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Direct linkFung, Loretta; Carter, Ronald – Applied Linguistics, 2007
This study examines and compares the production of discourse markers by native speakers and learners of English based on a pedagogic sub-corpus from CANCODE, a corpus of spoken British English, and a corpus of interactive classroom discourse of secondary pupils in Hong Kong. The results indicate that in both groups discourse markers serve as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedCarter, Ronald – Prospect, 1997
Discusses the description of English discourse for teaching purposes, drawing on new information from analysis of CANCODE (Cambridge/Nottingham Corpus of Discourse in English). Concludes that language teaching should be based on regularities and patterns, not rules, and that exposure to real, informal language of native speakers, with its…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedCarter, Ronald – ELT Journal, 1998
Discusses the evolution and content of CANCODE, an English-language corpus under development at the University of Nottingham (England) designed to reflect current language use, and several related issues: whether the grammar currently taught should be changed to more closely correspond to common usage; whether the native speaker should be the…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Data Collection, Databases, English
