1st Edition

Learner English on Computer

By Sylviane Granger Copyright 1998
250 Pages
by Routledge

250 Pages
by Routledge

250 Pages
by Routledge

The first book of its kind, Learner English on Computer is intended to provide linguists, students of linguistics and modern languages, and ELT professionals with a highly accessible and comprehensive introduction to the new and rapidly-expanding field of corpus-based research into learner language. Edited by the founder and co-ordinator of the International Corpus of Learner English (ICLE), the... Read more
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Preface, Geoffrey Leech
Introduction, Sylviane Granger

Part 1: Learner Corpus Design and Analysis
1. The computerized learner corpus: a versatile new source of data for SLA research, Sylviane Granger
2. Computer tools for the analysis of learner corpora, Fanny Meunier

Part II: Studies of Learner Grammar, Lexis and Discourse
3. Vocabulary frequencies in advanced learner English: a cross-linguistic approach, Hakan Ringbom
4. Overstatement in advanced learners' writing: stylistic aspects of adjective intensification, Gunter Lorenz
5. An automated approach to the phrasicon of EFL learners, Sylvie De Cock, Sylviane Granger, Geoffrey Leech and Tony McEnery
6. The use of adverbial connectors in advanced Swedish learners' written English, Bengt Altenberg and Marie Tapper
7. Direct questions in argumentative student writing, Tuija Virtanen
8. Writer/reader visibility in EFL written discourse, Stephanie Petch-Tyson
9. Automatic profiling of learner texts, Sylviane Granger and Paul Rayson
10. Tag sequences in earner corpora: a key to interlanguage grammar and discourse, Jan Aarts and Sylviane Granger

Part III: Pedagogical Applications of Learner Corpora
11. Comparing native and learner perspectives on English grammar: a study of complement clauses, Doug Biber and Randi Reppen
12. Using a learners' corpus in compiling ELT dictionaries, Patrick Gillard and Adam Gadsby
13. Enhancing a writing textbook: a national perspective, Przemyslaw Kaszubski
14. Exploiting L1 and interlanguage corpora in the design of an electronic language learning and production environment, John Milton
15. Learner corpus data in the foreign language classroom: form-focused instruction and data-driven learning, Sylviane Granger and Chris Tribble

Software mentioned in the book
Bibliography
Subject Index

Biography

Sylviane Granger