基本説明
The articles in this edited volume represent a broad coverage of areas. They discuss the role and effectiveness of corpora and corpus-linguistic techniques for language teaching but also deal with broader issues such as the relationship between corpora and second language teaching and how the different perspectives of foreign language teachers and applied linguists can be reconciled. A number of concrete examples are given of how authentic corpus material can be used for different learning activities in the classroom. On the basis of learner corpora of speech and writing it is further shown that even advanced learners of English are uncertain about stylistic and text type differences.
Full Description
The articles in this edited volume represent a broad coverage of areas. They discuss the role and effectiveness of corpora and corpus-linguistic techniques for language teaching but also deal with broader issues such as the relationship between corpora and second language teaching and how the different perspectives of foreign language teachers and applied linguists can be reconciled. A number of concrete examples are given of how authentic corpus material can be used for different learning activities in the classroom. It is also shown how specific learner problems for example in the area of phraseology can be studied on the basis of learner corpora and textbook corpora. On the basis of learner corpora of speech and writing it is further shown that even advanced learners of English are uncertain about stylistic and text type differences.
Contents
1. List of contributors; 2. Introduction: Corpora and language teaching (by Aijmer, Karin); 3. Part 1. Corpora and second-language acquisition; 4. The contribution of learner corpora to second language acquisition and foreign language teaching: A critical evaluation (by Granger, Sylviane); 5. Some thoughts on corpora and second-language acquisition (by Johansson, Stig); 6. Part 2. The direct corpus approach; 7. Who benefits from learning how to use corpora? (by Granath, Solveig); 8. Oslo Interactive English: Corpus-driven exercises on the Web (by Ebeling, Signe Oksefjell); 9. Corpus research and practice: What help do teachers need and what can we offer? (by Romer, Ute); 10. Part 3. The indirect corpus approach; 11. Themes in Swedish advanced learners' writing in English (by Herriman, Jennifer); 12. Thematic choice and expression of stance in English argumentative texts by Norwegian learners (by Hasselgard, Hilde); 13. The usefulness of corpus-based descriptions of English for learners: The case of relative frequency (by Hunston, Susan); 14. Part 4. New types of corpora; 15. Income/interest/net: Using internal criteria to determine the aboutness of a text (by Cheng, Winnie); 16. New types of corpora for new educational challenges: Collecting, annotating and exploiting a corpus of textbook material (by Meunier, Fanny); 17. The grammar of conversation in advanced spoken learner English: Learner corpus data and language-pedagogical implications (by Mukherjee, Joybrato); 18. Index
