The Development of an Error-tagged Learner Corpus: TELC (Turkish-English Learner Corpus) and its Web-interface

Hakan Cangır; Kutay Uzun; Taner Can; Enis Oğuz; Ömer Faruk Kaya

doi:10.18492/dad.1489654

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Hata Etiketli Öğrenen Derlemi Geliştirilmesi: TELC (Türkçe-İngilizce Öğrenen Derlemi) ve Web-Arayüzü

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Oldukça nadir olmasına ve derlem dilbilimciler tarafından geliştirmedeki zorlukları nedeniyle tercih edilmemesine rağmen, farklı D1 geçmişlerine sahip öğrencilerin sözlü ve yazılı metinlerinden oluşan öğrenen derlemleri, hem ikinci dil edinimi alanındaki araştırmacılara hem de dil öğretmenlerine fayda sağlayabilir. Bu ihtiyaçtan yola çıkarak ve derlemlerin Türkiye bağlamında dil öğretmenleri ve öğrenenler için potansiyel önemini göz önünde bulundurarak, D2 İngilizce öğrenen derlemimiz, özellikle ikinci dil öğrenenlerin dil üretiminde kilit rol oynayan sözcük hatalarını inceleyen, hata etiketli bir öğrenen derlemi oluşturmaya yönelik bir girişimdir. Hemchua ve Schmitt'in sözcüksel hata taksonomisine dayanan ve alanyazındaki katı metodolojik hususlar (örneğin, hata adlandırma ve birkaç tur etiketleme yoluyla düzeltme) izlenerek geliştirilen derlem, 231 üniversite öğrencisinin 369 yazılı metninden (104.864 sözcük, 3000'den fazla etiketlenmiş ve düzeltilmiş hatadan) oluşmaktadır. Kullanıcı dostu arayüze sahip derlem veri tabanı, kullanıcıların istatistiksel çıktılara ulaşmasına ve sözcüksel hataları ve doğru versiyonlarını görüntüleyebilmesine ve derlem içinde farklı hata türlerini aramasına imkân sağlar. Ayrıca, arayüzde veri tabanının gelişimine olanak sağlayan hata etiketleme eklentisi mevcuttur. TELC, dil öğretenlere ve ikinci dil öğrenenlere rehber kaynak niteliğinde bir internet sitesi olmasının yanı sıra, bu alanda çalışmalar yürüten uygulamalı dilbilimciler tarafından geliştirilebilecek bir dijital platform olarak da değerlendirilebilir. Son olarak, kullanımı kolay arayüzü ve çok yönlü özellikleri sayesinde, Türkiye'deki diğer üniversitelerin de katkısıyla yabancı/ikinci dil olarak İngilizce öğretimi / öğrenimi için referans bir öğrenen derlemi olma potansiyeline sahiptir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

The Development of an Error-tagged Learner Corpus: TELC (Turkish-English Learner Corpus) and its Web-interface

Abstract

Though rather rare and not favoured by corpus linguists due to computationally hard-to-handle problems, learner corpora consisting of spoken and written texts by students from different L1 backgrounds can benefit both researchers in the field of second language acquisition and language teachers. Growing from this need and considering corpora’s potential importance for the language teachers and learners in the Turkish context, our L2 English learner corpus is yet another humble attempt to build an error-tagged learner corpus particularly scrutinizing lexical errors, which play a key role in the language production of second language learners. Building on Hemchua and Schmitt’s lexical error taxonomy and developed following the strict methodological considerations in the literature (e.g., error naming and fixing through several rounds of tagging), the corpus consists of 369 written texts by 231 university students (with 104,864 words, 3000+ tagged and fixed errors). The corpus database is provided with a user-friendly web-interface, which consists of statistical output, modules highlighting lexical errors and correct versions, different search options including error types, and an error-tagging add-in for further development. In addition to being a resourceful website trying to guide language practitioners and second language learners, it can be considered a platform with a capacity to be developed further by applied linguists conducting studies in this line of research. Finally, thanks to its easy-to-use interface and versatile features, it has potential to become a reference learner corpus for English as a foreign/second language with the contribution of other universities in Türkiye.

Keywords

Supporting Institution

TÜBİTAK ARDEB

Project Number

220K289

Ethical Statement

Ankara Üniversitesi Etik Kurulunun 29/03/2021 tarihli toplantısında alınan 3/9 sayılı kararıyla çalışmanın etik açıdan uygun olduğuna karar verilmiştir.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Corpus Linguistics , Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics , Linguistics (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Hakan Cangır ^*
0000-0003-2589-2466
Türkiye

Kutay Uzun
0000-0002-8434-0832
Türkiye

Taner Can
0000-0001-8869-4817
Türkiye

Enis Oğuz
0000-0001-5819-4926
Türkiye

Ömer Faruk Kaya
0000-0001-7329-5557
Türkiye

Publication Date

December 24, 2024

Submission Date

May 24, 2024

Acceptance Date

October 3, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2024 Volume: 35 Number: 2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.18492/dad.1489654

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA47XC27PG

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RIS / Bibtex

APA

Cangır, H., Uzun, K., Can, T., Oğuz, E., & Kaya, Ö. F. (2024). The Development of an Error-tagged Learner Corpus: TELC (Turkish-English Learner Corpus) and its Web-interface. Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 35(2), 279-307. https://doi.org/10.18492/dad.1489654