Corpus linguistics, applied linguistics & technology in language education
Much of what is perceived as natural language has to do with phraseology as informed by frequency effects (Geluso, 2013: 148). Geluso, J. (2013). Phraseology and frequency of occurrence on the web: native speakers´percepetions of Google-informed second language writing. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 26,2: 144-157.
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
More information on Register Studies here.
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
Nicholas Groom´s great presentation on corpus-based discourse analysis and the examination of closed-class keywords
Xiaoya Sun Investigating the Effectiveness of a Data-driven Learning (DDL) intervention in an EFL Academic Writing Class Tue, March 27, 1:50 to 2:20pm, Sheraton Grand Chicago, Arkansas Room Session Submission Type: Paper Abstract The past few decades have witnessed the emergence and development of corpus linguistics “as a powerful methodology-technology” (Lee & Swales, … Read more