diff --git a/source/architechtures/skipgram.py b/source/architechtures/skipgram.py
index b58e5df..c970125 100644
--- a/source/architechtures/skipgram.py
+++ b/source/architechtures/skipgram.py
@@ -27,3 +27,6 @@ def run() -> None:
     # get vocabulary
     vocabulary = datahandler.loaders.Vocabulary(add_padding=True, add_unknown=False)
     vocabulary.build(corpus.words, config.vocabulary_size)
+    # get training data
+    training_dataloader = datahandler.loaders.DataLoaderSkipGram(config.batch_size)
+    training_dataloader.build(corpus.sentences, vocabulary, config.window_size, config.device)
diff --git a/source/datahandler/loaders.py b/source/datahandler/loaders.py
index bea7036..3aab1ae 100644
--- a/source/datahandler/loaders.py
+++ b/source/datahandler/loaders.py
@@ -332,3 +332,49 @@ def __init__(self, batch_size: int):
 
         self._num_samples = 0
         self._batch_size = batch_size
+
+    def build(self, sentences: list[list[str]], vocabulary: Vocabulary, window_size: int, device: str):
+        context_words_filepath = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIRECTORY_PATH, "data", "skipgram", "training_data", "context_words.npy")
+        target_words_filepath = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIRECTORY_PATH, "data", "skipgram", "training_data", "target_words.npy")
+
+        if os.path.exists(context_words_filepath) and os.path.exists(target_words_filepath):
+            progress_bar = tqdm.tqdm(desc="Building training data", total=1)
+            self.context_words = torch.tensor(utils.load_numpy(context_words_filepath), dtype=torch.long, device=device)
+            self.target_words = torch.tensor(utils.load_numpy(target_words_filepath), dtype=torch.long, device=device)
+            self._num_samples = len(self.target_words)
+            progress_bar.update(1)
+            return
+
+        context_words = []
+        target_words = []
+        for sentence in tqdm.tqdm(sentences, desc="Building training data"):
+            for center_position, center_word in enumerate(sentence):
+                if center_word not in vocabulary or vocabulary.subsample(center_word, threshold=1e-5):
+                    continue
+                # define the boundaries of the window
+                start_position = max(0, center_position - window_size)
+                end_position = min(len(sentence), center_position + window_size + 1)
+                # extract words around the center word within the window
+                for word in sentence[start_position:end_position]:
+                    if word == center_word or word not in vocabulary:
+                        continue
+                    context_words.append(vocabulary.get_index(word))
+                    target_words.append(vocabulary.get_index(word))
+
+        context_words = np.array(context_words)
+        target_words = np.array(target_words)
+        utils.save_numpy(context_words_filepath, context_words)
+        utils.save_numpy(target_words_filepath, target_words)
+
+        self.context_words = torch.tensor(context_words, dtype=torch.long, device=device)
+        self.target_words = torch.tensor(target_words, dtype=torch.long, device=device)
+        self._num_samples = len(self.target_words)
+        utils.plot_target_words_occurances(target_words, data_directory="skipgram")
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        for start in range(0, self._num_samples, self._batch_size):
+            end = min(start + self._batch_size, self._num_samples)
+            yield (self.context_words[start:end], self.target_words[start:end])
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return (self._num_samples + self._batch_size - 1) // self._batch_size