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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I've recently become interested in the possibility of constructing a corpus of textbooks and other materials used in primary and secondary schools (K-12). A quick review of what's readily available on the internet doesn't reveal much work in this area. There's Donald Haye's fairly small historical corpus of materials included in readers and primers; there are a few studies using rather small textbook corpora for EFL work, and there's mention here and there of the MacMillan Textbook Corpus, but as far as I can tell it's not available for researchers, and was primarily used in the construction of a dictionary. ETS supported Biber's construction of a University-level academic corpus, but that is relatively small and obviously focused above the level that I am concerned with.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">What I have in mind is not a large assemblage of texts with little associated information, but rather a corpus designed to provide balanced coverage over all school grades and subjects.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Does anyone know of more serious efforts to build a large and representative corpus covering all grades and subject areas for primary and secondary schools in any of the English-speaking countries?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thanks,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Paul Deane</FONT>
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