Some references on Usage-based language learning approaches

Ellis, N. (2017) Chapter 6 – Chunking in Language Usage, Learning and Change: I Don’t Know from Part III – Chunking. Edited by Marianne Hundt, Universität Zürich, Sandra Mollin, Universität Heidelberg, Simone E. Pfenninger, Universität Salzburg. Cambridge University Press, pp 113-147 https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316091746.006 Ellis, N. (2017). Cognition, Corpora, and Computing: Triangulating Research in Usage‐Based Language Learning. … Read more

EGP: investigating patterns of learner grammar development AAAL 2018 Chicago

  The English Grammar Profile: investigating patterns of learner grammar development Anne O´Keeffe, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick –  Geraldine Mark, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick –  Pascual Pérez-Paredes, University of Cambridge Check out our handout here. Weblinks The CEFR: http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/exams-and-tests/cefr/ The English Grammar Profile: http://www.englishprofile.org/english-grammar-profile/egp-online Cambridge Learner Corpus: https://www.sketchengine.co.uk/cambridge-learner-corpus/ Sketch Engine universal … Read more

Graphic Online Language Diagnostic

  The Graphic Online Language Diagnostic (“GOLD”) is a corpus tool that allows language educators to submit and analyze language data. GOLD was developed by the Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (“CALPER”) at The Pennsylvania State University (“PSU”), University Park, PA, USA under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education (Title … Read more

4th Learner Corpus Research Conference, Bolzano, Italy, 5‐7 October 2017

4th Learner Corpus Research Conference Bolzano/Bozen, Italy, 5‐7 October 2017 http://lcr2017.eurac.edu Abstracts should be submitted through EasyChair by Sunday 15 January 2017. Notification of the outcome of the review process will be sent by 31 March 2017. Call for Papers Following the successful conferences in Louvain‐la‐Neuve (Belgium) in 2011, Bergen (Norway) in 2013 and Nijmegen … Read more

Learner corpus research plenary #cl2015

Learner corpus research: a fast-growing interdisciplinary field Sylviane Granger   LCR IS an interdisciplinary research Design: learner and taks variables to control Not only English language Method: CIA (Granger, 1996) and computer-aided error analysis Wider spectrum of linguistic analysis Interpretation: focus on transfer but this is changing; growing integration of SLA theory Applications: few up-and-running … Read more