Corpus Linguistics for Elt - Research and Practice

Corpus Linguistics for ELT provides a practical guide to undertaking ELT-related corpus research. This book introduces the reader to ELT-related corpus research in areas such as grammar, lexis, ESP and learner corpora, and discusses the implications of this research as well as its applications in a classroom setting. With extension tasks and suggestions for ELT-based research projects, and equipping the reader with all the necessary skills and information to carry them out, Corpus Linguistics for ELT is key reading for teachers, students and researchers new to corpus research, as well as those wishing to focus on corpus research in specific areas of ELT.

Sommario

1. Introduction
2. Building a corpus
3. Corpora and Lexis
4. Corpus research and grammar
5. Spoken corpus research
6. Corpora and the Classroom
7. Corpora and ESP
8. Corpora in perspective
9. Summary and Conclusion
Appendices

Info autore

Ivor Timmis is Reader in English Language Teaching at Leeds Beckett University. His research interests lie in the relationship corpus linguistics and ELT, the focus of his three articles in ELT Journal. He is also working on an historical spoken corpus with data from the late 1930s in his home town, Bolton.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ivor Timmis, Ivor (Leeds Beckett University Timmis, Timmis Ivor
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.04.2015
• EAN: 9780415747110
• ISBN: 978-0-415-74711-0
• Pagine: 214
• Serie: Routledge Corpus Linguistics Guides
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Language: history & general works, Language teaching theory and methods, Language: history and general works, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Arts & Humanities, Applied linguistics for ELT