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A Guide to Using Corpora for English Language Learners / Robert Poole.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (184 p.) : 210 colour illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781474427166
  • 9781474427180
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 428.24071 23
LOC classification:
  • PE1128.A2 P66 2018
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- TO LANGUAGE LEARNERS -- TO LANGUAGE TEACHERS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 LEARNING THE ESSENTIALS -- 2 CORPUS SEARCHES FOR VOCABULARY LEARNING -- 3 CORPUS SEARCHES FOR WRITING -- 4 CORPUS SEARCHES FOR CULTURAL STUDY AND CONVERSATION TOPICS -- 5 BUILDING YOUR OWN CORPUS -- CORPUS RESOURCES -- FURTHER READING -- GLOSSARY -- INDEX
Summary: Unlock the potential of corpus linguistics for language learningThis textbook will help you unlock and access the great potential of corpus linguistics for language learning. While other books discuss how instructors may implement corpora in the classroom, this book provides step-by-step illustrated examples to help learners, graduate students, and language instructors visualize and understand the potential of corpus linguistics for language learning.It guides you through the application of corpus searches for writing, vocabulary and cultural study and provides guidance on building your own corpus. The hands-on approach will strengthen your development into an autonomous language learner and help instructors learn to design and implement their own corpus activities. With tutorials on a range of popular and increasingly user-friendly corpora, it helps usher in a new era of corpus-aided language learning.Think About It boxes include reflective activitiesYour Turn boxes contain hands-on activitiesScreenshots guide the reader through the learning and discovery experienceReferences a variety of popular corpora including COCA, BNC and GloWbEIncludes a directory of online resources and a short glossary of key termsPaperback and ebook editions are full colour throughout
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- TO LANGUAGE LEARNERS -- TO LANGUAGE TEACHERS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 LEARNING THE ESSENTIALS -- 2 CORPUS SEARCHES FOR VOCABULARY LEARNING -- 3 CORPUS SEARCHES FOR WRITING -- 4 CORPUS SEARCHES FOR CULTURAL STUDY AND CONVERSATION TOPICS -- 5 BUILDING YOUR OWN CORPUS -- CORPUS RESOURCES -- FURTHER READING -- GLOSSARY -- INDEX

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Unlock the potential of corpus linguistics for language learningThis textbook will help you unlock and access the great potential of corpus linguistics for language learning. While other books discuss how instructors may implement corpora in the classroom, this book provides step-by-step illustrated examples to help learners, graduate students, and language instructors visualize and understand the potential of corpus linguistics for language learning.It guides you through the application of corpus searches for writing, vocabulary and cultural study and provides guidance on building your own corpus. The hands-on approach will strengthen your development into an autonomous language learner and help instructors learn to design and implement their own corpus activities. With tutorials on a range of popular and increasingly user-friendly corpora, it helps usher in a new era of corpus-aided language learning.Think About It boxes include reflective activitiesYour Turn boxes contain hands-on activitiesScreenshots guide the reader through the learning and discovery experienceReferences a variety of popular corpora including COCA, BNC and GloWbEIncludes a directory of online resources and a short glossary of key termsPaperback and ebook editions are full colour throughout

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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