 | The ICNALE Guide: An Introduction to a Learner Corpus Study on Asian Learners’ L2 English Subjects: Area Studies; Education; Language & Literature; Asian Studies; Bilingualism / ESL; Language & Linguistics; Language Teaching & Learning; Applied Linguistics; Languages of Western Europe; Ishikawa provides a practical and extensive guide for the International Corpus Network of Asian Learners of English (ICNALE), a unique dataset including more than 15,000 samples of Asian learners' L2 English speeches and essays. It offers approachable introductions to a variety of corpus studies on the aspects of Asian learners' L2 English. Key topics discussed in the book include: * background, aims, and methods of learner corpus research, * principles, designs, and applications of the ICNALE, * vocabulary, grammar, and pragmatics in Asian learners' L2 English, and * individual differences of Asian learners and assessments of their speeches and essays. With many case studies and hands-on guides to utilise ICNALE data to the fullest extent, The ICNALE Handbook is a unique resource for students, teachers, and researchers who are interested in a corpus-based analysis of L2 acquisition. Shin'ichiro (Shin) Ishikawa is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the School of Languages & Communication, Kobe University, Japan. His research interests cover corpus linguistics, statistical linguistics, TESOL, and SLA. He has been a leader of the ICNALE learner corpus project. |
