<br>Scott, <br><br>You might want to check out Susan Conrad's The Viking CORPUS of Student and Academic Writing from Portland State University. I was unable to find much info on the web outside this pdf, <a href="http://www.ling.pdx.edu/ling_newsletter_SP07.pdf">http://www.ling.pdx.edu/ling_newsletter_SP07.pdf</a> , but based on a presentation I attended the viking corpus seems to fit your needs closely.<br>
<br>Jeremiah McGhee<br>Brigham Young University<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"></span><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 9:32 AM, scott crossley <<a href="mailto:sacrossley@gmail.com">sacrossley@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Dear Corpora List,<br>
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We are trying to track down a corpus (or corpora) of student essays<br>
written in English. Ultimately, the best scenario is if they were also<br>
graded,based on specific criteria, but we realize this is unlikely. We<br>
are looking for any and all proficiency levels and grade levels<br>
(through college) and are more interested in first language samples<br>
then second language samples (we have a copy of the ICLE). Any help<br>
you might have in tracking such a collection would be greatly<br>
appreciated. Free corpora are great, but we are willing to buy the<br>
corpora as well<br>
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Thanks so much one and all,<br>
<br>
--<br>
Scott Crossley, Ph.D.<br>
Linguistics/TESOL<br>
<br>
Department of English<br>
Mississippi State University<br>
<a href="http://www.msstate.edu/dept/english/esl.html" target="_blank">http://www.msstate.edu/dept/english/esl.html</a><br>
(662) 325-2355<br>
<br>
Institute for Intelligent Systems<br>
University of Memphis<br>
<a href="http://mnemosyne.csl.psyc.memphis.edu/iis/" target="_blank">http://mnemosyne.csl.psyc.memphis.edu/iis/</a><br>
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