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dc.identifier	ECF_article_2952
dc.title	Corpora for Linguists vs. Corpora for Learners. Bridging the Gap in Italian L2 Learning and Teaching
dc.contributor.author	Forti Luciana
dc.contributor.author	Spina Stefania
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/elle/2019/2/corpora-for-linguists-vs-corpora-for-learners/
dc.description.abstract	This paper aims to shed light on how research findings stemming from Learner Corpus Research (LCR) can inform the development of Data-driven learning (DDL) pedagogical activities. By doing this, it seeks to show how the gap between corpora built to be used by linguists and those tailored for learners can be filled. It starts by defining what a corpus is and how second language learning studies can benefit from the research findings based on corpora, but also from the direct use of corpora in the classroom. Then, it provides an overview of the available native and learner corpora of Italian, and how corpora in general can be adapted for DDL purposes. Finally, it describes an example of how an LCR finding can be used to develop DDL activities. It concludes with some desiderata for the future.
dc.relation.ispartof	EL.LE
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 8 \| Issue 2 \| July 2019
dc.issued	2020-04-22
dc.dateAccepted	2019-11-30
dc.dateSubmitted	2019-06-09
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2280-6792
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/ELLE/2280-6792/2019/02/005
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Collocations
dc.subject	Collocations
dc.subject	DDL
dc.subject	DDL
dc.subject	Italian L2
dc.subject	Italian L2
dc.subject	LCR
dc.subject	LCR
dc.subject	Pedagogical materials design
dc.subject	Pedagogical materials design

Research Article
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Bridging the Gap in Italian L2 Learning and Teaching

Luciana Forti Università per Stranieri di Perugia, Italia

Stefania Spina Università per Stranieri di Perugia, Italia

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abstract

This paper aims to shed light on how research findings stemming from Learner Corpus Research (LCR) can inform the development of Data-driven learning (DDL) pedagogical activities. By doing this, it seeks to show how the gap between corpora built to be used by linguists and those tailored for learners can be filled. It starts by defining what a corpus is and how second language learning studies can benefit from the research findings based on corpora, but also from the direct use of corpora in the classroom. Then, it provides an overview of the available native and learner corpora of Italian, and how corpora in general can be adapted for DDL purposes. Finally, it describes an example of how an LCR finding can be used to develop DDL activities. It concludes with some desiderata for the future.

Published

April 22, 2020

Accepted

Nov. 30, 2019

Submitted

June 9, 2019

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Keywords: DDL • Collocations • Italian L2 • Pedagogical materials design • LCR

permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/ELLE/2280-6792/2019/02/005

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