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Title: Corpora and Language Teaching 
Series Title: Studies in Corpus Linguistics 33  

Publication Year: 2010 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=SCL%2033 


Editor: Karin Aijmer

Paperback: ISBN:  9789027223159 Pages: 232 Price: Europe EURO 33.00
Paperback: ISBN:  9789027223159 Pages: 232 Price: U.S. $ 49.95


Abstract:

NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK!

The articles in this edited volume represent a broad coverage of areas. They 
discuss the role and effectiveness of corpora and corpus-linguistic 
techniques for language teaching but also deal with broader issues such as 
the relationship between corpora and second language teaching and how the 
different perspectives of foreign language teachers and applied linguists can 
be reconciled. A number of concrete examples are given of how authentic 
corpus material can be used for different learning activities in the classroom. 
It is also shown how specific learner problems for example in the area of 
phraseology can be studied on the basis of learner corpora and textbook 
corpora. On the basis of learner corpora of speech and writing it is further 
shown that even advanced learners of English are uncertain about stylistic 
and text type differences. 

Table of contents

List of contributors  vii-viii  
Introduction: Corpora and language teaching 
Karin Aijmer 1-10  
Part 1. Corpora and second-language acquisition  11  
The contribution of learner corpora to second language acquisition and foreign 
language teaching: A critical evaluation 
Sylviane Granger 13-332  
Some thoughts on corpora and second-language acquisition 
Stig Johansson 33-44  
Part 2. The direct corpus approach  45  
Who benefits from learning how to use corpora? 
Solveig Granath 47-65  
Oslo Interactive English: Corpus-driven exercises on the Web 
Signe Oksefjell-Ebeling 67-82  
Corpus research and practice: What help do teachers need and what can we 
offer? 
Ute Römer 83-98  
Part 3. The indirect corpus approach  99  
Themes in Swedish advanced learners' writing in English 
Jennifer Herriman and Mia Bostrom Aronsson 101-120  
Thematic choice and expression of stance in English argumentative texts by 
Norwegian learners 
Hilde Hasselgård 121-139  
The usefulness of corpus-based descriptions of English for learners: The 
case of relative frequency 
Susan Hunston 141-154  
Part 4. New types of corpora  155  
Income/interest/net: Using internal criteria to determine the aboutness of a 
text 
Winnie Cheng 157-177  
New types of corpora for new educational challenges: Collecting, annotating 
and exploiting a corpus of textbook material 
Fanny Meunier and Céline Gouverneur 179-201  
The grammar of conversation in advanced spoken learner English: Learner 
corpus data and language-pedagogical implications 
Joybrato Mukherjee 203-230  
Index  231-232  

"Aijmer has succeeded in bringing together ten noteworthy contributions that 
allow the volume (and its readers) to take stock of the the state of the current 
relationship between corpora and language teaching. [...] this volume 
presents a collection of cutting edge research which is likely to be highly 
influential in shaping future directions in the area of corpus linguistics and 
language teaching." 
Lieven Buysse, Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel, in International Journal of 
Corpus Linguistics Vol. 14:4: 549-556 (2009) 

"... this volume edited by Karin Aijmer will serve as a welcome guide and 
source of inspiration for language teachers who want a new tool for 
educational challenges."
Jan Svartvik, Lund University, Sweden 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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