The Development of Grammatical Competence of Japanese EFL Learners

这是二语习得和语言测试这两个传统上被认为是两个截然不同的领域的研究者们第一次采取认真的行动，通过真正的合作来克服两个领域的一些问题，并为未来的研究找到一个新的方向。二语习得研究者提供了各种语言习得理论，语言测试研究者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，称为英语语法测量（MEG），以及对关系从句、非作格/非作格动词、与格变化、本研究成果已发表在两篇论文中，并在7次国内外会议上发表。

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.