Using Corpora In The Language Learning Classroom

Author : Gena R. Bennett
Publisher : University of Michigan Press ELT
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Computational linguistics
ISBN : 0472033859

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Using Corpora in the Language Learning Classroom by Gena R. Bennett Pdf

The goal of this book is to make the ideas of corpus linguistics accessible to teachers and, most important, provide ideas, instruction, and opportunities for teachers to use the applications of corpus linguistics in their classrooms. Using Corpora in the Language Learning Classroom is intended for graduate students who are studying applied linguistics or TESOL, for teacher-trainers working with language instructors, and for practicing language teachers who want to better understand corpus linguistics and how to incorporate it into their classroom. The book has three sections: (1) a general introduction to corpus linguistics, which contains a brief look at the theory and principles of corpus linguistics; (2) a section that reviews corpus-influenced materials and commonly used corpora; and (3) a set of corpus-designed activities that rely on several tools (MICASE, COCA, TextSTAT, for example) to teach a variety of language skills. This book does not intend to provide a complete theoretical foundation for corpus linguistics, but it does aim to provide its readers with the basic theoretical underpinnings and tools needed to work with corpora in the classroom in such a way that they are able to more effectively and efficiently help students to acquire a second language.

Author : Randi Reppen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-22
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521769877

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Using Corpora in the Language Classroom by Randi Reppen Pdf

Explains and illustrates how teachers can use corpora to create classroom materials and activities to address specific class needs. Using Corpora in the Language Classroom shows teachers how to use corpora and corpus tools to expand student learning. Together with its companion website, this teacher-friendly book demystifies corpus linguistics with clear explanations, instructions and examples. It provides the essential knowledge, tools, and skills teachers need to enable students to discover how language is really used. Clear and concise, this volume provides: -An overview of corpus linguistics -Clear explanations of terminology -Tasks and activities that invite readers to interact with the material -Principled instructions for creating classroom materials and activities, including how to create corpora to address specific class needs.

Author : John McHardy Sinclair
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027222831

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How to Use Corpora in Language Teaching by John McHardy Sinclair Pdf

After decades of being overlooked, corpus evidence is becoming an important component of the teaching and learning of languages. Above all, the profession needs guidance in the practicalities of using corpora, interpreting the results and applying them to the problems and opportunities of the classroom. This book is intensely practical, written mainly by a new generation of language teachers who are acknowledged experts in central aspects of the discipline. It offers advice on what to do in the classroom, how to cope with teachers' queries about language, what corpora to use including learner corpora and spoken corpora and how to handle the variability of language; it reports on some current research and explains how the access software is constructed, including an opportunity for the practitioner to write small but useful programs; and it takes a look into the future of corpora in language teaching.

Author : Robert Poole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Corpora (Linguistics)
ISBN : 1474427189

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A Guide to Using Corpora for English Language Learners by Robert Poole Pdf

Author : Pascual Pérez-Paredes,Geraldine Mark
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027258496

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Beyond Concordance Lines by Pascual Pérez-Paredes,Geraldine Mark Pdf

In over 30 years of data-driven learning (DDL) research, there has been a growing sophistication in the ways we collect, analyse, and put corpus data to use. This volume takes a three-fold perspective on DDL. It first looks at DDL and its role in informing language learning theory and how it might shed light on the language development process; secondly it addresses how DDL can help us characterise learner language and inform teaching accordingly, and thirdly it showcases practical applications for the use of DDL in classrooms. The contributors to this volume examine a variety of instructional settings and languages across the world. They reflect on theoretical, methodological and classroom implications using both novel and established language learning theories, natural language processing (NLP), longitudinal research designs, and a variety of language learning targets. The present volume is an invitation from some of the leading researchers in DDL to reflect on the research avenues that will define the field in the coming years.

Author : Guy Aston,Silvia Bernardini,Dominic Stewart
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027222886

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Corpora and Language Learners by Guy Aston,Silvia Bernardini,Dominic Stewart Pdf

Corpus-aided language pedagogy is one of the central application areas of corpus methodologies, and a test bed for theories of language and learning. This volume provides an overview of current trends, offering methodological and theoretical position statements along with results from empirical studies. The relationship between corpora and learning is examined from complementary perspectives — the study of learner language, the didactic use of corpus findings, and the interaction between corpora and their users. Reflections on current theory and technology open and close the volume.With its focus on the learner and the learning setting, Corpora and Language Learners is addressed to corpus linguists with an interest in learner language, applied linguists wishing to expand their understanding of corpora and their pedagogic potential, and language teachers wishing to critically assess the relevance of work in this field. This volume grew out of selected presentations at the 5th Teaching and Language Corpora conference in Bertinoro, Italy.

Author : Dilin Liu,Lei Lei
Publisher : Tesol Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Corpora (Linguistics).
ISBN : 1945351128

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Using Corpora for Language Learning and Teaching by Dilin Liu,Lei Lei Pdf

With the increasing use of corpora in classrooms, the need to understand how to use corpora in language teaching is essential for today?s teachers. Using ample concrete examples, this book offers a step-by-step hands-on introduction to the use of corpora for teaching a variety of English language skills such as grammar, vocabulary, and English academic writing.

Author : Karin Aijmer
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027223074

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Corpora and Language Teaching by Karin Aijmer Pdf

Articles in this volume discuss the role and effectiveness of corpora and corpus-linguistic techniques for language teaching but also deal with broader issues such as the relationship between corpora and second language teaching and how the different perspectives of foreign language teachers and applied linguists can be reconciled.

Author : Eric Friginal,Joseph J. Lee,Brittany Polat,Audrey Roberson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783319599007

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Exploring Spoken English Learner Language Using Corpora by Eric Friginal,Joseph J. Lee,Brittany Polat,Audrey Roberson Pdf

This book presents a corpus-based study of spoken learner language produced by university-level ESL students in the classroom. Using contemporary theories as a guide and employing cutting-edge corpus analysis tools and methods, the authors analyse a variety of learner speech to offer many new insights into the nature and characteristics of the spoken language of college ESL learners. Focusing on types of speech that are rarely examined, this original work makes a significant contribution to the study and understanding of ESL spoken language at university level. It will appeal to students and scholars of applied linguistics, corpus linguistics, second language acquisition and discourse analysis.

Author : Anne O'Keeffe,Michael McCarthy,Ronald Carter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05-03
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521851466

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From Corpus to Classroom by Anne O'Keeffe,Michael McCarthy,Ronald Carter Pdf

This book summarises and makes accessible recent work in corpus research, focusing on spoken data and on the place of lexis in grammar and discourse.

Author : Eric Friginal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317302865

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Corpus Linguistics for English Teachers by Eric Friginal Pdf

Corpus Linguistics for English Teachers: New Tools, Online Resources, and Classroom Activities describes Corpus Linguistics (CL) and its many relevant, creative, and engaging applications to language teaching and learning for teachers and practitioners in TESOL and ESL/EFL, and graduate students in applied linguistics. English language teachers, both novice and experienced, can benefit from the list of new tools, sample lessons, and resources as well as the introduction of topics and themes that connect CL constructs to established theories in language teaching and second language acquisition. Key topics discussed include: • CL and the teaching of English vocabulary, grammar, and spoken-written academic discourse; • new tools, online resources, and classroom activities; and • focus on the "English teacher as a corpus-based researcher." With ready-to-use teaching vignettes, tips and step-by-step guides, case studies with practitioner interviews, and discussion of corpora and corpus tools, Corpus Linguistics for English Teachers is a thoughtfully designed and skillfully executed resource, bridging theory with practice for anyone looking to understand and apply corpus-based tools dynamically in the language learning classroom.

Author : Sandra Götz,Joybrato Mukherjee
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027262820

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Learner Corpora and Language Teaching by Sandra Götz,Joybrato Mukherjee Pdf

While native corpora and corpus linguistic tools and methods have been used and applied for quite some time in the development of learning and teaching materials, learner corpora are only just beginning to impact the field of language teaching, testing and assessment. This volume helps to close this still existing gap and highlights the great potential of learner corpus research for language pedagogy by presenting a selection of 11 original studies on learner corpora, conducted by established experts as well as by excellent young researchers. The papers included in the volume present new corpora and methods; studies on written as well as spoken learner corpora and on using data-driven learning scenarios in the classroom. All papers include sections on practical and concrete language-pedagogical applications. This volume will be of significant interest to researchers working in corpus linguistics, learner corpus research, second language acquisition and English for Academic and Specific Purposes, as well to language teachers and materials developers.

Author : Tatyana Karpenko-Seccombe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780429594724

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Academic Writing with Corpora by Tatyana Karpenko-Seccombe Pdf

Academic Writing with Corpora offers a step-by-step accessible guide to using concordancers and aims to help introduce data-driven learning into the academic English classroom. Addressing the challenges faced by EAP teachers when explaining to their students how to write 'naturally', this book provides a solution to the problem by placing an emphasis on learning from expert and proficient writing. In doing so, it: takes a highly practical approach; uses Lextutor, an easy-to-use, open access concordancer, whilst introducing students to tools, such as SkELL, MICUSP and BNC-English Corpora; fosters autonomous learning by demonstrating how to solve everyday difficulties in word choice and grammar; helps teachers to use corpora in teaching proficient writing and helps students to improve their academic writing by learning from the best examples in their field; guides students towards better awareness of the communicative side of academic writing. This book forms essential reading for all students on academic writing and EAP courses or who wish to improve their writing.

Author : Agnieszka Leńko-Szymańska,Alex Boulton
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-15
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9789027268716

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Multiple Affordances of Language Corpora for Data-driven Learning by Agnieszka Leńko-Szymańska,Alex Boulton Pdf

In recent years, corpora have found their way into language instruction, albeit often indirectly, through their role in syllabus and course design and in the production of teaching materials and other resources. An alternative and more innovative use is for teachers and students alike to explore corpus data directly as part of the learning process. This volume addresses this latter application of corpora by providing research insights firmly based in the classroom context and reporting on several state-of-the-art projects around the world where learners have direct access to corpus resources and tools and utilize them to improve their control of the language systems and skills or their professional expertise as translators. Its aim is to present recent advances in data-driven learning, addressing issues involving different types of corpora, for different learner profiles, in different ways for different purposes, and using a variety of different research methodologies and perspectives.

Author : Reka R. Jablonkai,Eniko Csomay
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000568936

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The Routledge Handbook of Corpora and English Language Teaching and Learning by Reka R. Jablonkai,Eniko Csomay Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Corpora and English Language Teaching and Learning provides a wide-ranging and authoritative overview of the latest developments and innovations in how corpus approaches, corpus technologies, and corpus data can inform and transform English language teaching and learning. Featuring a broad range of international experts, the Handbook presents state-of-the-art scholarship and inspires new avenues for research focusing on six key areas: English language teaching and learning informed by language corpora; corpora in syllabus and materials design; corpora and English for specific and academic purposes; learner corpora for English language teaching; data-driven learning; and corpora and corpus tools for language teaching. Unique to this pioneering volume, the authors cover key areas at the cross-roads of corpus research and English language teaching by drawing on cutting-edge corpus applications, methods, and pedagogical approaches, hence, bridging the research–practice gap in the field. This Handbook is a collection of novel contributions offering essential reading for those researching and studying English language teaching and learning through the application of corpus approaches.