L2 Journal

In this article, we discuss how learner corpus data can be used to promote asset-oriented approaches to language learning. We discuss how four tenets of asset-oriented approaches—challenges to the native speaker norm, accessibility/authenticity, advocacy, and agency—can be encouraged through using learner tasks. We introduce specific activities for Portuguese and Russian classrooms to promote this approach, which are freely available through our blog, and provide preliminary results from our teacher and student feedback on these activities.