Author: Sandra Götz
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN: 9027262829
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
While native corpora and corpus linguistic tools and methods have been used and applied for quite some time in the development of learning and teaching materials, learner corpora are only just beginning to impact the field of language teaching, testing and assessment. This volume helps to close this still existing gap and highlights the great potential of learner corpus research for language pedagogy by presenting a selection of 11 original studies on learner corpora, conducted by established experts as well as by excellent young researchers. The papers included in the volume present new corpora and methods; studies on written as well as spoken learner corpora and on using data-driven learning scenarios in the classroom. All papers include sections on practical and concrete language-pedagogical applications. This volume will be of significant interest to researchers working in corpus linguistics, learner corpus research, second language acquisition and English for Academic and Specific Purposes, as well to language teachers and materials developers.
Learner Corpora and Language Teaching
Author: Sandra Götz
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN: 9027262829
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
While native corpora and corpus linguistic tools and methods have been used and applied for quite some time in the development of learning and teaching materials, learner corpora are only just beginning to impact the field of language teaching, testing and assessment. This volume helps to close this still existing gap and highlights the great potential of learner corpus research for language pedagogy by presenting a selection of 11 original studies on learner corpora, conducted by established experts as well as by excellent young researchers. The papers included in the volume present new corpora and methods; studies on written as well as spoken learner corpora and on using data-driven learning scenarios in the classroom. All papers include sections on practical and concrete language-pedagogical applications. This volume will be of significant interest to researchers working in corpus linguistics, learner corpus research, second language acquisition and English for Academic and Specific Purposes, as well to language teachers and materials developers.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN: 9027262829
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
While native corpora and corpus linguistic tools and methods have been used and applied for quite some time in the development of learning and teaching materials, learner corpora are only just beginning to impact the field of language teaching, testing and assessment. This volume helps to close this still existing gap and highlights the great potential of learner corpus research for language pedagogy by presenting a selection of 11 original studies on learner corpora, conducted by established experts as well as by excellent young researchers. The papers included in the volume present new corpora and methods; studies on written as well as spoken learner corpora and on using data-driven learning scenarios in the classroom. All papers include sections on practical and concrete language-pedagogical applications. This volume will be of significant interest to researchers working in corpus linguistics, learner corpus research, second language acquisition and English for Academic and Specific Purposes, as well to language teachers and materials developers.
Learner Corpora in Language Testing and Assessment
Author: Marcus Callies
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789027203786
Category : Corpora (Linguistics)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Learner Corpora in Language Testing and Assessment -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Learner corpora in language testing and assessment: Prospects and challenges -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Section I. New corpus resources, tools and methods -- The Marburg Corpus of Intermediate Learner English (MILE) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Learner corpora in the light of the CEFR -- 2.1 The raw data -- 2.2 The annotation -- 3. MILE - design and compilation -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Avalingua: Natural language processing for automatic error detection -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Automatic error detection and correction -- 2.1 Previous research -- 2.2 Applications -- 3. Avalingua -- 3.1 Target -- 3.2 Motivations -- 3.3 The system -- 3.3.1 Lexical module -- 3.3.2 Spelling module -- 3.3.3 Syntactic module -- 3.3.4 Language identification -- 3.3.5 Student model -- 4. System evaluation -- 4.1 A specific implementation -- 4.2 The learner corpora -- 4.3 Evaluation protocol -- 4.4 Results -- 4.5 Error analysis and discussion -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Data commentary in science writing: Using a small, specialized corpus for formative assessment practices -- 1. Background and aims -- 2. Approaching data commentary from a pedagogical perspective: The case for small, specialized corpora annotated for discourse moves in the ESP classroom -- 3. A small, specialized corpus of data commentaries -- 4. The discourse annotation model -- 5. Self-assessment and the role of the corpus -- 5.1 Towards corpus-informed formative self-assessment activities -- 5.1.1 Teacher-designed activities on moves in data commentaries -- 5.1.2 Teacher-designed peer-assessment activities of master's thesis corpus data -- 5.1.3 Teacher- and student-initiated activities involving students' own writing -- 6. Final remarks and outlook.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789027203786
Category : Corpora (Linguistics)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Learner Corpora in Language Testing and Assessment -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Learner corpora in language testing and assessment: Prospects and challenges -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Section I. New corpus resources, tools and methods -- The Marburg Corpus of Intermediate Learner English (MILE) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Learner corpora in the light of the CEFR -- 2.1 The raw data -- 2.2 The annotation -- 3. MILE - design and compilation -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Avalingua: Natural language processing for automatic error detection -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Automatic error detection and correction -- 2.1 Previous research -- 2.2 Applications -- 3. Avalingua -- 3.1 Target -- 3.2 Motivations -- 3.3 The system -- 3.3.1 Lexical module -- 3.3.2 Spelling module -- 3.3.3 Syntactic module -- 3.3.4 Language identification -- 3.3.5 Student model -- 4. System evaluation -- 4.1 A specific implementation -- 4.2 The learner corpora -- 4.3 Evaluation protocol -- 4.4 Results -- 4.5 Error analysis and discussion -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Data commentary in science writing: Using a small, specialized corpus for formative assessment practices -- 1. Background and aims -- 2. Approaching data commentary from a pedagogical perspective: The case for small, specialized corpora annotated for discourse moves in the ESP classroom -- 3. A small, specialized corpus of data commentaries -- 4. The discourse annotation model -- 5. Self-assessment and the role of the corpus -- 5.1 Towards corpus-informed formative self-assessment activities -- 5.1.1 Teacher-designed activities on moves in data commentaries -- 5.1.2 Teacher-designed peer-assessment activities of master's thesis corpus data -- 5.1.3 Teacher- and student-initiated activities involving students' own writing -- 6. Final remarks and outlook.
Learner Corpora in Language Testing and Assessment
Author: Marcus Callies
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN: 9027268703
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The aim of this volume is to highlight the benefits and potential of using learner corpora for the testing and assessment of L2 proficiency in both speaking and writing, reflecting the growing importance of learner corpora in applied linguistics and second language acquisition research. Identifying several desiderata for future research and practice, the volume presents a selection of original studies, covering a variety of different languages. It features studies that present very thoroughly compiled new corpus resources which are tailor-made and ready for analysis in LTA, new tools for the automatic assessment of proficiency levels, and new methods of (self-)assessment with the help of learner corpora. Other studies suggest innovative research methodologies of how proficiency can be operationalized through learner corpus data. The volume is of particular interest to researchers in (applied) corpus linguistics, learner corpus research, language testing and assessment, as well as for materials developers and language teachers.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN: 9027268703
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The aim of this volume is to highlight the benefits and potential of using learner corpora for the testing and assessment of L2 proficiency in both speaking and writing, reflecting the growing importance of learner corpora in applied linguistics and second language acquisition research. Identifying several desiderata for future research and practice, the volume presents a selection of original studies, covering a variety of different languages. It features studies that present very thoroughly compiled new corpus resources which are tailor-made and ready for analysis in LTA, new tools for the automatic assessment of proficiency levels, and new methods of (self-)assessment with the help of learner corpora. Other studies suggest innovative research methodologies of how proficiency can be operationalized through learner corpus data. The volume is of particular interest to researchers in (applied) corpus linguistics, learner corpus research, language testing and assessment, as well as for materials developers and language teachers.
The Cambridge Handbook of Learner Corpus Research
Author: Sylviane Granger
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316432149
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1199
Book Description
The origins of learner corpus research go back to the late 1980s when large electronic collections of written or spoken data started to be collected from foreign/second language learners, with a view to advancing our understanding of the mechanisms of second language acquisition and developing tailor-made pedagogical tools. Engaging with the interdisciplinary nature of this fast-growing field, The Cambridge Handbook of Learner Corpus Research explores the diverse and extensive applications of learner corpora, with 27 chapters written by internationally renowned experts. This comprehensive work is a vital resource for students, teachers and researchers, offering fresh perspectives and a unique overview of the field. With representative studies in each chapter which provide an essential guide on how to conduct learner corpus research in a wide range of areas, this work is a cutting-edge account of learner corpus collection, annotation, methodology, theory, analysis and applications.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316432149
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1199
Book Description
The origins of learner corpus research go back to the late 1980s when large electronic collections of written or spoken data started to be collected from foreign/second language learners, with a view to advancing our understanding of the mechanisms of second language acquisition and developing tailor-made pedagogical tools. Engaging with the interdisciplinary nature of this fast-growing field, The Cambridge Handbook of Learner Corpus Research explores the diverse and extensive applications of learner corpora, with 27 chapters written by internationally renowned experts. This comprehensive work is a vital resource for students, teachers and researchers, offering fresh perspectives and a unique overview of the field. With representative studies in each chapter which provide an essential guide on how to conduct learner corpus research in a wide range of areas, this work is a cutting-edge account of learner corpus collection, annotation, methodology, theory, analysis and applications.
Developmental and Crosslinguistic Perspectives in Learner Corpus Research
Author: Yukio Tono
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027271720
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
This volume provides a state-of-the-art overview of current research and developments on the use of learner corpora perceived from developmental and crosslinguistic perspectives. The book is divided into two parts. The eleven contributions of Part I investigate the development of English language skills of young learners across seven countries/regions on the basis of a new corpus resource called the International Corpus of Crosslinguistic Interlanguage (ICCI). Part II contains seven papers devoted to other varieties of learner corpora, especially spoken learner corpora and learner corpora of languages other than English. Presenting original research in corpus linguistics, this book will be of interest to researchers and postgraduates in the fields of learner corpus research and second language acquisition and those who wish to apply corpus methodology in teaching and learning. For sale in all countries except Japan. For customers in Japan: please contact Yushodo Co.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027271720
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
This volume provides a state-of-the-art overview of current research and developments on the use of learner corpora perceived from developmental and crosslinguistic perspectives. The book is divided into two parts. The eleven contributions of Part I investigate the development of English language skills of young learners across seven countries/regions on the basis of a new corpus resource called the International Corpus of Crosslinguistic Interlanguage (ICCI). Part II contains seven papers devoted to other varieties of learner corpora, especially spoken learner corpora and learner corpora of languages other than English. Presenting original research in corpus linguistics, this book will be of interest to researchers and postgraduates in the fields of learner corpus research and second language acquisition and those who wish to apply corpus methodology in teaching and learning. For sale in all countries except Japan. For customers in Japan: please contact Yushodo Co.
Computer Learner Corpora, Second Language Acquisition and Foreign Language Teaching
Author: Sylviane Granger
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027296235
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
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.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027296235
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
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.
The Routledge Handbook of Corpora and English Language Teaching and Learning
Author: Reka R. Jablonkai
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000568938
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
The Routledge Handbook of Corpora and English Language Teaching and Learning provides a wide-ranging and authoritative overview of the latest developments and innovations in how corpus approaches, corpus technologies, and corpus data can inform and transform English language teaching and learning. Featuring a broad range of international experts, the Handbook presents state-of-the-art scholarship and inspires new avenues for research focusing on six key areas: English language teaching and learning informed by language corpora; corpora in syllabus and materials design; corpora and English for specific and academic purposes; learner corpora for English language teaching; data-driven learning; and corpora and corpus tools for language teaching. Unique to this pioneering volume, the authors cover key areas at the cross-roads of corpus research and English language teaching by drawing on cutting-edge corpus applications, methods, and pedagogical approaches, hence, bridging the research–practice gap in the field. This Handbook is a collection of novel contributions offering essential reading for those researching and studying English language teaching and learning through the application of corpus approaches.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000568938
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
The Routledge Handbook of Corpora and English Language Teaching and Learning provides a wide-ranging and authoritative overview of the latest developments and innovations in how corpus approaches, corpus technologies, and corpus data can inform and transform English language teaching and learning. Featuring a broad range of international experts, the Handbook presents state-of-the-art scholarship and inspires new avenues for research focusing on six key areas: English language teaching and learning informed by language corpora; corpora in syllabus and materials design; corpora and English for specific and academic purposes; learner corpora for English language teaching; data-driven learning; and corpora and corpus tools for language teaching. Unique to this pioneering volume, the authors cover key areas at the cross-roads of corpus research and English language teaching by drawing on cutting-edge corpus applications, methods, and pedagogical approaches, hence, bridging the research–practice gap in the field. This Handbook is a collection of novel contributions offering essential reading for those researching and studying English language teaching and learning through the application of corpus approaches.
The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Language Testing
Author: Paula Winke
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351034774
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 543
Book Description
This Handbook, with 45 chapters written by the world’s leading scholars in second language acquisition (SLA) and language testing, dives into the important interface between SLA and language testing: shared ground where researchers seek to measure second language performance to better understand how people learn their second languages. The Handbook also reviews how to best measure and evaluate the second language (L2) learners’ personal characteristics, backgrounds, and learning contexts to better understand their L2 learning trajectories. Taking a transdisciplinary approach to research, the book builds upon recent theorizing and measurement principles from the fields of applied linguistics, cognitive science, psychology, psycholinguistics, psychometrics, educational measurement, and social psychology. The Handbook is divided into six key sections: (1) Assessment concepts for SLA researchers, (2) Building instruments for SLA research, (3) Measuring individual differences, (4) Measuring language development, (5) Testing specific populations, and (6) Measurement principles for SLA researchers.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351034774
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 543
Book Description
This Handbook, with 45 chapters written by the world’s leading scholars in second language acquisition (SLA) and language testing, dives into the important interface between SLA and language testing: shared ground where researchers seek to measure second language performance to better understand how people learn their second languages. The Handbook also reviews how to best measure and evaluate the second language (L2) learners’ personal characteristics, backgrounds, and learning contexts to better understand their L2 learning trajectories. Taking a transdisciplinary approach to research, the book builds upon recent theorizing and measurement principles from the fields of applied linguistics, cognitive science, psychology, psycholinguistics, psychometrics, educational measurement, and social psychology. The Handbook is divided into six key sections: (1) Assessment concepts for SLA researchers, (2) Building instruments for SLA research, (3) Measuring individual differences, (4) Measuring language development, (5) Testing specific populations, and (6) Measurement principles for SLA researchers.
Computational and Corpus Approaches to Chinese Language Learning
Author: Xiaofei Lu
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9811335702
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
This book presents a collection of original research articles that showcase the state of the art of research in corpus and computational linguistic approaches to Chinese language teaching, learning and assessment. It offers a comprehensive set of corpus resources and natural language processing tools that are useful for teaching, learning and assessing Chinese as a second or foreign language; methods for implementing such resources and techniques in Chinese pedagogy and assessment; as well as research findings on the effectiveness of using such resources and techniques in various aspects of Chinese pedagogy and assessment.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9811335702
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
This book presents a collection of original research articles that showcase the state of the art of research in corpus and computational linguistic approaches to Chinese language teaching, learning and assessment. It offers a comprehensive set of corpus resources and natural language processing tools that are useful for teaching, learning and assessing Chinese as a second or foreign language; methods for implementing such resources and techniques in Chinese pedagogy and assessment; as well as research findings on the effectiveness of using such resources and techniques in various aspects of Chinese pedagogy and assessment.
Perspectives on the L2 Phrasicon
Author: Sylviane Granger
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 1788924878
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
This is the very first book to investigate the field of phraseology from a learner corpus perspective, bringing together studies at the cutting edge of corpus-based research into phraseology and language learners. The chapters include learner-corpus-based studies of phraseological units in varieties of learner language differentiated in terms of task and/or learner variables, compared with each other or with one or more reference corpora; mixed-methods studies that combine learner corpus data with more experimental data types (e.g. eyetracking); and instruction-oriented studies that show how learner-corpus-based insights can be used to inform second language (L2) teaching and testing. The detailed analysis of a wide range of multiword units (collocations, lexical bundles, lexico-grammatical patterns) and extensive learner corpus data provide the reader with a comprehensive theoretical, methodological and applied perspective onto L2 use in a wide range of situations. The knowledge gained from these learner corpus studies has major implications for L2 theory and practice and will help to inform pedagogical assessment and practice.
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 1788924878
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
This is the very first book to investigate the field of phraseology from a learner corpus perspective, bringing together studies at the cutting edge of corpus-based research into phraseology and language learners. The chapters include learner-corpus-based studies of phraseological units in varieties of learner language differentiated in terms of task and/or learner variables, compared with each other or with one or more reference corpora; mixed-methods studies that combine learner corpus data with more experimental data types (e.g. eyetracking); and instruction-oriented studies that show how learner-corpus-based insights can be used to inform second language (L2) teaching and testing. The detailed analysis of a wide range of multiword units (collocations, lexical bundles, lexico-grammatical patterns) and extensive learner corpus data provide the reader with a comprehensive theoretical, methodological and applied perspective onto L2 use in a wide range of situations. The knowledge gained from these learner corpus studies has major implications for L2 theory and practice and will help to inform pedagogical assessment and practice.