Corpus linguistics, applied linguistics & technology in language education
This text from Jan Blommaert’s research blog. I find this text so compelling I´d like to preserve a copy of these words. This text is copyright and belongs to Jan Blommaert, a sociolinguist and discourse analyst. Two of my maîtres à penser died relatively young. Michel Foucault was 57, Erving Goffman was 60. It is highly likely … Read more
This message distributed on the corpora list by Prof Tony Berber Sardinha, Director, LAEL. Graduate Program in Applied Linguistics The recordings of the following LAEL webinars are available at:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9-sGRAJFwaPj0I4U3aR0jA Speaker: Tove Larsson, Uppsala University, Sweden; Un. Catholique Louvain, BelgiumTitle: On Learner Corpus Research and things I wish someone had told me when I was a … Read more
La utilización de herramientas digitales para la comunicación profesional se ha convertido en un hecho habitual para la mayoría de los investigadores y docentes universitarios. No en vano, las nuevas tecnologías aplicadas a la industria de la lengua se han desarrollado de forma exponencial en la última década. Tal ha sido este crecimiento que en … Read more
Online Data-Driven Learning SPOC “Improving Writing Through Corpora” is now live at the following address:https://edge.edx.org/courses/course-v1:UQx+SLATx+2019/about Improvements in Version 2 include: A) All course images and functionality have been updated for the ‘new’ Sketch Engine interface. B) New functions specific to the ‘new’ Sketch Engine interface are now included in the course (e.g. Good Dictionary EXamples … Read more
(1) Jacques Barzun: The act of writing is itself an exercise of thought. Writing is important. But thinking is essential. Read more here. Make sure your writing reflects criticality. (2) Try to achieve clarity. Nobody has ever been criticized for writing that is too clear. Communicate your ideas in the simplest and most precise way … Read more