Corpus linguistics, applied linguistics & technology in language education
perezparedes Requested by one of my students, a selection of 5 recent papers on Data-driven learning and the use of corpora in language education. Ballance, O. J. (2017). Pedagogical models of concordance use: correlations between concordance user preferences. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 30(3-4), 259-283. (Link) Boulton, A. (2017). Corpora in language teaching and learning. … Read more
Love this art by Christopher Vorlet in The Chronicle of Higher Education. This is about how those in the academia experience anxiety and the never-ending feeling that there is not such thing as “enough”. I was shocked by this quote: “Academia is like a pie-eating contest where the reward is more pie.”
Productivity anxiety: the uneasy feeling that there is always something left to do.
You can read the whole piece here:
https://www.chronicle.com/article/Feeling-Anxious-You-re-Not/243117
You should make it hard on yourself to write so you’re easier to read. FRAN LEBOWITZ From @AdviceToWriters
Nicholas Groom´s great presentation on corpus-based discourse analysis and the examination of closed-class keywords
Xiaoya Sun Investigating the Effectiveness of a Data-driven Learning (DDL) intervention in an EFL Academic Writing Class Tue, March 27, 1:50 to 2:20pm, Sheraton Grand Chicago, Arkansas Room Session Submission Type: Paper Abstract The past few decades have witnessed the emergence and development of corpus linguistics “as a powerful methodology-technology” (Lee & Swales, … Read more
Lifelong Bilingualism: Reshaping Mind and Brain Sun, March 25, 11:20am to 12:25pm, Sheraton Grand Chicago, Chicago 6 and 7 Ellen Bialystok, York University Abstract All our experiences contribute to the way our minds and brains develop, but intense experiences have a special role in shaping our cognitive systems. As humans, no experience is more … Read more