Teaching English with Corpora is an accessible and practical introduction to the ways in which online and offline corpora can be used in English language teaching.
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Vander Viana is Associate Professor in Education, directs the Master's in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and is the founder/leader of the Language in Education Research Group at the University of East Anglia. His areas of research expertise include corpus linguistics, English for academic purposes, TESOL and language teacher education.
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Table of contents
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List of abbreviations
List of appendices
Acknowledgements
At-a-glance chapter taxonomy
Introduction Corpora in and for TESOL * Vander Viana
Part A: English for General Purposes
Using concordance lines to teach participial adjectives Sean Sutherland
Starting out with phrasal verbs Rosie Harvey & Irene Marín Cervantes
Teaching collocations with 'Survey Says' Robin Sulkosky
A grand problem and a jolly solution: Unmasking false friends with corpus analysis Natalie Finlayson
Raising awareness of first-language interference using parallel corpora of subtitles Elen Le Foll
If you speak English, take one step forward: Teaching conditionals through kinesthetic activities Riah Werner
Preposition repair: Empowering learners to fix their errors Amy Tate
KWIC searches for quick answers: Solving word choice problems Pamela Everly
She said she told him: Patterning in reported speech Michael H. Brown
Using VocabProfilers to select texts for extensive reading activities Thi Ngoc Yen Dang
Talking about the weather: Exploring adjective use with Sketch Engine for Language Learning John Williams
Food talks: Using corpus data to link cooking methods with types of food Vander Viana
Profiling let and make with the Corpus of Contemporary American English Ben Naismith
Corpus exploration of phrasal and Latinate verbs Eric Nicaise
Minimal prep quizzes: Using online corpora to foster vocabulary learning Nick Canning
Helping learners identify high-frequency words Shoaziz Sharakhimov & Ulugbek Nurmukhamedov
Writing online reviews Natalia Mora-López
Exploring similes in corpus data Natalie Finlayson
Exploring register variation in the use of indefinite pronouns Irina Pandarova
Using corpora to explore varieties of English Natalie Finlayson
Searching for frequent words for pronunciation activities Roger W. Gee
Abstract nouns in picture descriptions TomáS Mach
Tell me what your collocates are and I will tell you who you are * Tülay Dixon & Daniel Dixon
I feel kinda blah! Investigating language use in blogs Maristella Gatto
I see what you mean: Exploring figurative uses of language Sally Zacharias & Jane Evison *
I was able to learn a new point: Examining the difference between could and *was/were able to
Martha Michieka & Theresa McGarry
* Learning about words in use with StringNet Navigator Anastasiia Kryzhanivska
Investigating adverbials in British English: Although vs. though in spoken and written language Lu Lu
Using Voyant Tools to enhance learners' reflections on their writing Nausica Marcos Miguel
Gender equality in the TESOL classroom: Exploring news stories from around the world * Vander Viana
Phrasal verbs in use: Investigating meaning and form Vander Viana *
Keywords in amateur online film reviews Chad Langford & Joshua Albair
Formulaic language in amateur online film reviews Chad Langford & Joshua Albair
Exploring semantic prosody with trainee teachers * Jenny Kemp & Luke Timms
A smile which melted her heart: Exploring metaphors in English corpora Wendy Anderson *
Small words? Discourse markers in spoken language * Loretta Fung
I'm so sorry: Intensification in American English across time Anne Barron *
Thanking and responding to thanks in American English: Language patterning and contextual appropriateness * Anne Barron
Whilst I do not object, I strongly believe... Exploring spoken argumentative and persuasive discourse Elen Le Foll *
Register variation in newspapers: Working with multidimensional analysis in English language teacher education * Vander Viana
Part B: English for Specific Purposes
Exploring terms in English for specific purposes Nicole Brun-Mercer
Teaching verbs using learner-compiled corpora Peter Dye
Is there a better choice? Verb-noun combinations in academic writing Valdenia Almeida, Barbara Malveira Orfanò & Deise Dutra
Problem and solution markers: Exploring lexical combinations Eman Elturki
Cloze exercises for mixed-ability groups: Using the Academic Word List Gapmaker Loretta Fung
Signaling transitions in academic writing Nicole Brun-Mercer
Boosting your message: Using adverbs for impact in business writing Linda Slattery, Catherine Prewett-Schrempf, Andrew Pullen & Matthew Urmston
Using the British National Corpus to teach phrases from spoken and academic English Pawel Szudarski
Using keyness to teach about academic speaking Michael Suhan & Kyle Lucas
Teaching small-group academic discussions Valeriia Bogorevich & Elnaz Kia
Which words should I look up? Identifying unknown high-frequency words in English for academic purposes Jenny Kemp & Laurence Anthony
Reflecting and acting on academic vocabulary use Katie Mitchell Burrows
Which verb should I use? Disciplinary variation in reporting verbs Joseph J. Lee
Using Google Scholar to support lexical choices in English for academic purposes Ulugbek Nurmukhamedov & Randall Sadler
Exploring collocations in the Corpus of Contemporary American English Sharon Hartle
How can I be more specific in my writing? Exploring relative pronouns in English for academic purposes * Jenny Kemp & Laurence Anthony
Don't write like that! Avoiding contractions in academic writing Megan Bruce *
Climate change or global warming? Analyzing, interpreting, and reporting findings Robert Poole
Research findings for all: Popular science communication on global challenges Luciano Franco & Vander Viana
Exploring the speech act of confirming/verifying information in the Michigan Corpus of Academic Spoken English Ildiko Porter-Szucs
Identifying noun-verb patterns in scientific abstracts Mónica Rodríguez-Castro & Spencer Salas
Using a concordancer to teach how to write about results Tatyana Karpenko-Seccombe
Using corpora to explore vocabulary for writing conclusions Tatyana Karpenko-Seccombe
Finding your academic voice: Use of nominalizations in academic writing Megan Bruce
Investigating complex noun-noun mo…