Corpus Linguistics for Curriculum Design

This book explores how corpora can be employed to design language curricula both for English as a Foreign/Second Language and for other languages. It is an essential and accesible guide for students and researchers in TESOL, Applied Linguistics, ELT, and materials design, as well as language teachers and curriculum designers.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction. Chapter 2: Curriculum and corpus: building blocks. Chapter 3: Lexis in the curriculum. Chapter 4: Grammar. Chapter 5: Pragmatics and discourse. Chapter 6: Sequencing. Chapter 7: Conclusion. Index.

About the author

Graham Burton is an assistant professor at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy). His main research interests are applications of corpus linguistics to language teaching, materials development, pedagogic grammar, academic writing and multilingualism. He is the author of numerous books, book chapters, peer-reviewed journals, and teaching publications.

Product details

• Authors: Graham Burton, Burton Graham
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 27.10.2025
• EAN: 9781032342115
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3234211-5
• No. of pages: 214
• Series: Routledge Corpus Linguistics Guides
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Language: history & general works, Teaching of a specific subject, Language teaching theory and methods, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Language: history and general works, Bilingualism and multilingualism, Applied linguistics for ELT