Object of research -- Native language acquisition and foreign language learning -- Using corpus-based online tools for and data-driven text production and learning in business English -- Empirical study -- Discussion of findings and outlook -- Reference list -- Appendix

More than 4.4 million students enrolled in US public schools participate in English language learner programs because of linguistic barriers to learning in regular classrooms. Whether native language instruction should be used in these programs is a contentious issue. Recent studies, using...

In today's globalized world, people are increasingly mobile and often need to communicate across different languages. Learning a new language is an investment in human capital. Migrants must learn the language of their destination country, but even non-migrants must often learn other languages...