Month: November 2015

#Corpuslinguistics webinars today and tomorrow @Anne0Keeffe

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Thanks to Anne O’Keeffe FREE WEBINARS 13:00 GMT today 26th November, 2015 “‘Appropriate methodologies for studying classroom discourse” Prof. Steve Walsh, Newcastle University Link to webinar: https://mic.adobeconnect.com/maallearnerdiscourse/ 17:00 GMT tomorrow 27th November, 2015 “Using corpora to inform teaching and materials development” Prof. Randi Reppen, Northern Arizona University Link to webinar: https://mic.adobeconnect.com/maalissuesinlinguistics/ Recordings of these will … Read more

Corpus Apprenants norvégiens du français

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Ce corpus, constitué à l’été 2015 par Catrine Bang Nilsen, présente 5 interactions spontanées d’environ une heure chacune entre apprenants norvégiens intermédiaires et avancés du français et francophones de France. Sa transcription par Clémence Michel et Jérôme Barbet suit les conventions du corpus CFPQ. Afin de respecter la confidentialité des informateurs, les films des interactions … Read more

Born global: policy research project (British Academy) Bernardette Holmes

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  Bernardette Holmes Speak to the future website Born Global www Project introduction Interim report Some preliminary questions How languages are used in professional contexts? How language needs are met Employer attitudes towards language skills Recruitment and remuneration behaviours Expectations of language competence and use “The new normal is multilinguism” Mismatch between demand and supply … Read more

Collocate 1.0 for Windows free download

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  Through the Corpora list ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: The Windows program Collocate 1.0 is available for download at michaelbarlow.com. The software extracts collocations in various ways (including n-grams) and provides scores based on MI, t-score and Log Likelihood. This version of the software is now free. If you want to simply check out the functionality of the … Read more