5 recent books for language teachers interested in corpus linguistics, DDL & language education

Crosthwaite, P. (Ed.). (2019). Data-driven learning for the next generation: Corpora and DDL for pre-tertiary learners. Routledge. (URL) Jablonkai, R. R., & Csomay, E. (Eds.). (2022). The Routledge Handbook of Corpora and English Language Teaching and Learning. Routledge.. (URL) Pérez-Paredes, P. (2020). Corpus Linguistics for Education. A Guide for Research. Routledge. (URL) Timmis, I. (2015). Corpus linguistics for … Read more

Excel text functions

UPPER(cell_reference) LOWER(cell_reference) PROPER(cell_reference) TRIM(text)  EXACT(cell_reference1, cell_reference2) The result is True for an exact match or False for no match. FIND(find, within, start_number) where the first two arguments are required. The start_number argument is optional and allows you to specify with which character position to start the search. REPLACE(current_text, start_number, number_characters, new_text) where each argument is required. Let’s look at … Read more

International Doctoral Summer School in Applied Linguistics & TESOL (2023)

Summer School website Registration: https://www.um.edu.mt/events/summerdoctoral2023/registration/ University of Malta Valletta Campus, St Paul StreetValletta VLT 1216, Malta The Centre for English Language Proficiency (CELP) will host a five-day Doctoral Summer School on 3-7 July 2023. This will take place at the University of Malta’s Valletta Campus. The Summer School offers PhD students in Applied Linguistics and … Read more