Overview
This title provides a practical guide to undertaking ELT-related corpus research. Aimed at researchers, advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of ELT and TESOL, and English language teachers, the book: covers corpus research in the main areas of language study relevant to ELT: grammar, lexis, ESP, spoken grammar and discourse; presents a review of relevant corpus research in these areas, and discusses the implications of this research for ELT; suggests potential ELT-focused corpus research projects, and equips the reader with all the required tools and techniques to carry them out; and deals with the growing area of learner corpora and direct classroom application of corpus material.
- | Author: Ivor Timmis
- | Publisher: Routledge
- | Publication Date: Apr 15, 2015
- | Number of Pages: 214 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 0415747112
- | ISBN-13: 9780415747110
