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Spring Ryan  スプリング ライアン

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Researcher Number 50744900
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Affiliation (Current) 2026: 東北大学, 高度教養教育・学生支援機構, 教授
Affiliation (based on the past Project Information) *help 2018 – 2024: 東北大学, 高度教養教育・学生支援機構, 准教授
2016 – 2018: 東北大学, 高度教養教育・学生支援機構, 講師
Review Section/Research Field
Principal Investigator
Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related / Foreign language education
Except Principal Investigator
Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
Keywords
Principal Investigator
Objective Assessment / データ分析 / Automated Tools / EGAP / Speaking / Writing / 英語学習 / 自動音声認識 / 英語スピーキング / 英語ライティング … More / 句レベル複雑さ検討 / 複雑さ / 発音 / 流暢さ / 自動評価 / 人間・AI組み合わせ / Communicative Competence / Speaking Abiity / Project Based / 学術論文 / 学術発表 / データ収集 / 多変量分析 / 学術誌投稿 / 能力向上の要因分析 / 測定法 / 発話能力 / グループワーク / Spoken Fluency / Spoken Accuracy / Spoken Complexity / Teamwork / English Speaking Skills / EFL / Project-based Learning / 認知言語類型論 / 教育実験の実施 / 先行研究のまとめ / 指導方法の開発 / 論文化 / 学会発表 / SLA / TEFL / Cognitive Linguistics / Phrasal Verbs / 認知言語学 / 英語教育 / 第二言語習得 … More
Except Principal Investigator
リテンション / PSTM / 教材開発 / 英語教育 / 第二言語習得 / マルチモーダル / 語彙習得 / 音韻的短期記憶 / 映像メディア / 定型表現 / EFL / 学術英語 / 要約作成 / ノートテイキング / リスニング / 英語講義 Less
  • Research Projects

    (5 results)
  • Research Products

    (54 results)
  • Co-Researchers

    (2 People)
  •  リテンション・トレーニングによる英語4技能と語彙習得への効果の検証

    • Principal Investigator
      中村 佐知子
    • Project Period (FY)
      2024 – 2028
    • Research Category
      Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
    • Review Section
      Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
    • Research Institution
      Tohoku University
  •  Academic Lecture Note-Taking and Summarizing: Investigating the Challenges and Effective Teaching Methods for EFL Learners

    • Principal Investigator
      桜井 静
    • Project Period (FY)
      2023 – 2027
    • Research Category
      Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
    • Review Section
      Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
    • Research Institution
      Tohoku University
  •  Creation of automated speaking/writing assistant tools for EGAPPrincipal Investigator

    • Principal Investigator
      スプリング ライアン
    • Project Period (FY)
      2022 – 2026
    • Research Category
      Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
    • Review Section
      Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
    • Research Institution
      Tohoku University
  •  Factors affecting speaking improvement through project based language learningPrincipal Investigator

    • Principal Investigator
      Spring Ryan
    • Project Period (FY)
      2019 – 2021
    • Research Category
      Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
    • Review Section
      Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
    • Research Institution
      Tohoku University
  •  Applying Advances in Cognitive Typology to the Teaching of Phrasal VerbsPrincipal Investigator

    • Principal Investigator
      Spring Ryan
    • Project Period (FY)
      2016 – 2018
    • Research Category
      Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
    • Research Field
      Foreign language education
    • Research Institution
      Tohoku University

All 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017

All Journal Article Presentation

  • [Journal Article] What Affects EGAP Lecture Listening? The Dynamics of Practice, Notetaking Ability, and Perceived Difficulty in an EFL Context2025

    • Author(s)
      Shizuka Sakurai, Ryan Spring
    • Journal Title

      JACET 授業学ジャーナル

      Volume: 5 Pages: 1-19

    • Peer Reviewed
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-23K00741
  • [Journal Article] Initial Findings from an Online Fluency Tool for 1st-year University Students2025

    • Author(s)
      MacFarlane Emily、Spring Ryan、Takeda Jessica
    • Journal Title

      Center for Culture and Language Education, Tohoku University 2023 Nenpo

      Volume: 10 Pages: 87-87

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Journal Article] Automated feedback on fluency and complexity measures for L2 academic paragraphs: Student perspectives and impacts on human-rater scores2024

    • Author(s)
      MacFarlane Emily、Spring Ryan
    • Journal Title

      Technology in Language Teaching & Learning

      Volume: 6 Issue: 3 Pages: 1536-1536

    • DOI

      10.29140/tltl.v6n3.1536

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Journal Article] Creating an automated tool to assist with event-conflation studies: An explanation and argument for its importance2024

    • Author(s)
      Spring Ryan、Ono Naoyuki
    • Journal Title

      Research Methods in Applied Linguistics

      Volume: 3 Issue: 1 Pages: 100054-100054

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.rmal.2023.100054

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Journal Article] The impact of note-taking, peer feedback, and automated feedback on summary writing: A study in the Japanese EFL context2024

    • Author(s)
      Spring Ryan、Chico Sayumi
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of English for Academic Purposes: Research and Practice

      Volume: 4 Issue: 2 Pages: 177-196

    • DOI

      10.3828/ijeap.2024.11

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Journal Article] Transformations of Number of Words and Phrases Signaling Supporting Details: Potential Variables for Automated Rating2023

    • Author(s)
      Spring Ryan
    • Journal Title

      Language Education & Technology

      Volume: 60 Issue: 0 Pages: 1-24

    • DOI

      10.24539/let.60.0_1

    • ISSN
      2185-7792, 2185-7814
    • Language
      English
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Journal Article] The possibility of using satellite-framed expressions as a measure of phrasal complexity in EFL writing: Preliminary findings and considerations.2023

    • Author(s)
      Spring Ryan
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 49th Conference of the Japan Association for English Corpus Studies (JAECS)

      Volume: 49 Pages: 7-12

    • Open Access
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Journal Article] A human-AI integrated rating scheme for improving second language writing: The case of Japanese learners of English for general academic purposes.2023

    • Author(s)
      Spring Ryan
    • Journal Title

      Reports of Japan Association for Language Education and Technology (LET), Kansai Chapter, Methodology Special Interest Group (SIG)

      Volume: 15 Pages: 22-43

    • DOI

      10.21203/rs.3.rs-3350837/v2

    • Open Access
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Journal Article] A big-data investigation of Satellite-framing over time: Is English writing becoming more satellite-framed?2023

    • Author(s)
      Spring Ryan、Ono Naoyuki
    • Journal Title

      The 24th Annual International Conference of the Japanese Society for Language Sciences (JSLS) Handbook

      Volume: 24 Pages: 125-128

    • Peer Reviewed
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Journal Article] Using digital storytelling and project-based learning with elementary school EFL learners.2022

    • Author(s)
      9.Spring, R., Soe, T., Aiezza, C.
    • Journal Title

      ATEM Journal: Teaching English through Multimedia

      Volume: 27 Pages: 3-17

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-19K13286
  • [Journal Article] The possibility of improving automated calculation of measures of lexical richness for EFL writing: A comparison of the LCA, NLTK and SpaCy tools2022

    • Author(s)
      Spring Ryan、Johnson Matthew
    • Journal Title

      System

      Volume: 106 Pages: 102770-102770

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.system.2022.102770

    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Journal Article] A pilot study of an integrated AI-human writing-rater system: How I learned to stop worrying and love the machine.2022

    • Author(s)
      Spring Ryan
    • Journal Title

      The 23rd Annual International Conference of the Japanese Society for Language Sciences (JSLS) Handbook

      Volume: 23 Pages: 130-134

    • Peer Reviewed
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Journal Article] Improvements in automatically calculating vocabulary use in EFL writing.2022

    • Author(s)
      Spring Ryan、Johnson Matthew
    • Journal Title

      OASIS Summary

      Volume: -

    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Journal Article] The role of ASR in EFL pronunciation improvement: An in-depth look at the impact of treatment length and guided practice on specific pronunciation points.2022

    • Author(s)
      Spring Ryan、Tabuchi Ryuji
    • Journal Title

      Computer Assisted Language Learning Electronic Journal

      Volume: 23(3) Pages: 163-185

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Journal Article] Instructor- versus peer-based participation scores in EFL classes: Comparisons and correlation to oral proficiency2021

    • Author(s)
      Spring, R.
    • Journal Title

      TESL-EJ

      Volume: 25(3) Pages: 1-17

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-19K13286
  • [Journal Article] Can Video-creation Project Work Affect Students’ Oral Proficiency? An Analysis of Fluency, Complexity and Accuracy.2020

    • Author(s)
      Spring, R.
    • Journal Title

      The Electronic Journal for English as a Second Language

      Volume: 24(2) Pages: 1-17

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-19K13286
  • [Journal Article] Maximizing the benefits of video-creation PBLL in the EFL classroom: A preliminary analysis of factors associated with improvement in oral proficiency.2020

    • Author(s)
      Spring, R.
    • Journal Title

      STEM Journal

      Volume: 21(4) Pages: 107-126

    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-19K13286
  • [Journal Article] Using Multimedia Tools to Objectively Rate the Pronunciation of L1 Japanese EFL Learners2020

    • Author(s)
      Spring, Ryan
    • Journal Title

      ATEM Journal

      Volume: 25 Pages: 113-124

    • Peer Reviewed
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-19K13286
  • [Journal Article] Teaching phrasal verbs more efficiently: Using corpus studies and cognitive linguistics to create a particle list.2018

    • Author(s)
      Spring, R.
    • Journal Title

      Advances in Language and Literary Studies

      Volume: 9 (5) Issue: 5 Pages: 121-135

    • DOI

      10.7575/aiac.alls.v.9n.5p.121

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-16K16868
  • [Presentation] Exploring ASR-Based Interactive Videos: Where We Are and What's Next2025

    • Author(s)
      Nakamura Sachiko, Spring Ryan
    • Organizer
      The 26th Temple University Applied Linguistics Colloquium
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Presentation] Using automatic speech recognition to create free fluency and pronunciation tests and practice tools2024

    • Author(s)
      Spring Ryan
    • Organizer
      Applied Linguistics Circle Meetup 2024
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Presentation] Interactive Video-speaking Tests: Possibilities and Challenges2024

    • Author(s)
      Spring Ryan
    • Organizer
      映像メディア英語教育学会東日本支部夏季例会
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Presentation] Changes in EFL learners' comprehension, note-taking ability, and self-perceived difficulty when Listening to lectures2024

    • Author(s)
      Shizuka Sakurai, Ryan Spring
    • Organizer
      外国語教育メディア学会(LET)第63回全国研究大会
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-23K00741
  • [Presentation] Rage Against the Machine: An Argument for Caution When Using ChatGPT in EFL and for Increased Human-AI Integration2024

    • Author(s)
      Spring Ryan
    • Organizer
      2024 STEM International Conference
    • Int'l Joint Research
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Presentation] Multimodal Online Tools at Tohoku University2024

    • Author(s)
      MacFarlane Emily, Takeda Jessica, Spring Ryan
    • Organizer
      JALT & JACET Sendai Joint Presentation Event
    • Invited
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Presentation] Teaching speech acts through interactive video speaking activities: Advanced data and focusing on feedback2024

    • Author(s)
      Nakamura Sachiko, Spring Ryan, Otsuki Atsuko, Hamagami Keina
    • Organizer
      第29回映像メディア英語教育学会(ATEM)全国大会
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Presentation] A free human-AI integrated text-readability tool: Making the best of teacher intuition and corpus research2024

    • Author(s)
      Spring Ryan
    • Organizer
      LET関東支部第150回(2024年春季)研究大会
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Presentation] Retention Training for Learning Idiomatic Expressions2024

    • Author(s)
      Sachiko Nakamura, Ryan Spring
    • Organizer
      The 50th Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) International Conference
    • Int'l Joint Research
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-24K04073
  • [Presentation] Using the Event Conflation Finder to Explore the Effects of Register and Time Period on Conflation Patterns2024

    • Author(s)
      Spring Ryan
    • Organizer
      英語コーパス学会2024年度春季研究会
    • Invited
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Presentation] Feedback Provision in Academic Writing Classes2023

    • Author(s)
      Spring Ryan, McFarlane Emily
    • Organizer
      JALT 2023 International Conference
    • Int'l Joint Research
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Presentation] A big-data investigation of Satellite-framing over time: Is English writing becoming more satellite-framed?2023

    • Author(s)
      Spring Ryan、Ono Naoyuki
    • Organizer
      The Japanese Society for Language Sciences (JSLS) 24th Annual Conference
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Presentation] Washback Effect of AI-Human Integrated Scoring on an EFL Curriculum over Three Semesters2023

    • Author(s)
      Spring, Ryan
    • Organizer
      LET関東支部第149回(2023年春季)研究大会
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Presentation] Engaging Students in Speaking Activities with Video Prompts2023

    • Author(s)
      Spring Ryan
    • Organizer
      The 28th ATEM (The Association for Teaching English through Multimedia) International Conference
    • Int'l Joint Research
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Presentation] Measuring students’ use of satellite-framing objectively: Usages in rating the persuasive paragraph writing of L1 Japanese EFL learners2023

    • Author(s)
      Spring Ryan
    • Organizer
      LETメソドロジー研究部会2023年度第2回研究会
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Presentation] Measuring EFL Production for Education Research Objectively: An Overview of Fluency and Complexity Indices2023

    • Author(s)
      Spring Ryan
    • Organizer
      LETメソドロジー研究部会2022年度第3回研究会
    • Invited
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Presentation] Quality over Quantity: Unlocking Key Factors in Improvement at Note-taking While Listening to Academic Lectures at a Japanese University2023

    • Author(s)
      Shizuka Sakurai & Ryan Spring
    • Organizer
      JACET国際大会62
    • Int'l Joint Research
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-23K00741
  • [Presentation] Practically integrating human and AI rating for individual EFL teachers: In the interest of fairness2023

    • Author(s)
      Spring Ryan
    • Organizer
      American Association for Applied Linguistics 2023 Conference.
    • Int'l Joint Research
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Presentation] What REALLY makes learners better writers?2023

    • Author(s)
      Spring Ryan
    • Organizer
      JACET 東北支部例会
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Presentation] Expanding the Use of Visual Media for the Future: Our Shared Past and Visually Representing Automated Feedback for Students2023

    • Author(s)
      Spring Ryan, Imura Makoto
    • Organizer
      2023 STEM & SETA Conference
    • Invited / Int'l Joint Research
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Presentation] The Possibility of Using Satellite-framed Expressions as Measure of Phrasal Complexity in EFL Writing: Preliminary Findings and Considerations2023

    • Author(s)
      Spring Ryan
    • Organizer
      Japan Association for English Corpus Studies, 49th Conference
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Presentation] Effects of Simple Automated Feedback on Summary Writing2022

    • Author(s)
      Spring Ryan
    • Organizer
      The 148th LET (The Japan Association for Language Education & Technology) Kanto Branch Research Conference
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Presentation] A pilot study of an integrated AI-human writing-rater system: How I learned to stop worrying and love the machine2022

    • Author(s)
      Spring Ryan
    • Organizer
      The Japanese Society for Language Sciences 24th Annual International Conference (JSLS 2022)
    • Int'l Joint Research
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Presentation] 外国語教育におけるスピーキング宿題の可能化:Google Scriptsによる自動音声認識ツール2022

    • Author(s)
      スプリング ライアン
    • Organizer
      LET関東支部2022年春季研究大会
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Presentation] Argumentative signal words as a potential predictor of human rating2022

    • Author(s)
      Spring Ryan
    • Organizer
      The Japan Association for Language Education and Technology 61st Annual National Conference
    • Int'l Joint Research
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00810
  • [Presentation] Using digital storytelling and project based learning with elementary school EFL learners2021

    • Author(s)
      Spring, R., Soe, T., Aiezza, C.
    • Organizer
      映像メディア英語教育学会(ATEM)東日本支部春例会
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-19K13286
  • [Presentation] Factors affecting improvement in speaking ability through video creation PBLL: A preliminary analysis2020

    • Author(s)
      Spring, R.
    • Organizer
      映像メディア英語教育学会(ATEM)
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-19K13286
  • [Presentation] Using student-generated digital media products for foreign language learning: How, why, and the practical benefits2019

    • Author(s)
      Ryan Spring, Matthew Love, Yosuke Fukai
    • Organizer
      第25回映像メディア英語教育学会全国大会
    • Invited
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-19K13286
  • [Presentation] The effect of proper scaffolding on class participation2019

    • Author(s)
      Ryan Spring
    • Organizer
      2nd Annual J-CLIL Tohoku Chapter Conference
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-19K13286
  • [Presentation] How does video-creation PBLL affect the speaking skills of L1 Japanese EFL Learners? Through objective analysis of oral proficiency2019

    • Author(s)
      Ryan Spring
    • Organizer
      第25回映像メディア英語教育学会全国大会
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-19K13286
  • [Presentation] o Japanese students have enough communicative competency to participate in CLIL? Exposing an incorrect assumption and inferiority complex2019

    • Author(s)
      Ryan Spring
    • Organizer
      2nd Annual J-CLIL Tohoku Chapter Conference
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-19K13286
  • [Presentation] マルチメディアツールによる客観的な発音評価:実践と実証2019

    • Author(s)
      スプリング ライアン
    • Organizer
      映像メディア英語教育研究学会(ATEM)第10回東日本支部大会
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-19K13286
  • [Presentation] Creating a better list of PV particles2018

    • Author(s)
      Ryan Spring
    • Organizer
      37th Annual TESOL France Colloquium.
    • Int'l Joint Research
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-16K16868
  • [Presentation] Applying Advances in Cognitive Linguistic Typology to Phrasal Verb Instruction2017

    • Author(s)
      Ryan Spring
    • Organizer
      日本英語学会第35回大会
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-16K16868
  • [Presentation] Short animations as a tool for teaching phrasal verbs of motion and change from a cognitive linguistic perspective2017

    • Author(s)
      Ryan Spring
    • Organizer
      第23回映画英語教育学会全国大会、小樽商科大学
    • Data Source
      KAKENHI-PROJECT-16K16868
  • 1.  桜井 静 (30724596)
    # of Collaborated Projects: 1 results
    # of Collaborated Products: 3 results
  • 2.  中村 佐知子 (50974292)
    # of Collaborated Projects: 1 results
    # of Collaborated Products: 1 results

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