analysis of language

Some interesting new research on corpora, technology and language learning

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Curry, N. (2022). On Corpus-Based Contrastive Linguistics and Language Pedagogy: Reimagining Applications for Contemporary English Language Teaching. In: McCallum, L. (eds) English Language Teaching. English Language Teaching: Theory, Research and Pedagogy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2152-0_14 Li, L. X. (2022). Meta-Analytical Approach to the Impact of Corpus-Driven Teaching on Foreign Language Acquisition. Mobile Information Systems, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/5049312 Ng, C.H., … Read more

Phil Durrant’s talk available on Youtube

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Check out Dr Durrant’s talk “Researching writing development with a corpus” on our research group Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKjKIIQL6u1mXD2V9ZaT-_Q More info on the talk here. More info on Corpus linguistics and applied linguistics research 2021 site.

Language is never, ever, ever random

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“Language is never, ever, ever random” (Kilgarriff, 2005), not in its usage, not in its acquisition, and not in its processing. (Nick C. Ellis, 2017, p. 41) Nick C. Ellis (2017). Cognition, Corpora, and Computing: Triangulating Research in Usage-Based Language Learning. Language Learning 67(S1), pp. 40–65

How learners are using corpora in EMI contexts

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This talk was part of Cambridge University Press ELS Insights on Demand. You can download my presentation slides here. Here´s a list of the references I used in this presentation: Biber, D. (2019). Text-linguistic approaches to register variation. Register Studies, 1(1), 42-75. Biber, D., & Conrad, S. (2009). Register, genre, and style. Cambridge University Press. Brian, A. (2020). A case study of corpus-informed ESP language learning materials for EMI psychology students at the University of Padova. Curry, N. & Pérez-Paredes, P. (2021). Understanding Lecturers’ Practices and Processes: A Qualitative Investigation of … Read more

There are infinite ways of using language

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Epistemological relativity, for an ELT professional, means that one acceptsthat there are infinite ways of using language and that differences do notautomatically call for judgmental evaluation. (Leung, 2005: p. 138) Leung, C. (2005). Convivial communication: Recontextualizing communicative competence. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 15(2), 119-144. Check other quotations here.