ERIC Number: ED607175
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Publication Date: 2020-Aug-10
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Introducing Corpus Linguistic Tools to EFL Undergraduates and Trainee Teachers
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Many language teachers use Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in their classrooms to create tasks, quizzes, or polls with general online learning platforms. Few teachers have experience, however, of incorporating online corpus tools in their teaching or assessment practices. This paper will explore how autonomous learning can be fostered by gradually introducing freely available lexical databases, online collocation dictionaries, pronunciation guides, concordancers, N-gram extractors, and other text analysis tools for vocabulary building, skills practice, or self-checking. Tasks used with English as a Foreign Language (EFL) undergraduates and teacher trainees on a Master's Teaching English as a Foreign Language (MA TEFL) course will be presented. I will also explain why having some familiarity with linguistics research can enable teachers to use these applications more meaningfully. [For the complete volume, "Education 4.0 Revolution: Transformative Approaches to Language Teaching and Learning, Assessment and Campus Design," see ED607129.]
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Databases, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Pronunciation, Familiarity, Masters Programs, Phrase Structure, Language Teachers, Information Technology, Vocabulary Development, Undergraduate Students, Independent Study, Dictionaries, Teacher Education Programs, Task Analysis, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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