Collaborative construction of emergent grammar in Japanese university English language learning tasks: From graphic materials to spoken and written production

这个为期三年的研究项目的第一年，研究了语言学习者讨论任务中涌现语法的协作构建，这是富有成效的，因为这个项目的两位研究人员能够收集大量数据，处理数据，在两个国际会议上提出一些初步发现，与我们的研究合作者协商，并向国际期刊提交一篇论文。具体而言，该项目的第一年是成功的，因为我们能够完成以下工作：（a）购买了新的数据收集设备，并研究了这些设备的最新技术;（B）收集了70多个小时的日本大学生英语小组作业讨论数据，记录了350多分钟的学生关于讨论结果的陈述，（c）我们向一家国际期刊提交了一篇论文，收到了对论文的评论，在对评论作出答复后重新提交了论文，我们现在正在等待编辑关于接受论文的最后决定;（d）与我们的研究合作者及其同事举行了一次数据会议，就我们的研究方向收集了有用的反馈和建议;（e）在国际会议上发表了两篇论文：其中一项研究的重点是从课堂学习材料中建构新语法，而另一项研究则展示了我们对学生在小组讨论中使用直接转述言语来支持所持立场的研究结果。

The first year of this three-year research project examining the collaborative construction of emergent grammar in language learner discussion tasks was productively initiated as the two researchers on this project were able to collect a significant amount of data, process the data, present some initial findings at two international conferences, consult with our Research Collaborator, and submit one paper with revisions to an international journal. In detail, the first year of the project was successful as we were able to accomplish the following: (a) purchased new equipment for data collection and studied the latest technology for these devices; (b) collected over 70 hours of data of Japanese university students' group work discussion in English, recorded over 350 minutes of the students' presentations on the results of their discussions, and compiled 279 pages of their written summaries about the discussions; (c) we submitted a paper to an international journal, received reviews on the submission, resubmitted the paper after responding to the reviews, and we are now waiting for the editors final decision on acceptance of the paper; (d) conducted a data session with our Research Collaborator and his colleagues, receiving useful feedback and suggestions on the direction of our research; (e) presented two papers at international conferences: one focused on the construction of emergent grammar from classroom learning materials, while the other presented our findings on student deployment of direct reported speech for supporting the positions taken in the group discussions.