Index

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of contributors vii
4. Introduction: Corpora and language teaching 1
5. Part 1. Corpora and second-language acquisition
6. The contribution of learner corpora to second language acquisition and foreign language teaching: A critical evaluation 13
7. Some thoughts on corpora and second-language acquisition 33
8. Part 2. The direct corpus approach
9. Who benefits from learning how to use corpora? 47
10. Oslo Interactive English : Corpus-driven exercises on the Web 67
11. Corpus research and practice: What help do teachers need and what can we offer? 83
12. Part 3. The indirect corpus approach
13. Themes in Swedish advanced learners' writing in English 101
14. Thematic choice and expression of stance in English argumentative texts by Norwegian learners 121
15. The usefulness of corpus-based descriptions of English for learners: The case of relative frequency 141
16. Part 4. New types of corpora
17. Income/interest/net : Using internal criteria to determine the aboutness of a text 157
18. New types of corpora for new educational challenges: Collecting, annotating and exploiting a corpus of textbook material 179
19. The grammar of conversation in advanced spoken learner English: Learner corpus data and language-pedagogical implications 203
20. Index 231