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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Poole, Robert

Titel

A Guide to Using Corpora for English Language Learners

Ort / Verlag

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

[2022]

Link zum Volltext

• De Gruyter E-Books EBA bis 31.12.2026 (ZDB-23-DGG-eba)
• De Gruyter E-Books EBA bis 31.12.2026 (ZDB-23-DGG-eba)

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• Cover

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Unlock the potential of corpus linguistics for language learningThis textbook will help you unlock and access the great potential of corpus linguistics for language learning. While other books discuss how instructors may implement corpora in the classroom, this book provides step-by-step illustrated examples to help learners, graduate students, and language instructors visualize and understand the potential of corpus linguistics for language learning.It guides you through the application of corpus searches for writing, vocabulary and cultural study and provides guidance on building your own corpus. The hands-on approach will strengthen your development into an autonomous language learner and help instructors learn to design and implement their own corpus activities. With tutorials on a range of popular and increasingly user-friendly corpora, it helps usher in a new era of corpus-aided language learning.Think About It boxes include reflective activitiesYour Turn boxes contain hands-on activitiesScreenshots guide the reader through the learning and discovery experienceReferences a variety of popular corpora including COCA, BNC and GloWbEIncludes a directory of online resources and a short glossary of key termsPaperback and ebook editions are full colour throughout