Computer learner corpora, second language acquisition, and foreign language teaching / edited by Sylviane Granger, Joseph Hung, and Stephanie Petch-Tyson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Granger, Sylviane, 1951-

Hung, Joseph.

Petch-Tyson, Stephanie.

Series:

Language learning and language teaching ; v. 6.

Language learning and language teaching ; v. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Computer-assisted instruction.

Language and languages.

Second language acquisition--Computer-assisted instruction.

Second language acquisition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book takes stock of current research into computer learner corpora conducted both by ELT and SLA specialists. It should be of particular interest to researchers looking to assess its relevance to SLA theory and ELT practice. Throughout the volume, emphasis is also placed on practical, methodological aspects of computer learner corpus research, in particular the contribution of technology to the research process. The advantages and disadvantages of automated and semi-automated approaches are analyzed, the capabilities of linguistic software tools investigated, the corpora (and compilation processes) described in detail. In this way, an important function of the volume is to give practical insight to researchers who may be considering compiling a corpus of learner data or embarking on learner corpus research.The volume is divided into three main sections: Section 1 gives a general overview of learner corpus research; Section 2 illustrates a range of corpus-based approaches to interlanguage analysis; Section 3 demonstrates the direct pedagogical relevance of learner corpus work.

Contents:

Computer Learner Corpora, Second Language Acquisition and Foreign Language Teaching

Editorial page

Title page

LCC page

Table of contents

Preface

List of contributors

I. The role of computer learner corpora in SLA research and FLT

A Bird's-eye view of learner corpus research

Notes

References

II. Corpus-based approaches to interlanguage

Using bilingual corpus evidence in learner corpus research

Modality in advanced Swedish learners' written interlanguage

A corpus-based study of the L2-acquisition of the English verb system

III. Corpus-based approaches to foreign language pedagogy

The pedagogical value of native and learner corpora in EFL grammar teaching

Learner corpora and language testing

Acknowledgement

URLs

Appendix A.

Appendix B.

Appendix C.

Business English

The TELEC secondary learner corpus

Pedagogy and local learner corpora

Name index

Subject index

The series LANGUAGE LEARNING &amp

LANGUAGE TEACHING (LL&amp

LT).

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612161001

9781282161009

1282161008

9789027296238

9027296235