From Corpus to Classroom: Language Use and Language Teaching (Cambridge Professional Learning) - Hardcover

O'Keeffe, Anne; McCarthy, Michael; Carter, Ronald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521851467 ISBN 13: 9780521851466

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

From Corpus to Classroom 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 written with particular reference to the development of corpus-informed pedagogy. The book explains how corpora can be designed and used, and focuses on what they tell us about language teaching. 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.

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Book Description

This book summarises and makes accessible recent work in corpus research, focusing on spoken data and on the place of lexis in grammar and discourse.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521851467
• ISBN 13: 9780521851466
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 332