Corpus linguistics, applied linguistics & technology in language education
In different ways, the use of concordancers, concordance lines and language corpora promoted the use of information technologies and active search strategies, which was perceived as a valuable asset. Recently, Johansson (2009:41) claimed that more systematic studies are needed in order to test the benefits of DDL and that it is necessary to discuss “students’ … Read more
A review of María Moreno Jaén, Fernando Serrano Valverde and María Calzada Pérez, eds. Exploring New Paths in Language Pedagogy: Lexis and Corpus-based Language Teaching. London: Equinox, 2010. Jesús Nieto García. Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses, 64, 2012, 189-192.
A review of María Moreno Jaén, Fernando Serrano Valverde and María Calzada Pérez, eds. Exploring New Paths in Language Pedagogy: Lexis and Corpus-based Language Teaching. London: Equinox, 2010. Jesús Nieto García. Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses, 64, 2012, 189-192.
“Empirical studies are extremely difficult to conduct in applied linguistics, as indeed in any other area of social sciences or the humanities, given the enormous number of different factors which can impact on any given study” (p.264). Boulton, A. (2012). Corpus consultation for ESP. In Boulton, A., Carter-Thomas, S. and Rowley-Jolivet, E. (eds.). 2012. Corpus-Informed … Read more