applied linguistics

“The cognitive and social foundations of language acquisition” 22 Nov 16:30

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Interesting talk in the Cambridge Linguistics Forum Dr Paul Ibbotson, Open University Thursday 22nd of November at 4.30-6pm English Faculty Building, GR-06/07 (ground floor). Tea/coffee and biscuits from 4pm. “The cognitive and social foundations of language acquisition” Paul Ibbotson will present evidence from his own research that shows the developmental trajectory of language is in … Read more

Some references on Usage-based language learning approaches

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Ellis, N. (2017) Chapter 6 – Chunking in Language Usage, Learning and Change: I Don’t Know from Part III – Chunking. Edited by Marianne Hundt, Universität Zürich, Sandra Mollin, Universität Heidelberg, Simone E. Pfenninger, Universität Salzburg. Cambridge University Press, pp 113-147 https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316091746.006 Ellis, N. (2017). Cognition, Corpora, and Computing: Triangulating Research in Usage‐Based Language Learning. … Read more

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

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  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

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  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

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  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