This article presents a selective review of the work carried out recently in second
language acquisition (SLA) research which makes use of oral learner corpora and
computer technologies. In the first part, the reasons why the field of SLA needs
corpora for addressing current theoretical issues are briefly reviewed. In the
second part, recent literature on corpora and SLA is presented, as well as corpora
currently available. The final part of the article demonstrates the way in which
computerized methodologies can be used, by presenting a case study of a project
whose aim was to construct a database of French Learner Oral Corpora, and by
illustrating how the CHILDES tools have assisted in addressing a specific research agenda.
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