The TREACLE project

Publications and Presentations of the TREACLE project

2015

Mick O'Donnell (2015) Exploring developing Quantification skill in Spanish Learners of English. Presentation at the 7th International Conference on Corpus Linguistics (AELINCO), Valladolid, Spain, 5-7 March, 2015.

2014

Mick O’Donnell (2014) Exploring learner development in terms of expanding Contexts of Use. Plenary presented at the 2014 TSLL Conference, Iowa State University, September, 2014.

Fiorella Dotti and Mick O’Donnell (2014) Addressing article errors In Spanish Learners of English using a learner corpus. Paper presented at the 2014 TSLL Conference, Iowa State University, September, 2014.

Mick O'Donnell (2014) Changes in thematic choice with developing EFL proficiency. Paper presented at the European Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference, 10-12 July, 2014, Paris, France.

Mick O'Donnell (2014) Towards Targeted Learning: Mining a Learner Corpus to Support Adaptive Online Learning. Invited talk, University of Bremen, July 3, 2014.

2013

Murcia-Bielsa, S. and MacDonald, P. (2013). "The TREACLE project: Profiling learner proficiency using error and syntactic analysis". In S. Granger, G. Gilquin and F. Meunier (eds.) Twenty Years of Learner Corpus Research: Looking back, Moving ahead. Corpora and Language in Use – Proceedings 1. Louvain-la-Neuve: Presses universitaires de Louvain, 335-344. ISBN 978-2-87558-199-0.

O'Donnell, Michael (2013) "Demonstration of UAM CorpusTool 3.0 for learner corpus annotation and exploration". Demo at Learner Corpus Research Conference (LCR) Bergen/Os, Norway September 27–29, 2013.

Murcia Bielsa, Susana and Penny MacDonald (2013) "How can an error-annotated corpus tell us what to teach, and when?" Poster at Learner Corpus Research Conference (LCR) Bergen/Os, Norway September 27–29, 2013.

Penny MacDonald and Mick O'Donnell (2013) "Improving Spanish university students' grammatical competence in English: design and implementation of a web-based learning system", Paper presented at WORLDCALL, 10-14 July, 2013, Glasgow, Scotland. [slides]

Mick O'Donnell (2013) "Informing curriculum redesign using annotated learner corpora". Paper presented at Conference on Compiling and using learner corpora to teach and assess productive and interactive skills in foreign languages at university level, 16-17 May, 2013, Padova, Italy. [Slides]

Mick O'Donnell (2013) "From Learner Corpora to Curriculum Design: an empirical approach to staging the teaching of grammatical concepts". Paper presented at the 5th International Conference on Corpus Linguistics, 14-16 March, 2013, Alicante, Spain. [Slides]

Esther Mediero Durán (2013) "Lexical Errors and Language Acquisition by University Level EFL Students". Paper presented at 10th TESOL/Applied Linguistics Graduate Students Conference, 16th February, 2013, Greenville, NC, USA. [Slides]

2012

Mick O'Donnell (2012) "Using learner corpora to redesign university-level EFL Grammar education". Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada (RESLA), Vol. Extra 1, 2012. Pp. 145-160.

Mick O'Donnell 2012 How can Corpus Linguistics help in Foreign Language Teaching/Learning. Keynote talk at the 8th Conference of the Asociacion de Lingüística Sistèmico-Funcional de Amèrica Latina, September 2012, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Mick O'Donnell 2012 Transitivity Development in Spanish Learners of English. Paper presented at the 39th International Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference, July 2012, Sydney Australia.

Susana Murcia Bielsa and Mick O'Donnell 2012 "Using a learner corpus to develop an EFL grammar teaching curriculum". Paper presented at the 1st Asia Pacific Corpus Linguistics Conference, University of Auckland, New Zealand,February 15th-19th, 2012. [slides]

Rebeca Garcia "A corpus-based examination of modality in the writing of Spanish university students". Paper presented at the at 4th International Conference on Corpus Linguistics”, 22-24 March 2012, University of Jaen, Spain. [Slides]

2011

Ainhoa Robles Baena and Maria Esther Mediero Durán "Exploring the Errors made by EFL Students at University Level". Proceedings of ASYRAS (2nd Conference of Young Researchers on Anglophone Studies), University of Salamanca, 6th-8th October 2011. [Paper], [Slides]

Rebeca García González 2011 A corpus-based grammatical analysis of modality in the writing of Spanish university students of English. Thesis submitted for Diploma de Estudios Avanzados (Masters equivalent) [Thesis], [Slides from defence]

Rebeca García González. "A corpus-based grammatical analysis of modality in the writing of Spanish university students of English". Paper presented at ASYRAS (2nd Conference of Young Researchers on Anglophone Studies), University of Salamanca, 6th-8th October 2011. [slides]

Mick O'Donnell, Keynote Talk at III Congreso Internacional de Lingüística de Corpus: "Using learner corpora to redesign university-level EFL Grammar education". Universitat Politècnica de València, April 7-9, 2011. [slides]

MacDonald, Penny, Susana Murcia, Maria Boquera, Ana Botella, Laura Cardona, Rebeca García, Esther Mediero, Michael O'Donnell, Ainhoa Robles and Keith Stuart (2011) Error Coding in the TREACLE project. In Carrió Pastor, M. L. y Candel Mora, M. A. Las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones: Presente y futuro en el análisis de córpora. Actas del III Congreso Internacional de Lingüística de Corpus. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica de València; pp. 725-740. ISBN: 978-84-694-6225-6. [Proceedings] [Presentation slides],

Mick O'Donnell, Keynote Talk at AESLA: (Spanish Association of Applied Linguistics): "Visualising Patterns in Text". University of Salamanca, May 4-6, 2011. [slides]

Mick O'Donnell, Keynote Talk at ISFC: (International Systemic Functional Linguistics Congress): "Syntax and the consumer revisited: an SFL for ESL teaching?". University of Lisbon, July 25-29, 2011. [slides]

Laura Cardona Sanchís. "The Error Self-Correction Technique in Compositions Written in English as a Second Language: Searching for Information on the Web". Second Conference of Young Researchers on Anglophone Studies Salamanca, 6-8 October 2011.

2010

Mick O'Donnell, Keynote Talk at MLAC10: Mapping language across cultures: Talk: "Automatic discovery of meaningful patterns in text: what is currently possible?" University of Salamanca, July 7-9, 2010. [slides]

Mick O'Donnell and Susana Murcia, "When are grammatical structures best taught? Using learner corpora to discover the critical proficiency levels for each grammatical structure". 9th Teaching and Learning Conference, Brno, Czech Republic, July, 2010. [slides]

Michael O'Donnell, Susana Murcia and Rebeca Garcia "Error Analysis in the TREACLE project". ICAME 2010, Giessen, Germany, May, 2010. [slides]

Mick O'Donnell and Susana Murcia "Exploring second language development using learner corpora: the TREACLE project". 37th International Systemic Functional Congress, Vancouver, Canada. July, 2010. [slides]

Mick O'Donnell, "Building Learner English Proficiency Profiles using Automatic Syntactic Analysis". AESLA, Vigo, Spain. 15-17 April. [slides]

2009

Mick O'Donnell, Susana Murcia, Rebeca García, Clara Molina, Paul Rollinson, Penny MacDonald, Keith Stuart, Maria Boquera. 2009. Exploring the proficiency of English learners: The TREACLE project. Proceedings of the Fifth Corpus Linguistics, Liverpool. [pdf]