applied linguistics

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.

Some reflections at the crossroads of corpus linguistics research and L2 learning

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Programa de Doctorado Interuniversitario en Estudios Ingleses Avanzados: Lingüística, Literatura y Cultura (IDAES) – IDAES Graduate Day References Cohen, L., Manion, L., & Morrison, K. (2018). Research methods in education. Routledge. Dornyei, Z. (2007). Research Methods in Applied Linguistics. OUP. Hunston, S. (2019). Patterns, constructions, and applied linguistics. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 24(3), 324-353. Loewen, S., & … Read more

Rethinking learning in DDL

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Plenary abstract It´s 11 years now that Johansson´s (2009:41) claimed that more systematic studies are needed in order to test the benefits of DDL and to discuss ‘students’ problems with corpus investigation’. The meta-analyses carried out by Boulton & Cobb (2017) and Lee, Warschauer & Lee (2018) have cast robust results on the benefits of … Read more

Interpreting Effect Sizes in L2 Research

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Plonsky, L. and Oswald, F.L. (2014), How Big Is “Big”? Interpreting Effect Sizes in L2 Research. Language Learning, 64: 878-912. doi:10.1111/lang.12079 Abstract The calculation and use of effect sizes—such as d for mean differences and r for correlations—has increased dramatically in second language (L2) research in the last decade. Interpretations of these effects, however, have been rare and, when … Read more