The (Swiss) Learner Corpora and SLA Working Group started in December 2023, based on the observation that, in Switzerland, there are many learner corpora, but that they cannot be reused, often for legal reasons, or even identified on a common platform. The main aim of this Working Group is to create an inventory of existing Swiss learner corpora and datasets among the different academic institutions in Switzerland.
The purpose of this inventory is also to collect information about the metadata and the (in)accessibility of these corpora. This WG aims at increasing the accessibility and reusability of Swiss Learner Corpora for Learner Corpora Research and Language teaching.
This workshop will start with one keynote presentation about the challenges and opportunities of creating a learner corpora inventory. The keynote speaker will introduce and discuss concrete ways of achieving this aim.
Next, the Working Group will present their first results. They will (1) discuss the state of the inventory, (2) analyze the results of the survey and (3) make conclusion about the reason of (in)accessibility of the data within institutions.
The final discussion will shed light on the possibilities and next steps to increase accessibility, shareability, and reusability of data sets.
The workshop will take place at UNIFR on November 21, 2025.
