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- PaperComputer Assisted Language Learning22 Jun 2026
Exploring L2 learners’ self-regulation and engagement with Corpus-GenAI data-driven learning in academic writing revision
Yanhong Liu, Hongliang Yu, Shanhua He, Li (Francoise) Yang
This study investigates how L2 learners use self-regulation strategies and engage with a combined Corpus-GenAI data-driven learning approach during academic writing revision. It examines the effectiveness of integrating corpus tools and generative AI to support writing improvement.
- PaperReCALL18 Jun 2026
Learners’ priority criteria for evaluating data-driven learning tools: An analytic hierarchy process study with traditional and GenAI-based concordancers
Hansol Lee, Jang Ho Lee
This study uses analytic hierarchy process to examine Korean EFL learners' priority criteria for evaluating data-driven learning tools, including both traditional and GenAI-based concordancers. Six criteria were identified, and learners showed differentiated importance weights that related to their tool preference. The findings demonstrate AHP's utility for perception-based evaluations of DDL tools.
Original abstract
This study investigates how language learners prioritize criteria for evaluating data-driven learning (DDL) tools and how these priorities relate to tool preference. While previous research has proposed multiple criteria for evaluating the perceived effectiveness of DDL tools in capturing the emic dimension of the learner experience, empirical work has scantily examined how learners differentially prioritize these criteria, or how such priority structures can be empirically incorporated into systematic comparisons of tools. Given the recent emergence of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in language learning, this study examines how GenAI-based tools may contribute to DDL when judged against learner-valued effectiveness criteria. Drawing on a literature review, six criteria were identified: sentence comprehensibility, relevance to semantic learning, relevance to syntactic learning, perceived pedagogical value, accessibility for independent use, and support for autonomous learning. Thirty-five Korean EFL university students completed an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) task. First, they made pairwise comparisons among the six criteria, yielding priority weights that indicated the relative importance learners attach to each aspect of DDL effectiveness. Second, the study compared the perceived effectiveness of a traditional online concordancer that accesses the British National Corpus with that of a custom-developed GenAI-based concordancer, prioritizing these weighted criteria. The results indicate that learners assign differentiated importance to the six criteria and that these priority patterns are associated with the concordance they regard as more effective. This study demonstrates the usefulness of AHP for modelling multi-criteria, perception-based evaluations of DDL tools and incorporating learners’ priority judgements into the comparison of alternative tool designs.
- PaperReCALL6 May 2026
Tracing the diachronic effects of data-driven learning on lexical complexity in EFL learners’ argumentative writing
Yanan Zhao, Jihua Dong
Data-driven learning (DDL) instruction significantly improved lexical complexity in Chinese EFL learners' argumentative writing over five time points, while a non-DDL control group declined. Learners showed nonlinear individual trajectories in lexical complexity development and reported positive attitudes toward DDL, though some challenges in corpus use remained.
Original abstract
This study investigates the effectiveness of data-driven learning (DDL) in promoting lexical complexity in Chinese English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ argumentative writing, tracks developmental trajectories, and examines learners’ perceptions. Adopting a quasi-experimental design, one class ( n = 26) received DDL instruction, and the other ( n = 22) received non-DDL instruction. Data were collected using triangulation, including argumentative writing samples from five time points, pre- and post-instruction questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. Results showed that learners in the DDL class significantly improved their lexical complexity, while the non-DDL class experienced declines. Across the five time points, nonlinear trajectories were observed in lexical complexity at the individual learner level. Learners reported positive attitudes toward DDL, though some challenges in corpus use remained. These findings provide empirical support for the effectiveness of DDL in promoting lexical complexity development in Chinese EFL learners’ argumentative writing and provide pedagogical implications for corpus-based writing instruction.