ReCALL special issue: Researching uses of corpora for language teaching and learning
Editorial: Researching uses of corpora for language teaching and learning
ALEX BOULTON
University of Lorraine and CNRS, France
(email: alex.boulton@univ-lorraine.fr)
PASCUAL PÉREZ-PAREDES
Universidad de Murcia, Spain
(email: pascualf@um.es)
Boulton, A. Pérez-Paredes, P. 2014. Editorial: Researching uses of corpora for language teaching and learning. ReCALL, 26, 2, 121-127.
Pérez-Paredes, P. (2014). A review of Fluency in Native and Nonnative English Speech. Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 53. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2013. 238 pp. ISBN 978-9-027-203588. ICAME Journal.
Read the review.
Pérez-Paredes, P. (2014). A review of Fluency in Native and Nonnative English Speech. Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 53. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2013. 238 pp. ISBN 978-9-027-203588. ICAME Journal.
Read the review.
This research explores the search behaviour of EFL learners (n=24) by tracking their interaction with corpus-based materials during focus-on-form activities (Observe, Search the corpus, Rewriting). One set of learners made no use of web services other than the BNC during the central Search the corpus activity while the other set resorted to other web services and/or consultation guidelines. The performance of the second group was higher, the learners’ formulation of corpus queries on the BNC was unsophisticated and the students tended to use the BNC search interface to a great extent in the same way as they used Google or similar services. Our findings suggest that careful consideration should be given to the cognitive aspects concerning the initiation of corpus searches, the role of computer search interfaces, as well as the implementation of corpus-based language learning. Our study offers a taxonomy of learner searches that may be of interest in future research.
Pérez-Paredes, P., Sánchez-Tornel, M., & Alcaraz Calero, J. M. (2012). Learners’ search patterns during corpus-based focus-on-form activities.International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 17(4), 483-516
Full text here.
This research explores the search behaviour of EFL learners (n=24) by tracking their interaction with corpus-based materials during focus-on-form activities (Observe, Search the corpus, Rewriting). One set of learners made no use of web services other than the BNC during the central Search the corpus activity while the other set resorted to other web services and/or consultation guidelines. The performance of the second group was higher, the learners’ formulation of corpus queries on the BNC was unsophisticated and the students tended to use the BNC search interface to a great extent in the same way as they used Google or similar services. Our findings suggest that careful consideration should be given to the cognitive aspects concerning the initiation of corpus searches, the role of computer search interfaces, as well as the implementation of corpus-based language learning. Our study offers a taxonomy of learner searches that may be of interest in future research.
Pérez-Paredes, P., Sánchez-Tornel, M., & Alcaraz Calero, J. M. (2012). Learners’ search patterns during corpus-based focus-on-form activities.International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 17(4), 483-516
Full text here.
Valoriser et développer les outils autour des corpus dans une perspective didactique / Enhancing and extending corpora and corpora tools for learning and teaching
Mardi/Tuesday, mai/May 27th
Salle/Room 205 Site Rabelais, UJF Valence, France
9h30 – Speed-dating : Présentations/Presentations
10h – Présentation et discussion autour du livre/presentation and discussion about the book « Des documents authentiques aux corpus. Démarches pour l’apprentissage des langues ». Boulton et Tyne (2014). Discussion autour de l’abondance de matières exploitables dans les corpus et la sous-exploitation dans l’enseignement des langues/Including the abondance of exploitable corpora materials and the general lack of their use in language teaching.
Conférencier: Alex Boulton
11h – Présentation de la Plate-forme Chamilo : comment l’utiliser pour les corpus ? Suivi d’une discussion en français/anglais.
Jérémie Grépiloux et Hubert Borderiou (SIMSU)
13h30 – Pedagogical uses of corpora: theories and practices / Utilisations pédagogiques des corpus : théories et pratiques, 20-minute presentation followed by a group discussion
Conférencier: Pascual Pérez-Paredes
14h30 – Speed-dating : Consultation en ligne des corpus/Consulting on-line corpora: Montrer et voir des corpus en salle informatique
16h – Bilan de la journée et projets/Summary of the day and projects
Cristelle Cavalla and Laura Hartwell
Inscriptions (Gratuit et obligatoire)/Mandatoary free registration :
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/118xpaiTACRMW5KA5ja92oEGJqZ5Q6BUmqfVmSPq41U0/viewform
Logistics: Sylvain Perraud, Sylvain.Perraud@gmail.com (Compte rendu/minutes)
Contacts: Cristelle.Cavalla@univ-paris3.fr, Laura.Hartwell@ujf-grenoble.fr
References
SACODEYL : http://www.um.es/sacodeyl/
Chamilo : http://www.chamilo.org/fr
Scientext : http ://scientext.msh-alpes.fr/scientext-site-en/spip.php?article9
EmoBase/EmoProf : http://emolex.u-grenoble3.fr/emoBase/
