Corpora and language education

Corpus linguistics as a methodology of linguistics research has gained such prominence over time that corpora have been used extensively in nearly all branches of linguistics. This article explores, through a series of studies undertaken so far, the potential uses of corpus data in one of these areas – language education. We will discuss a wide range of issues related to using corpora in language pedagogy, including syllabus design, materials development, data-driven learner (DLL), teaching language for specific purposes, language testing, teacher training as well as learner corpus and interlanguage analysis.

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