Title: AN APPLICATION OF DBR TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FRAMEWORK FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION

Issue Number: Vol. 4, No. 3
Year of Publication: 2014
Page Numbers: 276-283
Authors: Sei Sumi, Thomas Schalow
Journal Name: International Journal of Digital Information and Wireless Communications (IJDIWC)
- Hong Kong
DOI:  http://dx.doi.org/10.17781/P001278

Abstract:


This paper explains how to develop an integrated framework for English language education based on the four phases of design-based research (DBR). In the first phase of the DBR we conducted a qualitative investigation to identify relevant problems at the Japanese university where this research was undertaken. To ameliorate these problems in the second phase, we (a) developed an original placement test, (b) created a classification technique by employing a Bayesian algorithm, and (c) established an e-learning system and comprehensive educational policy. In the third phase the developed placement test was tested, and all the test items were analyzed using a Rash model. In the last phase our framework for English language education was put into practice. Our findings confirmed that the new framework not only resulted in a substantial reduction in budgetary and manpower costs, but also successfully contributed to the improvement of the students’ learning outcomes and integration of the entire process of English language education.