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ORP Gym: Online Oral Repetition Practice Support System for Large-scale Japanese-Speaking Courses Abroad

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  • Yuka Kataoka

    (Keio University)

  • Achmad Husni Thamrin

    (Keio University)

  • Rodney Van Meter

    (Keio University)

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Japanese language courses abroad tend to be large in scale, and they provide insufficient speaking practice during classroom hours. Computer-mediated speaking practice and feedback are promising for improving both the efficiency and the effect of language courses. Using an action research methodology, we observed detailed problems in a Japanese-speaking course at an Indian university in the first cycle and introduced a learning management system (LMS) to enable individual monitoring and feedback and oral assessments/exams in the second cycle. From the third cycle onward, the proposed LMS was extended as an online oral repetition practice support system (ORP Gym) to increase the number of computer-mediated oral assessments and to provide speaking practice and feedback throughout the course. Oral exam scores through the cyclic trials during the five-year action research were found to have significantly improved after the beginning of the ORP Gym. This research presents the practical difficulties with and lessons from extending the LMS to improve the quality and quantity of large-scale speaking courses abroad.

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  • Yuka Kataoka & Achmad Husni Thamrin & Rodney Van Meter, 2024. "ORP Gym: Online Oral Repetition Practice Support System for Large-scale Japanese-Speaking Courses Abroad," Systemic Practice and Action Research, Springer, vol. 37(4), pages 413-439, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:syspar:v:37:y:2024:i:4:d:10.1007_s11213-023-09657-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s11213-023-09657-9
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