価

Research Abstract

This research asks if language study-plans designed autonomously by learners and self-reported amount of time spent on the desired four-skill(s) contribute to greater language proficiency on the four-skill sections of the IELTS test. To achieve this aim, the results of pre- and post-IELTS tests of 20 EFL volunteer university students and the data was correlated with their autonomous language learning practices. The participants met in seminars for one weekly 90-minute learner-conducted session for 23 weeks. The data included the students ' reported reflections on their self-study, an exit survey, field notes, and the pre- and post-IELTS test scores. The limitations were significant, yet the results indicate that participants made proficiency gains by actively engaging in self-selected language study for enjoyment by partaking in 6.5 to 8.5 or more hours per week on the language skills they want to improve, suggesting there is merit for proficiency gains through autonomous study.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Saitama University students presented short papers in English at Gakushuin University to an international English audience (2014)
  • Author(s): Vye, S
  • Journal Title: 埼玉大学図書館 Volume: 15巻 Pages: 13-18
• [Journal Article] From learner autonomy in practice to learner proficiency in theory (2013)
  • Author(s): Vye, S
  • Journal Title: From Practice to Theory Volume: 21 Pages: 170-173
• [Journal Article] Viewing research and laundry from a different angle through peer collaboration (2012)
  • Author(s): Vye, S
  • Journal Title: Learning Learning Volume: 19(3) Pages: 51-52
• [Journal Article] IELTS with埼玉大学 (2012)
  • Author(s): Vye, S
  • Journal Title: IELTS白書2012 Volume: (1) Pages: 14
• [Journal Article] Autonomous language learning : A paradigm shift from teacher to learner control (2011)
  • Author(s): Vye, S
  • Journal Title: Connecting with culture Volume: 19 Pages: 314-316
• [Journal Article] From learner autonomy in practice to learner proficiency in theory.
  • Author(s): Vye, S
  • Journal Title: KOTESOL2013 Proceedings, Exploring the Road Less Traveled Volume: (in-press) Pages: 21
• [Presentation] Collaborative autonomy (2013)
  • Author(s): Vye, S., binti Abd Halim, I. Kichuchi, T. Kojima, S. & Rahman, R
  • Organizer: Stories of flourishing learner development. Exploring Learner Development 20^<th> Anniversary Conference of the Learner Development SIG of JALT
  • Place of Presentation: Tokyo, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2013-11-23
• [Presentation] Learning autonomously for language proficiency (2013)
  • Author(s): Vye, S
  • Organizer: JALT2013 International Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Kobe, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2013-10-27
• [Presentation] Narrative learning transformations in a university learner autonomy seminar after the course is over (2013)
  • Author(s): Vye, S
  • Organizer: LD-SIG Forum at JALT2013 International Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Kobe, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2013-10-27
• [Presentation] From learner autonomy in practice to learner proficiency in theory (2013)
  • Author(s): Vye, S
  • Organizer: KOTESOL2013: Exploring the Road Less Traveled : From Practice to Theory
  • Place of Presentation: Seoul, Korea
  • Year and Date: 2013-10-12
• [Presentation] The power of peer collaboration (2013)
  • Author(s): Vye, S
  • Organizer: 25 Years of Evidence-Based Teaching & Learning, California State University
  • Place of Presentation: CA, USA
  • Year and Date: 2013-03-16
• [Presentation] Learner driven development (2012)
  • Author(s): Vye, S
  • Organizer: Autonomy as they see it! LD-SIG SIG Forum at the JALT2012 Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Hamamatsu, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2012-10-14
• [Presentation] Autonomy makes difference in language proficiency? (2012)
  • Author(s): Vye, S
  • Organizer: JALT2012 Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Hamamatsu, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2012-10-13
• [Presentation] University students learning autonomously and while improving in English as well (2012)
  • Author(s): Vye, S
  • Organizer: Autonomy in a Networked World
  • Place of Presentation: New Zealand
  • Year and Date: 2012-09-01
• [Presentation] Learners' collaborative action (2012)
  • Author(s): Vye, S
  • Organizer: This is what we want! Nakasendo2012
  • Place of Presentation: Saitama, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2012-06-02
• [Presentation] Learner autonomy and getting better at English at the same time (2011)
  • Author(s): Vye, S
  • Organizer: Advising for Language Learner Autonomy 2011
  • Place of Presentation: Kanda University, Chiba, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2011-11-12
• [Presentation] Autonomous language learning (2011)
  • Author(s): Vye, S
  • Organizer: A paradigm shift from teacher to learner control. KOTESOL2011
  • Place of Presentation: Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, Korea
  • Year and Date: 2011-10-16
• [Book] Independent Learning Association Conference (ILA) 2012 Wellington Conference Selections (2013)
  • Author(s): Vye, S
  • Total Pages: 184
  • Publisher: Learning autonomously while improving language proficiency
• [Book] Autonomy they ask
  • Author(s): Vye, S., Murase, F., & Edwards,A.Wurzinge
  • Publisher: What is it and how does the learners'English improve? In A. Barfield
• [Remarks]
  • URL: http://s-read.saitama-u.ac.jp/researchers/pages/researcher/TeUSsVBx
• [Remarks]
  • URL: https://sites.google.com/site/vyestacey/