Professor Rie Koizumi from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences has received the 2024 JLTA Best Book Award for her co-authored book, “Understanding L2 Proficiency: Theoretical and Meta-Analytic Investigations.”
Award Recipients:
Co-editor and author: Hiroshi In'nan (Chuo University)
[Lead Recipient]
Authors: Yuya Arai (Waseda University), Rie Koizumi (University of Tsukuba), Junko Yamashita (Nagoya University) [in alphabetical order]
The awarded book theoretically examines and empirically verifies, using meta-analysis, how elements such as vocabulary, grammar, and motivation relate to the four skills of a second language. The book is available for free, and you can read it at the following link:
https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027257697
Reference:
The JLTA Best Book Award is given to outstanding works by members of the Japan Language Testing Association (JLTA) that aim to widely disseminate research and practice related to measurement and evaluation in foreign language education (such as test theory, test development, and validation).
https://jlta2016.sakura.ne.jp/?page_id=1618
University of Tsukuba Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences website:
https://www.jinsha.tsukuba.ac.jp/node/399