Month: March 2023

New research on Data-driven language learning March 2023

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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 steps. Nordic Journal of English Studies, 22(1), 1-12. Muftah, M. (2023). Data-driven learning (DDL) activities: do they truly promote EFL students’ writing skills development? Education and Information Technologies, … Read more

New publication: An investigation of Chinese EFL learners’ acceptance of mobile dictionaries in English language learning

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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 of dictionaries in English language learning, few have investigated mobile dictionaries (MDs) from learners’ perspectives. This study aimed to explore Chinese EFL learners’ acceptance of … Read more

Exploring Part of Speech (POS)-tag sequences in a large-scale learner corpus of L2 English: A developmental perspective

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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 Learner Corpus. Gilquin (2018) and others have shown that POS tag sequences offer a holistic approach to extracting the most commonly used patterns without a … Read more