Thursday, May 22, 2008

Discussion Questions(Week 14)

Will corpus linguistics revolutionize grammar teaching in the 21st century?
Conrad, S

1. Since a corpus-based analysis can look into any language patterns------ lexical, structural and grammatical, discourse, etc------ how and/or can corpus linguistics be applied/incorporated to syllabus design, materials development, and classroom activities to help in course planning choices?



A combined corpus and systemic-functional analysis or the problem-solution pattern in a student and professional corpus of technical writing.
Flowerdew, L

1. With regard to implementing the use of a corpus for the purpose of teaching, it seems to be important to select the corpus that is useful for a particular teaching context and that represents the target register. How feasible it is to integrate the relevance of a chosen corpus data to the student’s needs, interests, and different learning styles?

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