Learner English on Computer

ISBN-13: 9781138162754 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 250 str.

Sylviane Granger; Geoffrey Leech

Opis

The new field of computer learner corpus research has roots both in corpus linguistics and second language acquisition (SLA) studies, using the methods and tools of corpus linguistics to gain better insights into authentic learner language. This volume presents articles on all aspects of computer learner corpus research. Although the main focus of the book is English as a Foreign Language, the approach can also be applied to other foreign languages. Part I gives a general outline of learner corpus design and analysis; in Part II, these are put into practice through a series of case studies examining various aspects of learner lexis, discourse and grammar; Part III shows how learner corpus based studies can help improve pedagogical tools (EFL grammars, writing textbooks, electronic tools). Implications for classroom methodology are also highlighted.

Spis treści

List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Preface, Geoffrey Leech
Introduction, Sylviane Granger

Part 1: Learner Corpus Design and Analysis
1. The computerized learner corpus: a versatile new source of data for SLA research, Sylviane Granger
2. Computer tools for the analysis of learner corpora, Fanny Meunier

Part II: Studies of Learner Grammar, Lexis and Discourse
3. Vocabulary frequencies in advanced learner English: a cross-linguistic approach, Hakan Ringbom
4. Overstatement in advanced learners' writing: stylistic aspects of adjective intensification, Gunter Lorenz
5. An automated approach to the phrasicon of EFL learners, Sylvie De Cock, Sylviane Granger, Geoffrey Leech and Tony McEnery
6. The use of adverbial connectors in advanced Swedish learners' written English, Bengt Altenberg and Marie Tapper
7. Direct questions in argumentative student writing, Tuija Virtanen
8. Writer/reader visibility in EFL written discourse, Stephanie Petch-Tyson
9. Automatic profiling of learner texts, Sylviane Granger and Paul Rayson
10. Tag sequences in earner corpora: a key to interlanguage grammar and discourse, Jan Aarts and Sylviane Granger

Part III: Pedagogical Applications of Learner Corpora
11. Comparing native and learner perspectives on English grammar: a study of complement clauses, Doug Biber and Randi Reppen
12. Using a learners' corpus in compiling ELT dictionaries, Patrick Gillard and Adam Gadsby
13. Enhancing a writing textbook: a national perspective, Przemyslaw Kaszubski
14. Exploiting L1 and interlanguage corpora in the design of an electronic language learning and production environment, John Milton
15. Learner corpus data in the foreign language classroom: form-focused instruction and data-driven learning, Sylviane Granger and Chris Tribble

Software mentioned in the book
Bibliography
Subject Index

O autorze

Sylviane Granger