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Teaching English with Corpora is an accessible and practical introduction to the ways in which online and offline corpora can be used in English language teaching (ELT). Featuring 70 chapters written by an international range of researchers and practitioners, this book: • provides readers with clear, tested examples of corpus-based/driven lesson plans;• contains activities relevant to English for general purposes and English for specific purposes;• caters for the needs of English language teachers working with learners at different proficiency levels;• features flexible teaching suggestions that can be explored as part of a lesson or as a full lesson. This book is an essential purchase for pre- and in-service English language teachers as well as those studying corpus linguistics in undergraduate/Master’s courses in applied linguistics, ELT and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).

Teaching English with Corpora is an accessible and practical introduction to the ways in which online and offline corpora can be used in English language teaching (ELT). Featuring 70 chapters written by an international range of researchers and practitioners, this book: • provides readers with clear, tested examples of corpus-based/driven lesson plans;• contains activities relevant to English for general purposes and English for specific purposes;• caters for the needs of English language teachers working with learners at different proficiency levels;• features flexible teaching suggestions that can be explored as part of a lesson or as a full lesson. This book is an essential purchase for pre- and in-service English language teachers as well as those studying corpus linguistics in undergraduate/Master’s courses in applied linguistics, ELT and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).

This book shows how corpus analyses can enhance students’, practitioners’ and researchers’ knowledge of academic language. The book provides a reader-friendly discussion of the key concepts, practices and research applications of corpus linguistics which are relevant to the EAP community.The volume:• empowers readers to compile and analyze EAP-relevant corpora to support their practice;• draws on open-access resources, allowing readers in all contexts to engage in corpus analyses;• examines how corpus studies have advanced the description of spoken, written and computer-mediated academic discourses;• contains numerous reflective and hands-on tasks.Corpus Linguistics for English for Academic Purposes is an essential book for EAP students, practitioners and researchers who wish to develop corpus analytical skills to support their learning, teaching and research practice. It is equally important to novice corpus linguists who wish to find out how they can contribute to the ever-expanding area of EAP.

This book shows how corpus analyses can enhance students’, practitioners’ and researchers’ knowledge of academic language. The book provides a reader-friendly discussion of the key concepts, practices and research applications of corpus linguistics which are relevant to the EAP community.The volume:• empowers readers to compile and analyze EAP-relevant corpora to support their practice;• draws on open-access resources, allowing readers in all contexts to engage in corpus analyses;• examines how corpus studies have advanced the description of spoken, written and computer-mediated academic discourses;• contains numerous reflective and hands-on tasks.Corpus Linguistics for English for Academic Purposes is an essential book for EAP students, practitioners and researchers who wish to develop corpus analytical skills to support their learning, teaching and research practice. It is equally important to novice corpus linguists who wish to find out how they can contribute to the ever-expanding area of EAP.