The use of corpora in Computer-Assisted Language Learning

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The aim of this module is to introduce the student to corpus linguistics. Corpora are often used by linguists as the raw material from which language description may be fashioned - the role is no less relevant for CALL package designers. Corpora can provide the basis of accurate, empirically justified, linguistic observations on which to base CALL materials. Additionally, the corpora themselves, typically via concordancing, may become the raw material of CALL based teaching itself. A knowledge of the corpus method to CALL package designers is increasingly indispensable.


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