Arabic learner corpus v1 a new resource for arabic language research

This paper introduces the first version of the Arabic Learner Corpus (ALC), which comprises a collection of texts written by learners of Arabic in Saudi Arabia. The corpus covers two types of students, non-native Arabic speakers (NNAS) learning Arabic as a second language (ASL) for academic purpose (AAP), and native Arabic speaking students (NAS) learning to improve their written Arabic. Both groups are males at pre- university level.