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是在语言学习者讨论任务中考察合作构建涌现语法的，因为该项目的两名研究人员收集了大量数据，对数据进行了处理，在两次国际会议上展示了一些初步发现，咨询了我们的研究合作者，并提交了一篇带有国际期刊修订版的论文。具体来说，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小组讨论的英文数据，记录了学生对讨论结果的陈述超过350分钟，并编写了279页的讨论书面摘要；(C)我们向一家国际期刊提交了一篇论文，收到了对提交的评论，并在回应评论后重新提交了论文，目前正在等待编辑对论文的接受做出最后决定；(D)与我们的研究合作者和他的同事进行了一次数据会议，获得了关于我们研究方向的有用的反馈和建议；(E)在国际会议上发表了两篇论文：一篇侧重于从课堂学习材料中构建紧急语法，另一篇介绍了我们对学生使用直接转述言语的调查结果，以支持小组讨论中的立场。

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.