The mission of the lab is to provide a space for collaborative work related to corpus linguistics. We hope to share work related to a wide variety of research areas including but not limited to second language acquisition and use, second language writing, language varieties, and text analysis. At the same time, the lab serves as a resource for the Michigan State University community by offering corpus-related workshops with applications to teaching and research.
About Us
Charlene Polio, Faculty
Minjin Kim, Faculty
View this page to see all of our current collaborators. Faculty and students engage with a variety of collaborators, featuring faculty and alumni from different universities as well as students from multiple programs.
Faculty and collaborators are working on a variety of corpus-related publications and research projects.
Check out our events to see upcoming speaking events, corpus-related workshops, or any additional programs.
We offer resources found on the internet that can help students learn about how different programs integrate corpora into their studies.
Upcoming
Work-In-Progress Talk
Exploring phrase-frames in quantitative and qualitative research on second language learning and teaching
Friday, August 28, 2026; 9:15am EDT
Hyun-Bin Yoo, Michigan State University, Second Language Studies
In-person: Wells B243
Online: https://msu.zoom.us/my/charlenepolio
Work-In-Progress Talk
Justifying disciplinary comparison in corpus-based EAP research: A methodological review of current practices
Friday, September 18, 9:15am EDT
Charlene Polio, Michigan State University, Second Language Studies/TESOL
In-person: Wells B243
Online: https://msu.zoom.us/my/charlenepolio
Toward a Korean Learner Speech Corpus: Design, AI-Assisted Analysis, and Research Directions
Friday, September 18, 9:15am EDT
Minjin Kim, Michigan State University, Second Language Studies/TESOL/Korean
In-person: Wells B243
Online: https://msu.zoom.us/my/charlenepolio
Work-In-Progress Talk
Corpora and AI in Asynchronous Academic Writing Instruction: A Qualitative Comparison of Corpus-based, AI-enhanced, and Hybrid DDL Approaches
Friday, October 16, 2026; 9:15am EDT
Kevin Fedewa, Michigan State University, Second Language Studies
Eunmi Kim, Michigan State University, Second Language Studies
In-person: Wells B243
Online: https://msu.zoom.us/my/charlenepolio
External Speakers
Introducing the Corpus of Spoken Yiddish in Europe: Holocaust testimonies in language research and pedagogy
Friday, October 30, 3:00 – 4:00pm EDT
Isaac Bleaman, University of California, Berkeley
Wells B342 and on Zoom
External Speakers
Bringing the Corpus to the Classroom: Current Topics in Corpus-Based Language Teaching
Date TBA
Elliott Casal, University of Memphis