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teaching materials created by lecturers and researchers at the University of Michigan English Language Institute, including
<a href="http://micase.elicorpora.info/esl-eap-teaching-materials">http://micase.elicorpora.info/esl-eap-teaching-materials</a> and
<a href="http://micase.elicorpora.info/esl-self-study-activities">http://micase.elicorpora.info/esl-self-study-activities</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> corpora-bounces@uib.no [mailto:corpora-bounces@uib.no]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>M.E.Sciubba<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 31, 2013 1:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> corpora@uib.no<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Corpora-List] Use of corpora of spontaneous speech to develop materials for enhancing listening skills<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I was wondering if anyone might point me to existing corpora of spontaneous speech that have been used to create teaching material to be used in the language classroom during listening comprehension sessions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your help.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Eleonora Sciubba<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Dr. Maria Eleonora Sciubba<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">tel. +32 16 3 24795</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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