Chapter 1 What are corpora and why might they be useful for language learning classrooms? 1. Introduction 3 2. What is a corpus? 3 3. What kinds of corpora are there? 4 4. What corpora might be available for teachers and researchers to access? 19 5. Why might a corpus be useful for language teaching and what might be some of the challenges? 21 6. Summary 22 7. What could teachers do after reading this chapter? 23 8. References 23 Chapter 2 Connecting corpora and single words 1. Introduction 31 2. Corpora and word frequency in English 31 3. Measuring the vocabulary load of a spoken text 46 4. Vocabulary load and written texts 50 5. Summary 52 6. What could teachers do after reading this chapter? 52 7. References 53 Chapter 3 Connecting corpora and multi-word units 1. Introduction 59 2. What are multi-word units? 59 3. Classifying multi-word units 62 4. Some examples of multi-word unit lists of general English 69 5. Regional variations in multi-word units 73 6. Using corpora to identify multi-word units in a text 73 7. The Phrasal Expressions List (PHRASE List)(Martinez & Schmitt, 2012) 76 8. Summary 79 9. What could teachers do after reading this chapter? 80 10. References 80 Chapter 4 Connecting corpora and English for Academic Purposes 1. Introduction on 87 2. What is English for Academic Purposes and why is it important? 87 3. English for General Academic Purposes 88 4. Using corpora to examine vocabulary in the sciences 102 5. Corpus-based multi-word unit lists for EAP 108 6. Idioms in academic texts 115 7. Summary 115 8. What could teachers do after reading this chapter? 116 9. References 116 Chapter 5 Connecting corpora and English for Specific Purposes 1. Introduction 123 2. What is special about vocabulary in English for Specific Purposes? 123 3. Frequency in vocabulary in ESP 126 4. How can corpora help in teaching and learning te
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