A Study on the Development of Grammatical Competence of Japanese EFL Learners : The Application of Item Response Theory and Differential Item Functioning

日语英语学习者语法能力发展研究:项目反应理论和差异项目功能的应用

• 批准号: 16320078
• 负责人: YAMAKAWA Kenichi
• 金额: $ 9.09万
• 依托单位: Yasuda Women's University
• 依托单位国家: 日本
• 项目类别: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 日本
• 起止时间: 2004 至 2006
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-16320078/
• 关键词: Japanese EFL Learners; Grammatical Competence; Standardized Grammar Test; Item Response Theory; Competition Model; Second Language Acquisition; 関係詞; 心理動詞; wh疑問文; 与格交替; 非対格動詞; 非能格動詞; 受動態

Although the last couple of decades have seen great theoretical developments in SLA (Second Language Acquisition), many studies have focused on single grammatical features, and have assumed interrelationships among features are granted by a given linguistic theory. One of the weaknesses of grammaticality judgment task, the most common measurement tool in SLA, is its reliability. Since the data obtained from different studies are sample-and test-dependent, it is difficult to compare the findings. In order to compensate for this weakness, we employed IRT (Item Response Theory) to equate the data from different grammaticality judgment tests; since the parameters of IRT models provide a theoretical justification for equating scores, comparison with great reliability is possible of acquisition among different grammatical items on the same scale. Approximately 1,200 adult native speakers of Japanese learning EFL in Japan participated in our study. These participants were given grammaticality judgment tests in order to examine the acquisition of various English grammatical features such as unergative verbs, unaccusative verbs, psych verbs, relative clause constructions, wh-question constructions, to infinitives, and dative alternation. On the basis of our findings, we discussed the appropriateness and benefits of using IRT in SLA research, and explored interrelationships among these grammatical features in participants' acquisition process.

尽管在过去的几十年里，二语习得理论取得了很大的发展，但许多研究都集中在单一的语法特征上，并假设特征之间的相互关系是由特定的语言理论所赋予的。作为二语习得中最常见的测量工具，语法判断任务的一个弱点是它的可靠性。由于从不同研究获得的数据依赖于样本和测试，因此很难比较研究结果。为了弥补这一不足，我们运用项目反应理论对不同语法性判断测试的数据进行等值；由于项目反应模型的参数为等分提供了理论依据，因此在同一量表上不同的语法项目之间进行具有很高可靠性的比较是可能的。在日本学习英语的大约1200名以日语为母语的成年人参与了我们的研究。这些受试者接受了语法判断测试，以考察英语语法特征的习得情况，如非作格动词、非宾格动词、心理动词、关系从句、wh疑问句、to不定式和与格交替。基于我们的发现，我们讨论了在二语习得研究中使用IRT的适宜性和益处，并探讨了这些语法特征在受试者习得过程中的相互关系。

项目成果

Preliminary analysis of grammatical judgment test : Dative constructions and their passive forms

语法判断测试初探:与格结构及其被动形式

• 发表时间: 2004
• 期刊: Proceedings of the 8th Conference of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics
• 作者: NISHIYAMA;Noriyuki;寺井 正憲;Michiko Nakano;松岡洋子;Michiko Nakano
• 通讯作者: Michiko Nakano

An analysis of grammatical judgement test : Dative constructions, their passive forms, unaccusative and unergative constructions

语法判断测试分析：与格结构、被动形式、非宾格和非作格结构

• 发表时间: 2005
• 期刊: Proceedings of the 9th Conference of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics
• 作者: TERAI;Masanori;Michiko Nakano
• 通讯作者: Michiko Nakano

The acquisition processes of unaccusative / unergative verbs by Japanese EFL learners

日本英语学习者非宾格/非作格动词的习得过程

• 发表时间: 2005
• 期刊: JACET Chugoku-Shikoku Chapter Research Bulletin Vol.2
• 作者: TERAI;Masanori;Michiko Nakano;寺井 正憲;Naoki Sugino;松岡洋子;寺井 正憲;Kenichi Yamakawa
• 通讯作者: Kenichi Yamakawa

Preliminary Analysis of Grammatical Judgement Test : dative constructions and their passive forms

语法判断测试初探:与格结构及其被动形式

• 发表时间: 2004
• 期刊: Proceedings of the 8th Conference of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics
• 作者: NISHIYAMA;Noriyuki;寺井 正憲;Michiko Nakano
• 通讯作者: Michiko Nakano

Acquisition of English grammatical features by adult Japanese EFL learners : The application of Item Response Theory in SLA research

成人日语 EFL 学习者英语语法特征的习得：项目反应理论在 SLA 研究中的应用

• 发表时间: 2006
• 期刊: Proceedings of CLaSIC 2006
• 作者: TERAI;Masanori;Kenichi Yamakawa
• 通讯作者: Kenichi Yamakawa