研究者情報 | 神奈川大学

ヤスダ　レイモンド　カイ Yasuda Raymond Kai ヤスダ　レイモンド　カイ所属神奈川大学外国語学部英語英文学科職種准教授
言語種別	英語
発行・発表の年月	2022/03
形態種別	学術雑誌
査読	査読あり
標題	Fluency development through freewriting and transfer to other more structured tasks
執筆形態	単著
掲載誌名	Language Teaching Research
掲載区分	国外
巻・号・頁	26(4)
著者・共著者	Yasuda, R.
概要	This study investigated the effect of consistent freewriting practice on written fluency development. Thirty-nine first-year university students completed 70 10-minute freewriting activities over the course of an academic semester. Written fluency, measured as words produced per minute (wpm), increased from a mean of 19.5 wpm to 30.1 wpm over a period of 15 weeks. Further analysis revealed statistically significant gains over two-week intervals. The participants also wrote three timed TOEFL-style essays at the beginning, middle, and end of the semester to see whether fluency gains transferred to more structured contexts. The results showed a statistically significant increase in written output on the timed essays, along with an increase in holistic scores. Findings indicate that consistent freewriting can result in rapid and statistically significant fluency gains that carry over to other more structured contexts.