Workshops
The corpus lab at the Second Language Teaching and Research Center (L2TReC) offers webinars and workshops for language teachers on the use of corpus linguistics in the classroom. Please stay tuned to our social media accounts for future events. L2TReC on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn!
Using a Learner Corpus to Create Pedagogical Materials for Language Classrooms
Speakers: Drs. Fernando Rubio, Elnaz Kia, & Valeria Sky (Bogorevich)
Date: Feb. 29, 2024
The objective of this workshop is to equip language educators with the skills needed to develop data-driven teaching activities using either learner corpora or writing samples generated by their own students. Workshop participants will learn about pedagogical applications of corpus linguistics in the language classroom and practice the necessary skills to create their own data-driven teaching materials.
Citation:Rubio, F., Kia, E., & Sky, V. (2024, Feb. 29). Using a learner corpus to create pedagogical materials for language classrooms [Pre-conference workshop]. Southwest Conference on Language Teaching (SWCOLT 2024), Honolulu, HI, United States.
Creating Corpus-Informed Materials for the Dual Language Immersion Classroom
Speaker: Dr. Elnaz Kia & Dr. Valeria Sky (Bogorevich)
Date: July 13–14, 2023
This workshop aimed to prepare current and future Dual Language Immersion (DLI) teachers to create authentic teaching materials for DLI classrooms using learner corpora (i.e., large collections of texts containing language data produced by L2 learners). The two-day in-person workshop included lectures and hands-on practice sessions on the following topics:
- Analyzing sample corpus-informed teaching materials in various languages
- Using corpus linguistic tools and techniques
- Developing corpus-informed activities based on corpus search results
Citation: Kia, E. (2023, July 13–14). Creating corpus-informed materials for the dual language immersion classroom [Workshop]. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
Creating Corpus-Informed Materials for the Dual Language Immersion Classroom
Speaker: Dr. Elnaz Kia, featuring Dr. Randi Reppen
Date: July 15, 2022
This workshop aimed to prepare current and future Dual Language Immersion (DLI) teachers to create authentic teaching materials for DLI classrooms using learner corpora (i.e., large collections of texts containing language data produced by L2 learners). The 6-hour in-person workshop included lectures and practice sessions on the following topics:
- Analyzing sample corpus-informed teaching materials in various languages
- Using corpus linguistic tools and techniques
- Developing corpus-informed activities based on corpus search results
Citation: Kia, E. (2022, July 15). Creating corpus-informed materials for the dual language immersion classroom [Workshop]. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.