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关注日本大学英语语言课程收集的叙事，来研究日本英语学习者扩展话语技能的发展。对于英语外语学习者来说，基本的叙述技巧对于口语和写作都很重要。将收集各种书面和口头叙述（例如，个人叙述，虚构叙述，引出叙述，合作叙述）。叙事将从以下方面进行分析：(1)叙事组织（例如，衔接，参考结构）和(2)评价语言（例如，思维框架，模糊限制语）。将进行横断面（按年份和熟练程度）和纵向分析。此外，还将比较不同类型的叙事（如个人叙事、虚构叙事）。最后，这些叙事将被组织成第二语言学习者的叙事语料库，这将有助于第二语言研究和教学。在2022财年，该项目的主要重点是数据收集。从大约300名大学生中收集了各种类型的口头和书面叙事（即引出叙事、个人叙事、虚构叙事、合作叙事）。转录和数据分析已经开始。基于初步的研究结果，一篇关于协作叙事的文章已经发表。

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.