• CORPUS
From Corpus to Classroom
WHAT IS CORPUS?
• What is Corpus?
A corpus is a collection of texts, written or spoken, which is stored on a computer.
A corpus is a principled collection of texts available for qualitative and quantitive analysis.
It must represent something and its merits will often be judged on how representative it is.
WHAT CAN WE USE FROM IT?
• COLLOCATIONS
Words that collocate with another and no other:
Depend on
Look up
Wooden box (ADJECTIVE+NOUN)
• WORDS/CHUNKS
A SMALL COMPONENT OF LANGUAGE:
I
YOU
I DON’T KNOW
A LOT OF
ONE OF THE
I MEAN
THE
• DISCOURSE MARKERS
OPENINGS AND CLOSINGS
YOU KNOW
I MEAN
ANYWAY
MIND YOU
WELL
• FREQUENCY
THE RANGE IN WHICH A WORD IS REPEATED IN CERTAIN DISCOURSE
S1—S2—S3
W1—W2—W3
• REGISTER
FORMAL/INFORMAL/COLLOQUIAL
TECHNICAL
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Task 2
Write a 150-300 words entry answering the following questions. Use different sources (Video seen in class, class notes, web pages, texts, etc) to give a complete answer.
• What is the English Profile?
• Do you think the English Profile will/should be adopted in learning/teaching English in Chile? Give reasons.
• What is the Common European Framework? How does it relate to the English Profile?
• Do you think the Common European Framework should be implemented in Chile? Explain why.
• What is the English Profile?
• Do you think the English Profile will/should be adopted in learning/teaching English in Chile? Give reasons.
• What is the Common European Framework? How does it relate to the English Profile?
• Do you think the Common European Framework should be implemented in Chile? Explain why.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
TASK 1
Write a 150-300 words entry answering the following questions. Use different sources(classes, web pages, texts, etc) to give a complete answer.
What is Corpus?
What does it mean that a textbook is Corpus based?
Do you think it is important for language teaching?
How can you use it in your class?
Give reasons and examples why Chilean English teachers should be using it.
Due on Wednesday August 26th, 2009 at midnight.
What is Corpus?
What does it mean that a textbook is Corpus based?
Do you think it is important for language teaching?
How can you use it in your class?
Give reasons and examples why Chilean English teachers should be using it.
Due on Wednesday August 26th, 2009 at midnight.
TASKS
• Throughout this lexico grammar course we will be working with blog entries. Therefore, you will need to create a blog for this course. Every week you will have to respond to different tasks created especially for you to reflect and study the various topics. All these will be due every Wednesday, unless there is an especial circumstance. This task will be divided into three parts. First, you will have to respond to the task. Second, you will work with lexis and grammar as such by correcting one other classmate blog using the following symbols in their comments:
S Incorrect Spelling *I recieved your letter.
W.O Wrong Word Order *We know well this city.
T Wrong Tense *If he will come it will be to late.
C Concord - Subject and Verb do not agree *Two policemen has come.
WF Wrong Form *That table is our.
S/P Singular or plural problem *We need more informations.
SM Something Missing *They said λ was wrong.
( ) Something is not necessary *It was too much difficult.
?M Meaning is not clear *Come and rest with us for a week.
NA Use not appropriate *He requested me to sit down.
P Punctuation *Whats your name.
WE Wrong expression * For one side
WW Wrong word * Where do you guard the dishes?
SS Sentence Structure * I like dancing it is really fun.
L Capitalization * i was in santiago.
After you have received your correction, you will have to rewrite your entry.
• Another task will be vocabulary building. You will have to work on the meaning of 5 words every week. These must be frequent words related to different topics such as Applied Linguistics, Psychology, etc. These shall also be posted on your blog as in the following example:
WORD: Pull (Sentence taken from) After a hard day of cracking jokes, pulling pranks and causing…
MEANING: To succeed in doing something illegal or dishonest or in playing a trick on someone.
GR. INFO: Verb—intransitive—S1—W1—regular
COLLOCATIONS: Pull a stunt/trick/joke/a fast one (deceive)
EXAMPLE (From the dictionary): Don’t you ever pull a stunt like that.
MY EXAMPLE: I hoped he was pulling a joke, but he wasn’t.
OTHER: idiom: Pull somebody’s leg: to tell someone something that is not true.
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If there is any question please ask me in class. We will discuss this on Wednesday, August 19th.
The first entries (Response task and vocabulary) will be due on Wednesday, August 26th.
PLEASE BE SURE YOUR BLOG HAS THE DATE ON ITS ENTRY. OTHERWISE, I WON'T BE ABLE TO EVALUATE YOU.
S Incorrect Spelling *I recieved your letter.
W.O Wrong Word Order *We know well this city.
T Wrong Tense *If he will come it will be to late.
C Concord - Subject and Verb do not agree *Two policemen has come.
WF Wrong Form *That table is our.
S/P Singular or plural problem *We need more informations.
SM Something Missing *They said λ was wrong.
( ) Something is not necessary *It was too much difficult.
?M Meaning is not clear *Come and rest with us for a week.
NA Use not appropriate *He requested me to sit down.
P Punctuation *Whats your name.
WE Wrong expression * For one side
WW Wrong word * Where do you guard the dishes?
SS Sentence Structure * I like dancing it is really fun.
L Capitalization * i was in santiago.
After you have received your correction, you will have to rewrite your entry.
• Another task will be vocabulary building. You will have to work on the meaning of 5 words every week. These must be frequent words related to different topics such as Applied Linguistics, Psychology, etc. These shall also be posted on your blog as in the following example:
WORD: Pull (Sentence taken from) After a hard day of cracking jokes, pulling pranks and causing…
MEANING: To succeed in doing something illegal or dishonest or in playing a trick on someone.
GR. INFO: Verb—intransitive—S1—W1—regular
COLLOCATIONS: Pull a stunt/trick/joke/a fast one (deceive)
EXAMPLE (From the dictionary): Don’t you ever pull a stunt like that.
MY EXAMPLE: I hoped he was pulling a joke, but he wasn’t.
OTHER: idiom: Pull somebody’s leg: to tell someone something that is not true.
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If there is any question please ask me in class. We will discuss this on Wednesday, August 19th.
The first entries (Response task and vocabulary) will be due on Wednesday, August 26th.
PLEASE BE SURE YOUR BLOG HAS THE DATE ON ITS ENTRY. OTHERWISE, I WON'T BE ABLE TO EVALUATE YOU.
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