Metadata
You can download the texts with metadata (as in the example below) or without the metadata (i.e., only the text produced by the participant). For each downloaded file, you will see the corresponding metadata to the left and its values to its right, as in the following example for an English learner of Spanish:
Subcorpus: Learners Filename: ES_WR_C2_47_39_3_CGL Year data collection: 2017 Placement test score (raw): 57 / 60 Placement test score (%): 95 Proficiency: Upper advanced Sex: Male Age: 47 School/University/Institution: Universidad de San Andrés Major: linguistica Year at university/school: L1: Spanish Father's native language: Spanish Mother's nativelanguage: Spanish Languages spoken at home: Spanish Age of exposure to Spanish: 8 Years studying English: 39 Stay abroad in English speaking country (>= 1 month): Yes Stay abroad (where): USA Stay abroad (when): 2005-2010 Stay abroad (months): 60 Language certificates (type and level): Proficiency Proficiency (self-assessment) speaking: Upper advanced (C2) Proficiency (self-assessment) listening: Upper advanced (C2) Proficiency (self-assessment) reading: Upper advanced (C2) Proficiency (self-assessment) writing: Upper advanced (C2) Proficiency (self-assessment): 6 / 6 Additional foreign language(s): French Proficiency (self-assessment) in additional language speaking: Lower intermediate (B1) Proficiency (self-assessment) in additional language listening: Lower intermediate (B1) Proficiency (self-assessment) in additional language reading: Lower advanced (C1) Proficiency (self-assessment) in additional language writing: Upper beginner (A2) Medium: Written Task number: 3 Task title: Film Writing/audio details: written_online Minutes taken to complete the task: 5 Where the task was done: Outside classroom Resources used: Text: This is the story of a young woman who lives with her old father. One day her father gets lost in the woods and ends up in a castle where he is kidnapped by a hideaous beast. This beast is in fact a prince who was transformed into a monster by a spell cast by a princess. The story goes that the spell will be broken if the beast learns to love another human and earns her love in return. Belle, the young girl, is horrified by the beast at the beginning but as the days pass she falls in love with him. Things get complicated by another male character, Gaston, who is in love with Belle. When the Beast and Belle are about to live their love, Gaston attempts to kill the beast but he dies when he falls from a tower. Finally, Belle tells the Beast that she is is in love with him and the spell is broken.
The tables below present a full list of metadata with a brief explanatory description. First, we will present the learners’ metadata and next the natives’ metadata.
Table: learner’s metadata
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FILENAME: |
Each file in the corpus has a unique code. For learners, the filename format is: L1_medium_proficiencyscore(raw)_age_LoI_tasknumber_initials
For example, the file code ES_WR_B1_18_13_14_LJL represents a Spanish native, who produced a written task, with a B1 level (=lower intermediate), who is 18 years old, who has been learning English for 13 years, who did the Chaplin task (task #14) and whose initials are LJL. |
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YEAR DATA COLLECTION: | The year when the data were collected, e.g., 2019. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PLACEMENT TEST RAW SCORE: |
The raw score obtained in the English placement test. Two placement tests were used:
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PLACEMENT TEST % SCORE: | The placement test raw score transformed into percentage (0% minimum - 100% maximum). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PROFICIENCY: |
The classification of the placement test raw score into proficiency categories according to the following table:
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SEX: | The participant’s sex (Male, Female, Unknown). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AGE: | The participant’s age (in years). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY/INSTITUTION: | The participant’s school or university name, if any. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MAJOR: | The participant’s major subject at university, if any. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
YEAR AT UNIVERSITY/SCHOOL: | The participant’s year or course at school or university, if any. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
L1: | The participant’s L1 (native language). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FATHER'S NATIVE LANGUAGE: | The native language of the participant’s father. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MOTHER'S NATIVE LANGUAGE: | The native language of the participant’s mother. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN AT HOME: | The language(s) spoken at home. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AGE OF EXPOSURE TO ENGLISH: | Age of Exposure (AoE), i.e., age at which the participant started learning English. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
YEARS STUDYING ENGLISH: | Length of Instruction (LoI) in English. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
STAY IN ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRY (≥1 MONTH): | Stay(s) in any English-speaking country longer than one month. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
STAY ABROAD (WHERE): | English-speaking country of the stay. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
STAY ABROAD (WHEN): | Year(s) of the stay; or period(s) of the stay; or age of the participant when s/he did the stay. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
STAY ABROAD (MONTHS): | Length of the stay (in months), e.g., 3.5 months or 24 months or unknown (for cases where the stay is longer than one month but the participant did not specify the exact length in months). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LANGUAGE CERTIFICATES (TYPE AND LEVEL): | Official language certificates held by the participant, if any. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PROFICIENCY (SELF-ASSESSMENT) SPEAKING: |
The participant self-assesses his/her speaking level in English according to a 6-point scale:
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PROFICIENCY (SELF-ASSESSMENT) LISTENING:: |
The participant self-assesses his/her listening level in English according to a 6-point scale:
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PROFICIENCY (SELF-ASSESSMENT) READING: |
The participant self-assesses his/her reading level in English according to a 6-point scale:
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PROFICIENCY (SELF-ASSESSMENT) WRITING: |
The participant self-assesses his/her writing level in English according to a 6-point scale:
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PROFICIENCY (SELF-ASSESSMENT): |
The participant’s average self-assessment score in the four skills together (speaking, writing, listening, reading) in English. according to a 6-point scale:
It is calculated as follows: Each skill is self-scored, as described above, and then an average is obtained from the four scores. |
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ADDITIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE(S): | Additional foreign languages (other than English) known by the participant, if any. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PROFICIENCY (SELF-ASSESSMENT) IN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE SPEAKING: |
The participant self-assesses his/her speaking level in the additional foreign language according to a 6-point scale:
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PROFICIENCY (SELF-ASSESSMENT) IN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE LISTENING: |
The participant self-assesses his/her listening level in the additional foreign language according to a 6-point scale:
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PROFICIENCY (SELF-ASSESSMENT) IN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE READING: |
The participant self-assesses his/her reading level in the additional foreign language according to a 6-point scale:
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PROFICIENCY (SELF-ASSESSMENT) IN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE WRITING: |
The participant self-assesses his/her writing level in the additional foreign language according to a 6-point scale:
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MEDIUM (WRITTEN/SPOKEN): |
The medium in which the task was produced:
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TASK NUMBER: |
This is the number of the task (1 to 14).
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TASK TITLE: | This is the title of the task (Famous person; Film; Frog; Chaplin). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WRITING/AUDIO DETAILS: |
These are additional details about where the task was collected:
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MINUTES TAKEN TO COMPLETE THE TASK: | The time taken to complete the task as self-reported by the participant (sometimes there is no self-reported information in this metadata). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WHERE WAS THE TASK DONE: |
The location where the task was done:
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RESOURCES USED: |
The resources the participant used to complete the task, if any:
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TEXT: | This is the text produced in the task (either the written text or the transcription of the spoken text). |
Table: Native’s metadata
Metadata | Description |
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FILENAME: |
Each file in the corpus has a unique filename. The filename format for the natives is: L1_medium_age_tasknumber_initials For example, the file code EN_WR_18_13_BB represents an English native who produced a written task, who is 18 years old, who did task #13 (Frog story) and whose initials are BB. For example, the file code ES_WR_25_13_FBL represents a Spanish native who produced a written task, who is 25 years, who did task number 13 (Frog) and whose initials are FBL. |
YEAR DATA COLLECTION: | The year when the data were collected. |
INITIALS: | The participant’s initials (e.g., JFK). |
SEX: | The participant’s sex (Male, Female, Unknown). |
AGE: | The participant’s age (in years). |
SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY/INSTITUTION: | The participant’s school or university name, if any. |
MAJOR: | The participant’s major subject at university, if any. |
YEAR AT UNIVERSITY/SCHOOL: | The participant’s year or course at school or university, if any. |
L1: | The participant’s L1 (native language). |
VARIETY OF NATIVE LANGUAGE (COUNTRY): | The variety of the participant’s L1 (e.g., American, British, Australian, Canadian, etc). |
FATHER'S NATIVE LANGUAGE: | The native language of the participant’s father. |
MOTHER'S NATIVE LANGUAGE: | The native language of the participant’s mother. |
LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN AT HOME: | The language(s) spoken at home. |
ANY FOREIGN LANGUAGE?: | Whether the participant knows a foreign language (yes, no). |
FOREIGN LANGUAGE: | Foreign language known by the participant, if any. |
PROFICIENCY (SELF-ASSESSMENT) FOREIGN LANGUAGE SPEAKING: |
The participant self-assesses his/her speaking level in the foreign language according to a 6-point scale:
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PROFICIENCY (SELF-ASSESSMENT) FOREIGN LANGUAGE LISTENING: |
The participant self-assesses his/her listening level in the foreign language according to a 6-point scale:
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PROFICIENCY (SELF-ASSESSMENT) FOREIGN LANGUAGE READING: |
The participant self-assesses his/her reading level in the foreign language according to a 6-point scale:
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PROFICIENCY (SELF-ASSESSMENT) FOREIGN LANGUAGE WRITING: |
The participant self-assesses his/her writing level in the foreign language according to a 6-point scale:
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ADDITIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE(S): | Foreign language(s) known by the participant, if any. |
PROFICIENCY (SELF-ASSESSMENT) IN ADDITIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE SPEAKING: |
The participant self-assesses his/her speaking level in the additional foreign language according to a 6-point scale:
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PROFICIENCY (SELF-ASSESSMENT) IN ADDITIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE LISTENING: |
The participant self-assesses his/her listening level in the additional foreign language according to a 6-point scale:
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SELF-ASSESSMENT IN ADDITIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE (READING): |
The participant self-assesses his/her reading level in the additional foreign language according to a 6-point scale:
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PROFICIENCY (SELF-ASSESSMENT) IN ADDITIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE WRITING: |
The participant self-assesses his/her writing level in the additional foreign language according to a 6-point scale:
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MEDIUM (WRITTEN/SPOKEN): |
The medium in which the task was produced:
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TASK NUMBER: |
This is the number of the task (1 to 14).
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TASK TITLE: | This is the title of the task (Famous person; Film; Frog; Chaplin). |
WRITING/AUDIO DETAILS: |
These are additional details about where the task was collected:
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MINUTES TAKEN TO COMPLETE THE TASK: | The time taken to complete the task as self-reported by the participant (sometimes there is no self-reported information in this metadata). |
WHERE WAS THE TASK DONE: |
The location where the task was done:
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RESOURCES USED: |
The resources the participant used to complete the task, if any:
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TEXT: | This is the text produced in the task (either the written text or the transcription of the spoken text). |