Learner corpus research meets second language acquisition

Abstract

Learner Corpus Research Meets Second Language Acquisition presents a collection of papers that discuss various aspects of how these two fi elds can be combined. Learner corpus research (LCR) involves the collection and analysis of large datasets of learner language; second language acquisition (SLA) research addresses the whole range of L2 acquisition issues. This collection ’ s editors, Bert Le Bruyn and Magali Paquot suggest that the teaching and learning of second languages could bene fi t from better integration of LCR and SLA. The studies in this volume have valuable pedagogical implications and should be highly useful for the creation of instructional materials informed by empirical evidence from L2 research, particularly materials based on corpus data and tailored to speci fi c educational settings. The book o ff ers cutting-edge research that, as the editors note, ‘ provides a fair impression of how the fi elds of LCR and SLA are currently interacting with each other ’ (3)