Dataset on Enhancing Teacher Training in Nigeria: The Role of Corpus Linguistics

For this study, a purposive sampling technique was employed to select 24 undergraduate student-teachers from the English Language Education Department at the University of JT, a pseudonym for a public university in the North Central region of Nigeria. The participants, consisting of second and fourth-year students, were chosen based on shared characteristics such as educational background and class membership. The sample included 11 male and 13 female participants, aged between 18 and 21 years old. Pseudonyms were utilized to ensure anonymity, and all participants provided informed consent before their voluntary involvement in the study