Extended discourse in the foreign language classroom: From the perspective of narratives of Japanese learners of English

本研究的目的是通过一所日本大学的英语语言课程来考察日本英语学习者的扩展语篇技能的发展。对于英语作为外语的学习者来说，基本的叙事技巧对于口语和写作都很重要。各种书面和口头叙述（例如，个人叙述、虚构叙述、引出叙述、协作叙述）将被收集。将从以下方面分析叙述：（1）叙述组织（例如，衔接，指称结构），和（2）评价性语言（例如，思想的框架，树篱）。将进行横截面（按年份和熟练程度）和纵向分析。此外，不同类型的叙述之间的比较（例如，个人叙事，虚构叙事）将进行。最后，这些叙事将被组织成一个二语学习者叙事语料库，这将有助于第二语言研究和教学。各种类型的口头和书面叙述（即，从大约300名大学生中收集了引出叙述、个人叙述、虚构叙述、合作叙述）。转录和数据分析已经开始。根据初步结果，编写了一份关于合作叙述的出版物。

The purpose of this study is to examine the development of extended discourse skills in Japanese learners of English by focusing on narratives gathered through an English language program at a Japanese university. Regarding foreign language learners of English, basic narrative skills are important for both speaking and writing. A variety of both written and spoken narratives (e.g., personal narratives, fictional narratives, elicited narratives, collaborative narratives) will be collected. Narratives will be analyzed in terms of (1) narrative organization (e.g., cohesion, referential structure), and (2) evaluative language (e.g., frames of mind, hedges). Both cross-sectional (by year and proficiency level) and longitudinal analyses will be conducted. In addition, comparisons between different types of narratives (e.g., personal narratives, fictional narratives) will be conducted. Lastly, the narratives will be organized into a L2 learner corpus of narratives which will contribute to second language research and pedagogy.During FY2022, the main focus of the project was data collection. Spoken and written narratives of various types (i.e., elicited narratives, personal narratives, fictional narratives, collaborative narratives) were collected from approximately 300 university students. Transcription and data analysis have commenced. One publication on collaborative narratives has been written, based on preliminary results.