Corpus linguistics and instructional needs

Tyler & Ortega (2018: 317): Quite simply, corpora are the place to look for patterns of usage. Moreover, we believe that in usage-inspired instruction L2 targets should be taught not just because they can be taught – that is, because we have a good linguistic description or can create good materials – but because corpus … Read more

Some extracts from Jean Coussins’ “English is not enough”

Source: (URL) A NATIONAL RECOVERY PROGRAMME FOR LANGUAGES. A framework proposal from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages, published 4 March 2019 Some extracts Britain, and its government, must remember that only six per cent of the world’s population are native English speakers and 75 per cent speak no English at all. The amount … Read more