Corpus linguistics, applied linguistics & technology in language education
perezparedes 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
Are you a researcher interested in finding out about the English language corpora at Cambridge University Press? The Press has a number of English language corpora that University of Cambridge researchers can access. This workshop will give you an introduction to the corpora at the Press and give you some hands-on experience of working with … Read more
In this session we’ll look at some corpus linguistics methods that can be used to analyse a text or a group of texts automatically. You can find further information and resources in my book Corpus Linguistics for Education. A Guide for Research. Routledge. In a way, corpus linguistics could be seen as a type of … Read more
The world’s biggest short-story writing competition for kids has returned.
All entries must be received by Friday 8th March at 7pm.
This year’s 500 Words Final will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 2 from Windsor Castle, on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show, on Friday 14th June.
500 Words is an open invitation to the wide world of imagination, so it’s time to get those creative cogs turning!
BBC, Oxford University Press, 500 Words and Sketch Engine – what’s the connection? BBC and Oxford University Press organize the world’s biggest short-story writing competition for kids.
After the winners are announced, the stories are processed by Sketch Engine into the Oxford Children’s Corpus, a 340-million-word database used by linguists and lexicographers to learn how children use English.
Read previous research “Oxford Children’s Corpus: a Corpus of Children’s Writing, Reading, and Education (PDF)
Source: BBC website
