New OA paper out: Integrating critical corpus and AI literacies in applied linguistics
New OA paper paper with Niall Curry & Pilar Aguado in Computer Assisted Language Learning : Pérez-Paredes, P., Curry, N., & Aguado Jiménez, P. (2025). Integrating critical corpus and AI…
GLOTECH plenary 2025
Conference website: https://web.ua.es/es/dl2/glotech-2025 Plenary: Critical AI literacy (CAIL): language education and applied linguistics as central disciplinary areas Download here the comptencies outlined in the Pérez-Paredes, P. Curry, N. & Ordoñana-Guillamón,…
ELT in Chile podcast episode 53: the future of Data-driven learning
In this new episode of ELT in Chile, Kevin Frank Gerigk and José Luis Poblete discuss the future of Data-Driven Learning (DDL) with Pascual Pérez-Paredes. From classroom applications to research…
Recursos para instalar un LLM en local
gpt-oss-120b & gpt-oss-20b Open AI URL Cómo instalar los nuevos modelos gpt-oss de OpenAI en tu ordenador para tener tu propio ChatGPT en local Xataka URL
New ReCALL journal Impact Factor 2024
Editors-in-Chief: Alex Boulton Université de Lorraine, France and Pascual Pérez-Paredes Universidad de Murcia, Spain ReCALL is the journal of the European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL). It is published by Cambridge University Press….
Some memories from Corpus Linguistics 2025
Birmingham, UK, 30th June – 3rd July 2025 13TH International Corpus Linguistics Conference (CL2025), co-organised by Aston University, Birmingham City University and the University of Birmingham. The weekend after the…
2001 Tuscan Word Centre memories
This one from John Sinclair’s Tuscan Word Centre, 2001. With Michael Barlow and Rosalía Crespo. And this one with John Sinclair, Elena Tognini Bonelli, Michael Barlow, Nadja Nesselhauf, Susan Conrad…
AELFE 2025 webinar: some references
Some of the references used Basturkmen, H. (2025). Core Concepts in English for Specific Purposes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Eaton, Sarah E. 2023. Postplagiarism: transdisciplinary ethics and integrity in the age…
Prof Pérez-Paredes to join the EB of Artificial Intelligence and Language Education (AILE)
Artificial Intelligence and Language Education (AILE) is a peer-reviewed international open-access journal that focuses on the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and language education. The journal welcomes submissions addressing the theoretical, empirical,…
CFP: Generative AI and data-driven learning in second language learning
Call for papers – Vol. 31, Issue 2 Guest editors: Javad Zare, Kosar University of Bojnord, Iran, and Alex Boulton, Université de Lorraine, France Language Learning & Technology has an active call…
Some references for an undergrad CADS project on the representation of migrants in mass media
Doherty, B. (2015), ‘Why words matter when reporting migrants’ stories’. Media Asia, 42(3-4): 136-143. Gerard, L. (2016), ‘The press and immigration: Reporting the news or fanning the flames of hatred?’…
Teaching and Language Corpora (TaLC) conference editions
The Teaching and Language Corpora (TaLC) conference is a biennial event. Here is a list of the editions of the TaLC conference, along with the year and the university where…
Computer Assisted Language Learning at the crossroads of AI and new ecologies for language education
Invited talk : 16th EdukCircle International Convention on Education Studies. The Philippines. May 11, 2024. Abstract Language learning has become extremely diverse and complex since the outbreak of the Internet in…
Data-driven learning in informal contexts? Embracing broad data-driven learning (BDDL) research
Pérez-Paredes, P. (2024) Data-driven learning in informal contexts? Embracing Broad Data-driven learning (BDDL) research. In Crosthwaite, P. (Ed.). Corpora for Language Learning: Bridging the Research-Practice Divide. Routledge. In this chapter,…
Some resources to learn corpus-based discourse analysis
One of my students asked me for some online references to learn more about corpus-based/assisted discourse analysis. Here’s 5 online talks. Obesity in the News: Combining Corpus and Critical Perspectives….
New research on Data-driven language learning March 2023
Allan, R. (2023). Reserved for Research? Normalising Corpus Use for School Teachers. Nordic Journal of English Studies, 22(1). Allan, R., Walker, T., & Langum, V. (2023). Data-driven learning: Tools, approaches, and next…
New publication: An investigation of Chinese EFL learners’ acceptance of mobile dictionaries in English language learning
Zhang,D., Hennessy, S. & Pérez-Paredes, P. (2023) An investigation of Chinese EFL learners’ acceptance of mobile dictionaries in English language learning. Computer Assisted Language Learning, DOI: 10.1080/09588221.2023.2189915 Abstract Although many studies have explored the role…
Exploring Part of Speech (POS)-tag sequences in a large-scale learner corpus of L2 English: A developmental perspective
Abstract This research explores the POS-tag sequences that shape the transition from upper intermediate (B2 CEFR) to near-native proficiency (C2 CEFR) in a corpus of essays (n=32,410) from the Cambridge…
ELT in Chile Podcast Episode 45: Corpus Linguistics with Pascual Pérez-Paredes
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4UlvjDIfBJdCbaOTpkxh7n
5 recent books for language teachers interested in corpus linguistics, DDL & language education
Crosthwaite, P. (Ed.). (2019). Data-driven learning for the next generation: Corpora and DDL for pre-tertiary learners. Routledge. (URL) Jablonkai, R. R., & Csomay, E. (Eds.). (2022). The Routledge Handbook of Corpora and…