analysis of language

Some reflections at the crossroads of corpus linguistics research and L2 learning

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Programa de Doctorado Interuniversitario en Estudios Ingleses Avanzados: Lingüística, Literatura y Cultura (IDAES) – IDAES Graduate Day References Cohen, L., Manion, L., & Morrison, K. (2018). Research methods in education. Routledge. Dornyei, Z. (2007). Research Methods in Applied Linguistics. OUP. Hunston, S. (2019). Patterns, constructions, and applied linguistics. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 24(3), 324-353. Loewen, S., & … Read more

Rethinking learning in DDL

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Plenary abstract It´s 11 years now that Johansson´s (2009:41) claimed that more systematic studies are needed in order to test the benefits of DDL and to discuss ‘students’ problems with corpus investigation’. The meta-analyses carried out by Boulton & Cobb (2017) and Lee, Warschauer & Lee (2018) have cast robust results on the benefits of … Read more

5 recent papers on language complexity and learner language

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Bulté, B., & Roothooft, H. (2020). Investigating the interrelationship between rated L2 proficiency and linguistic complexity in L2 speech. System, 102246. Abstract This study investigates the relationship between nine quantitative measures of L2 speech complexity and subjectively rated L2 proficiency by comparing the oral productions of English L2 learners at five IELTS proficiency levels. We carry … Read more

Recordings of #corpuslinguistics LAEL webinars

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This message distributed on the corpora list by Prof Tony Berber Sardinha, Director, LAEL. Graduate Program in Applied Linguistics The recordings of the following LAEL webinars are available at:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9-sGRAJFwaPj0I4U3aR0jA Speaker: Tove Larsson, Uppsala University, Sweden; Un. Catholique Louvain, BelgiumTitle: On Learner Corpus Research and things I wish someone had told me when I was a … Read more