Nina Vyatkina draws on her wealth of expertise in the area to provide a lively and engaging insight into the potential of language corpora for teaching and learning German, with her usual enthusiasm, original thinking and scientific rigour. With its solid theoretical foundation combined with a meticulous attention to empirical research, this book is an essential companion for novice and experienced scholars interested in DDL, especially for languages other than English - German and beyond. Students and teachers will also appreciate its easy readability and the judicious use of illustrative tables and figures, always with an eye for practical implications (not just chapter 6). The section linking DDL and ISLA is hugely insightful and should
inspire other fruitful comparisons of this type.
Alex Boulton, ATILF, University of Lorraine & CNRS, France
Through the lens of data-driven learning for German, Nina Vyatkina masterfully addresses fundamental issues in data-driven learning as a whole: the under-representation of languages other than English, the hiatus between data-driven learning and second language acquisition research, and the gap between research findings and current pedagogical practices. Her innovative approach in dealing with such issues makes her book an essential reference resource that significantly moves the field forward, a must-read for researchers, teachers, and students.
Luciana Forti, University for Foreigners of Perugia, Italy
In her outstanding book on data-driven learning, Nina Vyatkina exemplifies exceptional expertise in the field. She adeptly blends in-depth reflexions on the domain with scaffolded practical insights. She offers educators, learners and researchers alike an invaluable, accessible and comprehensive resource built around German and easily transferable to any language.
Fanny Meunier, UCLouvain, Belgium
