Corpus linguistics, applied linguistics & technology in language education
Adverb use and language proficiency in young learners’ writing Pascual Pérez-Paredes and María Sánchez-Tornel International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 19:2. 2014. iii, 137 pp. (pp. 178–200) Our research examines the use of general adverbs by learners across grades 5, 6, 9 and 10 in the International Corpus of Crosslinguistic Interlanguage (ICCI) by looking at whether … Read more
The Use of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages to Evaluate Compositions in the English Exam Section of the University Admission Examination. In Revista de Educación, 357, enero-abril 2012.
The Use of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages to Evaluate Compositions in the English Exam Section of the University Admission Examination. In Revista de Educación, 357, enero-abril 2012.
Pérez-Paredes, P., & Díez-Bedmar, B. (2012). The use of intensifying adverbs in learner writing. In Y. Tono, Y. Kawaguchi, & M. Minegishi (Eds.),Developmental and Crosslinguistic Perspectives in Learner Corpus Research. Amsterdam/Philadelphia,: John Benjamins.
Pérez-Paredes, P., & Díez-Bedmar, B. (2012). The use of intensifying adverbs in learner writing. In Y. Tono, Y. Kawaguchi, & M. Minegishi (Eds.),Developmental and Crosslinguistic Perspectives in Learner Corpus Research. Amsterdam/Philadelphia,: John Benjamins.
According to The Guardian there is evidence that the explicit teaching of grammar rules leads to better learning. Nothing that surprises researchers in Form-focused instruction. The article has been written by Dr Catherine Walter, Lecturer in applied linguistics at the University of Oxford, co-author with Michael Swan of the Oxford English Grammar Course. What really interests me is … Read more