Corpora and EFL / ELT
Losses, gains and trends in a computerised world
Corpora and EFL / ELT
Losses, gains and trends in a computerised world
Author(s): Adrian CiupeSubject(s): Foreign languages learning
Published by: Universitatea »Babes Bolyai« Cluj - Facultatea de St. Economice si Gestiunea Afacerilor
Keywords: Collocation; competence; computer; corpora; corpus; dictionary; DVD-ROM; ELT; examination; grammar; language acquisition; language chunks; language proficiency; learner; Lexical Approach; methodology; product; publication; publisher; software teacher
Summary/Abstract: One of the most practical applications of English corpora is their employment as validating sources for EFL / ELT products – from the traditional course books to the modern electronic learner dictionaries. The Lexical Approach, articulated in the early 1990s, has broken new ground, both in theory and in practice. New and bold methodologies have started to emerge in response to the challenges facing language acquisition in our contemporary world, one inhabited by a generation of non-native speakers of English equipped with a skill hardly available just a few decades ago – computer literacy. While not a review per se of learner dictionaries and course books, within the framework outlined above, my paper takes account of the Lexical Approach as a theoretical basis informing teaching and learning methodologies aided by the latest EFL / ELT corpora-derived resources for students, teachers and other professionals who learn and use English as a second language.
Journal: Lingua. Language and Culture
- Issue Year: IX/2010
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 113-134
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English
