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International Journal of Corpus Linguistics: Online-First Articles

A user-friendly corpus tool for disciplinary data-driven learning

Introducing CorpusMate

ORCID logo | University of Queensland
| Masaryk University

Most corpus tools commonly used for corpus-based data-driven learning (DDL) are designed for research rather than teaching purposes, with much DDL research suggesting learners and their teachers often stop DDL after initial training due to tool-related issues like complex user interfaces and system settings. Based on feedback from secondary-age language learners and their teachers in the Australian context, we present CorpusMate (https://​corpusmate​.com), a new, user-friendly corpus tool that incorporates several publicly available written and spoken corpora across 20 disciplinary subjects. It offers a range of flexible concordancing, n-gram and data visualisation options to ensure a fast, smooth and simple DDL experience for end users.

Keywords: data-driven learning, CorpusMate , concordancing, disciplinary variation, young learners
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Platform design
  • 3.Corpus data
    • 3.1Sources
      • British Academic Written English corpus
      • TED talk corpus
      • Simple English Wikipedia
      • BBC Teach
      • Elsevier OA CC-BY corpus
      • BNC 2014 Spoken
    • 3.2Data preparation
    • 3.3Disciplinary subject area and mode filters
  • 4. CorpusMate functions
    • 4.1Frontend UI
    • 4.2Concordancing options
    • 4.3Visualisation options
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 16 April 2024
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https://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.23056.cro
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