From Corpus to Classroom: Language Use and Language Teaching / Edition 2

by Anne O'Keeffe, Michael McCarthy, Ronald Carter

Overview

The book summarises and makes accessible recent work in corpus research, focusing particularly on spoken data. It is based on analysis of corpora such as CANCODE and Cambridge International Corpus and is written with particular reference to the development of corpus-informed pedagogy. It examines the relevance of corpora to materials writers, course designers and language teachers and considers the needs of the learner in relation to authentic data. It shows how the answers to key questions such as 'Is there a basic, everyday vocabulary for English?', 'How should idioms be taught?' and 'What are the most common spoken language chunks?' are best explored by means of a clearer understanding of the workings of language in context.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521616867
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	05/03/2007
Series:	Cambridge Professional Learning
Edition description:	1ST
Pages:	332
Product dimensions:	7.48(w) x 9.69(h) x 0.87(d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Establishing basic and advanced levels in vocabulary learning 3. Lessons from the analysis of chunks 4. Idioms in everyday use and in language teaching 5. Grammar and lexis and patterns 6. Grammar, discourse and pragmatics 7. Listenership and response 8. Relational language 9. Language and creativity: Creating relationships 10. Specialising: Academic and business corpora 11. Exploring teacher corpora