A Critical Literature Review on the Data-Driven Language Learning Approach
Dongyoung Kim · The Journal of Linguistics Science · 2019
This paper examines the pedagogical advantages and disadvantages inherent to data-driven learning (DDL) and identifies principal characteristics associated with this approach. Most notably, DDL provides learners with authentic instances of the target language, and allows them to experience even specialized linguistic occurrences. DDL can not only provide educators with opportunities to implement communicative approaches to language instruction, it can also facilitate corrective function among students, thereby exemplifying a learner-centered approach. Nevertheless, there are challenges and limitations for DDL, which thus far hindered DDL’s widespread adoption. There have been concerns regarding the identification of authoritative sources of authentic language use. Besides, DDL’s nature may result in learner errors unless adequate time is dedicated to training and acclimatization. Firm empirical evidence regarding the efficiency of DDL is required if the technique is to achieve widespread acceptance.