We sincerely invite you to attend an academic lecture organized by Professor Siaw-Fong Chung (Professor at the Department of English in National Chengchi University (NCCU)) and will feature Dr. Tomáš Gráf from the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, where he serves in the Department of Linguistics and the Department of English Language and ELT Methodology. Dr. Gráf specializes in corpus linguistics, learner corpus research, and English language teaching methodology. His extensive research and interdisciplinary perspectives have contributed significantly to our understanding of second language learning and learner language patterns. In this talk, titled “Methodological Approaches and Questions in Learner Corpus Research,” Dr. Gráf will discuss key methodological considerations, analytical approaches, and emerging issues in studying learner language through corpora. Students and faculty interested in linguistics, corpus studies, ELT, or applied linguistics are warmly encouraged to join this intellectually enriching event.
【Lecture Title】Methodological Approaches and Questions in Learner Corpus Research
【Time】2026/1/20（TUE）10:00am-12:10pm
【Venue】Room 814 at 8F in National Chengchi University Dah Hsian Seetoo Library
【Registration】 https://forms.gle/gn72E8aDdE4tMHCE9
【Funding Institution】 National Science and Technology Council (NSTC)
【Speaker】 
Dr. Tomáš Gráf
Department of Linguistics, Department of English Language and ELT Methodology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague
【Abstract】
This lecture outlines my fifteen-year journey in designing and compiling learner corpora, from early work on general collections to more recent efforts to build specialist corpora exploring advanced English learners’ fluency and accuracy and the language of specialist users. Along the way, my understanding of what learner corpora can (and cannot!) tell us has evolved, in which process I was helped by both practical experience and constant methodological reflection. I will share key findings from my research and use these to illustrate how different elicitation tasks and design choices influence what we discover about learner language. Through examples from several corpora I have developed, I aim to show how methodological awareness grows with practice, and how principled corpus design can assist us in exploring second language learning.