(4) In doing so, this presentation highlights the opportunities of corpus‑based approaches, noting the scope of what these methods can—and cannot—reveal about learner language.

(3) Each question is discussed in light of possible corpus methodologies (e.g., corpus selection/creation, technological tools, data analyses) and implications for language learning and teaching.

(2) This presentation discusses how learner corpus methods can be used to address three key questions in SLA (Saville-Troike & Barto, 2017, p. 2):
- What exactly does the L2 learner come to know?
- How does the learner acquire this knowledge?
- Why are some learners more successful than others?

(1) Learner corpus research draws on “electronic collections of natural or near-natural data produced by... L2 learners” to learn about second language acquisition processes (Granger, Gilquin, & Meunier, 2015, p. 1).

I'm excited to speak about analyzing learner language using corpora at CALICOffee on Feb 20 at 1pm EST. Grad students interested in SLA and/or corpora are very welcome to attend this virtual talk 🤓 (link in the attached flyer; abstract in the comments)

Such a fun time working with you (pl.) on this! ☺️

I'm looking forward to reading the other excellent chapters in this handbook! ➡️ global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Very happy to see our chapter out in the Oxford Handbook of Expressivity (Eds. Daniel Gutzmann & Katharina Turgay)! @niallrcurry.bsky.social, Emily Sharp, @gavinbrookes.bsky.social, @tonymcenery.bsky.social, and I discuss corpus approaches to analyzing expressivity.

Amazing!! Congrats! Looking forward to the full paper 😊

Excited to see this out! 'Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare' - new #openaccess book, with @elenasemino.bsky.social @paulari.bsky.social @lukeccollins.bsky.social & @tonymcenery.bsky.social. @lancslinguistics.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

Details on conference call for papers, available at the link.

Details on conference call for papers, available at the link.

One for the calendars 📅 #IVACS2026 will take place in Malta, July 1-3 2026! I'm honoured to be among the plenary speakers. More details on the conference and call for papers here: www.um.edu.mt/events/ivacs...

Missed out on #CL2025? Four of our wonderful plenary talks are now available to watch on demand!

YouTube links on conference website and in replies:

www.cl2025.co.uk/home

Very happy to see Naoko Taguchi's and my work published in CALICO! We investigate the potential of social VR for learning Spanish conversation openings and closings.

Here's the link to read for free 🤓 utppublishing.com/eprint/2D7AQ...

Charlotte Taylor and Anna Marchi giving a plenary talk.

Plenary slide about counting.

Great plenary by @proftaylor.bsky.social and @journolinguist.bsky.social at #CL2025

Thanks so much for attending! 😊

Takeaway from @hankslizzy.bsky.social ‘s plenary @cl2025.co.uk 📚🎓 - Conversation is extremely heterogenous & broad, with situational characteristics more or less distinctive; thus, we need to quantitatively evaluate representativeness & use precise language to describe our sample #cl2025

Thank you, Anna 🙏 I'm so looking forward to yours!

Simply super talk by @hankslizzy.bsky.social #CL2025 taking us on a journey on the yellow brick road of corpus creation and representativeness by means of a reflection on prototypicality

“Any corpus is like the Emerald City - you need to go inside & poke around a bit” 🏰 In her plenary @cl2025.co.uk @hankslizzy.bsky.social takes us along the yellow brick road to LANA-CASE, tackling representativeness: what (register), who (demographics), and how (authenticity) 📚🎓 #cl2025

This morning I was honoured to give the opening plenary at the #CL2025 conference - thanks to everyone who came along and engaged!

Such a fantastic talk! I'll certainly think more about context in my future work. Thank you for sharing 🙏

Have you heard the news? SLRF 2025 will feature a pre-conference workshop on Mixed Methods in SLA Research, led by Dr. Wenhao Diao and Dr. Naoko Taguchi. You won't want to miss this excellent session on integrating qualitative and quantitative methods to produce high quality, impactful L2 research!

📢 Conference registration now open! 📢

Registration for #CL2025 is now open, with early bird rates valid until 9th May.

Registration info: www.cl2025.co.uk/registration

Workshops info: www.cl2025.co.uk/programme/wo...

We're very excited to welcome you to Birmingham in just over 3 months!

Thank you, Gavin! 🙏

Thank you so much, Niall!

I'm thrilled to have passed my dissertation defense and to have accepted a job as an assistant professor at USF 🎉 Thanks to everyone for the support, especially my committee: @jesse-egbert.bsky.social (co-chair), @tovelarsson.bsky.social (co-chair), Doug Biber, @tonymcenery.bsky.social, Randi Reppen

We are delighted to announce that the applications for the free Lancaster Summer Schools in Corpus Linguistics 2025 are now open! Join us this summer at @lancasteruni.bsky.social to learn more about corpora and their applications.

16-20 June 2025

More information: wp.lancs.ac.uk/corpussummer...

Interviews are a cornerstone in learner corpus research, but are they truly representative of spoken learner language? 📚 This paper "Rethinking interviews as representations of spoken language in learner corpora" by @perezparedes @jacob.gold elMMark in <Research in Corpus Linguistics>

Still thinking of submitting an abstract for #CL2025? Good news - you have an extra week!

Extended (and final) deadline for paper, poster, panel and workshop submissions: Friday 24th January 2025 (23:59 GMT)

www.cl2025.co.uk/call-for-pap...