COCA is free language corpus of American English designed for language teachers, learners, and researchers.
It is a user-friendly resource for those just beginning to work with corpus studies.
Many teachers are eager to use corpora in their classrooms but lack the training and resources to accomplish this task. In this interactive workshop, the presenter will help to demystify corpus linguistics with clear explanations, examples and hands-on activities. Participants will gain the knowledge and skills for creating classroom materials and activities, including how to create corpora to address specific class needs.
The first video in a series of three that introduces the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) and explains the basics of using it.
The second in a series of introductory videos explaining the basics of using the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA), this video focuses on part-of-speech tags.
The third video in a series of introductory videos on using the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA), this video explains the basics of COCA collocation features.
A corpus-based reference card for SLL with key collocations for Academic Writing. In addition to the card itself, a free pdf booklet of explanations and classroom activities is available online.
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This list contains links to a major language corpus (COCA) Corpus of Contemporary American English, as well as materials related to the potential uses of the site by language learners or researchers. The focus is primarily on use by ELT professionals, and ELL writers.
Updated on Apr 29, 13
Created on Dec 06, 12
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