Nicole Tracy-Ventura is Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics at West Virginia University. Her research focuses on second language acquisition, study abroad, task-based language teaching, longitudinal research methods, and corpus linguistics. She is a founding member of the Languages and Social Networks Abroad Project (LANGSNAP).

Magali Paquot is FNRS Research Associate at the Centre for English Corpus Linguistics, UCLouvain. She specializes in the use of learner corpora to study key topics in SLA and is particularly interested in methodological issues. She is co-editor in chief of the International Journal of Learner Corpus Research and one of the founding members of the Learner Corpus Research Association.

1. Second Language Acquisition and Corpora: An overview, Nicole Tracy-Ventura & Magali Paquot

PART I: Setting the Scene

2. Introduction to Corpus Linguistics, Vaclav Brezina & Tony McEnery

3. Introduction to Learner Corpus Research, Fanny Meunier

4. Introduction to SLA, Jennifer Behney & Emma Marsden

PART II: Key Aspects in Corpus Design and Corpuse Use for SLA

5. Designing Learner Corpora: Collection, Transcription, and Annotation, Philippa Bell & Caroline Payant

6. Analyzing A Learner Corpus with a Concordancer, Sandra Götz

7. Error Analysis, María Belén Díez-Bedmar

8. Comparing Learner Corpora, Sandra C. Deshors & Stefan Th. Gries

9. Statistical Analyses of Learner Corpus Data, Stefan Th. Gries & Sandra C. Deshors

10. Combining Learner Corpora and Experimental Methodss, Gaetanelle Gilquin

11. Overview of Available Learner Corpora, Julieta Fernandez & Tracy S. Davis

12. TalkBank for SLA, Brian MacWhinney

PART III: The Role of Corpora in SLA Theory and Practice

13. Usage-based Approaches, Stefanie Wulff

14. Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST), Marjolijn Verspoor & Wander Lowie

15. Processability Theory and Corpora, Carrie Bonilla

16. Generative Approaches, Cristóbal Lozano

17. Variationist Approaches, Aarnes Gudmestad

18. Pragmatic Approaches, Julieta Fernandez & Shelley Staples

19. Corpora and Instruced Second Language Acquisition, Rosamond Mitchell

PART IV: SLA Constructs and Corpora

20. Input, Anita Thomas & Annelie Ädel

21. Interaction, Nicole Ziegler & Alison Mackey

22. Fluency, Amanda Huensch

23. Accuracy, Jennifer Thewissen

24. Complexity, Nina Vyatkina & Alex Housen

25. Lexis, Kristopher Kyle

26. Crosslinguistic influence, Ann-Kristin Helland Gujord

27. Variability, Dana Gablasova

28. Formulaicity, Fanny Forsberg Lundell

29. Context, Joseph Collentine

30. Individual Differences, Elma Kerz & Daniel Wiechmann

PART V: Future Directions

31. The Future of Corpora in SLA, Nicole Tracy-Ventura, Magali Paquot, & Florence Myles