Writing vs editing

From Jon Winokur @AdviceToWriters Repeat the mantra: Writing is when I make the words. Editing is when I make them not shitty. CHUCK WENDIG (Star Wars author)

U. Oxford Keynote: Education and learning research in the age of complexity and fragmentation. An introspection

  Oxford-Cambridge PhD students’ exchange seminar. Department of Education, University of Oxford. June 1, 2018. Keynote: Education and learning research in the age of complexity and fragmentation: an introspection On 1 June 2018 I had the privilege to deliver a keynote on the Oxford-Cambridge PhD in Education exchange. I discussed the impact of the ideas of … Read more

Understanding register: 5 basic references

  Biber, D., Johansson, S., Leech, G., Conrad, S., & Finegan, E. (1999). Longman grammar of spoken and written language. Harlow: Longman. Biber, D., & Conrad, S. (2009). Register, genre, and style. Cambridge University Press. Biber, D., Conrad, S., & Cortes, V. (2004). If you look at…: Lexical bundles in university teaching and textbooks. Applied … Read more

5 recent papers on Data-driven learning

  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