The ICNALE Guide: An Introduction to a Learner Corpus Study on Asian Learners’ L2 English

This book 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 also 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 Guide is a unique resource for students, teachers, and researchers who are interested in a corpus-based analysis of L2 acquisition.