The Icnale Guide: An Introduction to a Learner Corpus Study on Asian Learners' L2 English - Paperback

by Shin'ichiro Ishikawa (Author)

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.

Author Biography

Shin'ichiro 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.