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How can usage-based SLA invigorate language education? Prof. Lourdes Ortega, Georgetown University F. Education, University of Cambridge, 17:00-18:30 SLEG Cambridge talks: URL  Some ideas discussed in the talk A multilingual under a multilingual perspective: not necessarily from birth mot mativelike not even equally proficient in different L2s It is in usage that we find explanations … Read more

4th Learner Corpus Studies in Asia and the World (LCSAW4)

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Following three successful conventions, the 4th Learner Corpus Studies in Asia and the World (LCSAW4) will be held on Sunday, 29, September2019, at Kobe University Centennial Hall in Japan. URL LCSAW4 is organized in cooperation with the ESRC-AHRC project led byDr. Tony McEnery at Lancaster University, UK. Invited Speakers Tony McEnery Patrick Rebuschatt Padraic Monaghan … Read more

Granada 29 April 2019: some quotes

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Representativeness Balance, representativeness and comparability are ideals which corpus builders strive for but rarely, if ever, attain. In truth, the measures of balance and representativeness are matters of degree. V´aradi (2001) has been critical of the failure of corpus linguists to fully define and realise a balanced and representative corpus. Even proposals, such as those … Read more

Corpus linguistics and instructional needs

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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