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Unlock the potential of corpus linguistics for language learning This 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. Key Features: - Think About It boxes include reflective activities - Your Turn boxes contain hands-on activities - Screenshots guide the reader through the learning and discovery experience - References a variety of popular corpora including COCA, BNC and GloWbE - Includes a directory of online resources and a short glossary of key terms
List of contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Learning the Essentials
Chapter 2: Corpus Searches for Vocabulary Learning
Chapter 3: Corpus Searches for Writing
Chapter 4: Corpus Searches for Cultural Study and Conversation Topics
Chapter 5: Building Your Own Corpus
Corpus Resources; Additional Readings; Glossary
About the author
Robert Poole is Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics and TESOL at the University of Alabama. He has taught English in Nicaragua and South Korea as well as several language institutes in the US. His research focuses on corpus-aided approaches to language teaching and learning and corpus-aided discourse analysis.
Summary
This textbook will help you unlock and access the great potential of corpus linguistics for language learning.It 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.
