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Using regex on TextWrangler

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Why TextWrangler? Some Regex BBEdit / TextWrangler Regular Expression Guide ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— BBEdit / BBEdit-Lite / TextWrangler Regular Expression Guide Modified: 2018/08/10 01:19 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— NOTES: The PCRE engine (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) is what BBEdit and TextWrangler use. Items I’m unsure of are marked ‘# PCRE?’. The list while fairly comprehensive is not complete. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— PATTERN … Read more

Free copy of our latest paper in Computer Assisted Language Learning

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Our article, Language teachers’ perceptions on the use of OER language processing technologies in MALL, has just been published on Computer Assisted Language Learning Journal, Taylor & Francis Online. 50 free eprints can be downloaded from the following URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/epWFWhVAGFZ4yRSIaMcA/full Get yours now!!!! Abstract Combined with the ubiquity and constant connectivity of mobile devices, and with … Read more

Graphic Online Language Diagnostic

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  The Graphic Online Language Diagnostic (“GOLD”) is a corpus tool that allows language educators to submit and analyze language data. GOLD was developed by the Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (“CALPER”) at The Pennsylvania State University (“PSU”), University Park, PA, USA under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education (Title … Read more

TAALES 2.2 is out : automatic analysis of lexical sophistication, Windows and Mac

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From the TAALES website: Kyle, K. & Crossley, S. A. (2015). Automatically assessing lexical sophistication: Indices, tools, findings, and application. TESOL Quarterly 49(4), pp. 757-786. doi: 10.1002/tesq.194 TAALES is a tool that measures over 400 classic and new indices of lexical sophistication, and includes indices related to a wide range of sub-constructs. TAALES indices have … Read more