In the present study, we sought to advance the field of learner corpus research by tracking
the development of phrasal vocabulary in essays produced at two different points in time. To …

The current study examined the degree to which collocation use (ie, meaningful co‐
occurrences of multiple words) is related to first language (L1) raters' intuitive judgments of …

Frequency is often the only variable considered when researchers or teachers develop
vocabulary materials for second language (L2) learners. However, researchers have also …

Studies investigating L2 English receptive and productive vocabulary knowledge in young
learners have shown that English can be picked up through exposure outside the …

Learner corpora have generally focused on intermediate and advanced learners/users.
Corpora of beginners are rare but just as important. Second Language Acquisition (SLA) …

There is emerging evidence that collocation use plays a primary role in determining various
dimensions of L2 oral proficiency assessment and development. The current study presents …

Globalization and migration continue to shape our societies, including educational contexts
such as school classrooms. In response to young learners' linguistic needs, particularly in …

Research has indicated that lexical richness is an important indicator of second language
(L2) proficiency. However, most research has examined written, cross-sectional English L2 …

In Corpus Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition, Xiaofei Lu comprehensively
reviews empirical studies that employ corpus linguistic methods to investigate issues in …

The current study examined the factor structure and construct validity of lexical complexity
and also unpacked its role in predicting perceived writing quality based on one data set …