[Corpora-List] Launch of a new web resource: Michigan Corpus Linguistics

[Ute Römer]

Dear all, 
 
The Corpus Linguistics Unit at the University of Michigan English Language
Institute has just launched a new website:  <http://www.elicorpora.info>
http://www.elicorpora.info. The website brings all Michigan Corpus
Linguistics projects together in a single location and contains sections
with information and resources on the following projects: 
 
1. The Michigan Corpus of Academic Spoken English (MICASE), with links to
the online search interface, freely accessible MICASE sound files, tutorials
for teachers and learners, MICASE-based teaching materials and kibbitzers,
and a lot more (see http://micase.elicorpora.info/);
 
2. The Michigan Corpus of Upper-level Student Papers (MICUSP), our almost
completed corpus of advanced student writing samples from a wide range of
disciplines (see http://micusp.elicorpora.info/);
 
3. The John Swales Conference Corpus (JSCC), including download information
for this recently-launched freely available academic speech corpus (see
http://jscc.elicorpora.info/); 
 
4. The Michigan Generation 1.5 project (Gen 1.5), a project that aims to
better understand and support the instructional needs of international
student writers and Generation 1.5 writers (see
http://gen15.elicorpora.info/); and 
 
5. An overview of our Corpus Training and Research activities (CTR),
including information about our ongoing research projects, conferences we
are/were involved in organizing, and the training we provide in corpus
analysis (see http://ctr.elicorpora.info/). 
 
The website features an audience-based navigation system which should make
it easy for you to find the materials you are interested in. We have labeled
every page as relevant (or not relevant) for one of three target audience
groups: Teachers, Learners, and Researchers. In the right-hand menu bar on
the page you can apply a teacher/learner/researcher filter by clicking one
of three tabs (it is, of course, also possible to look at the page in "all"
mode and not apply any filters but see all available resources). 
 
I would like to thank the members of the Michigan Corpus Linguistics team
(see http://www.elicorpora.info/about) who put in a lot of work in the
website over the past few months. Thanks are also due to Kate Boyd for
providing expert advice on graphic design issues and creating our new unit
logo. 
 
I hope you will enjoy exploring the website and will find the resources
useful! If you have any questions or comments on the website or our
projects, please feel free to contact us at  <mailto:elicorpora at umich.edu>
elicorpora at umich.edu. 
 
Happy surfing and all the best,
Ute
 
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Dr. Ute Römer
Director of the Applied Corpus Linguistics Unit
English Language Institute
University of Michigan
Email:  <mailto:uroemer at umich.edu> uroemer at umich.edu 
Phone: +1 734 763 7133 
Fax: +1 734 763 0369  
http://www.elicorpora.info <http://www.elicorpora.info/>  
http://www.uteroemer.com <http://www.uteroemer.com/>  

  
Surface mail address: 
Dr. Ute Römer 
University of Michigan 
English Language Institute 
500 E. Washington Street 
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2028 
USA 
 
 
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