Learners’ search patterns during corpus-based focus-on-form activities

This research explores the search behaviour of EFL learners (n=24) by tracking their interaction with corpus-based materials during focus-on-form activities (Observe, Search the corpus, Rewriting). One set of learners made no use of web services other than the BNC during the central Search the corpus activity while the other set resorted to other web services … Read more

Learners’ search patterns during corpus-based focus-on-form activities

This research explores the search behaviour of EFL learners (n=24) by tracking their interaction with corpus-based materials during focus-on-form activities (Observe, Search the corpus, Rewriting). One set of learners made no use of web services other than the BNC during the central Search the corpus activity while the other set resorted to other web services … Read more

Enhancing and extending corpora and corpora tools for learning and teaching

Valoriser et développer les outils autour des corpus dans une perspective didactique / Enhancing and extending corpora and corpora tools for learning and teaching Mardi/Tuesday, mai/May 27th Salle/Room 205 Site Rabelais, UJF Valence, France Link Programme 9h30 – Speed-dating : Présentations/Presentations 10h – Présentation et discussion autour du livre/presentation and discussion about the book « … Read more

Enhancing and extending corpora and corpora tools for learning and teaching

Valoriser et développer les outils autour des corpus dans une perspective didactique / Enhancing and extending corpora and corpora tools for learning and teaching Mardi/Tuesday, mai/May 27th Salle/Room 205 Site Rabelais, UJF Valence, France Programme 9h30 – Speed-dating : Présentations/Presentations 10h – Présentation et discussion autour du livre/presentation and discussion about the book « Des … Read more

Full-text data for the two largest BYU corpora

I have received this through the CORPORA List:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: At http://corpus.byu.edu/full-text/ you can now download full-text data for the two largest BYU corpora: Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). 440 million words of downloadable text; the largest, most up-to-date, publicly-available corpus of English that is balanced for genre (spoken, fiction, magazine, newspaper, and academic). The corpus … Read more

Full-text data for the two largest BYU corpora

I have received this through the CORPORA List:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: At http://corpus.byu.edu/full-text/ you can now download full-text data for the two largest BYU corpora: Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). 440 million words of downloadable text; the largest, most up-to-date, publicly-available corpus of English that is balanced for genre (spoken, fiction, magazine, newspaper, and academic). The corpus … Read more