The Development of Grammatical Competence of Japanese EFL Learners

这是传统上被认为是两个截然不同的领域——二语习得和语言测试——的研究人员首次采取严肃的行动，通过真正的合作来克服两个领域的一些问题，为未来的研究寻找新的方向。二语习得研究者提供了各种语言习得理论，而语言测试研究者则提供了最新的统计技术和测试知识。在研究过程中，我们开发了一种新的英语语法测试，称为MEG (Measure of English grammar)，并对关系从句、非宾格/非否定动词、补语动词、不定式动词进行了语法判断测试。研究结果已发表两篇文章，并在7个国内外会议上报告。

This was the first serious action ever taken by the researchers of traditionally-thought-to-be two distinct fields, SLA and Language Testing, to overcome some of the problems of both fields and to find a new direction for the future studies by the true cooperation. The SLA researchers provide the various language acquisition theories while the language testing researchers provide recent statistical techniques and testing knowledge.In the process of the research, we developed a new English grammar test, called Measure of English Grammar(MEG), and the grammaticality judgment tests for relative clauses, unaccusative/Unergative verbs, dative alternations, and infinitive verbsThe results of the research has been published in two articles, and reported at 7 domestic and international conferences.