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Corpora and Language Teaching (Römer, 2008).

Authored by Christoph Christoph

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The primary beneficiaries of direct corpora applications are...

... lexicographers and dictionary makers.

... textbook authors.

... linguists and researchers.

... learners and teachers.

Answer explanation

Learners and teachers use direct corpora applications in the classroom (page 113).

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

One of the following is a specialised corpus of academic spoken English:

The BNC

The ANC

The MICASE

The COCA

Answer explanation

MICASE is the Michigan Corpus of Academic Spoken English (1.7 million words). The others are the British National Corpus, the American National Corpus and the Corpus of Contemporary American English.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does CCEC stand for?

Cambridge Corpus English Course

Cambridge COBUILD English Course

Collins COBUILD English Course

Corpus and Concordance English Course

Answer explanation

The CCEC is a corpus-driven lexical syllabus that contains the most common words and phrases in English.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Corpus analysis has discovered a grammatical feature of English that is misrespresented in EFL textbooks:

The progressive is more frequent than expected in repeated actions.

"If" and "in case" are actually used synonymously.

The passive voice is a lot less common than we thought.

The progressive is surprisingly common in continuous events.

Answer explanation

The progressive is usually explained as the aspect of continuous events (the children are playing), but in real life it is frequently used for repeated actions (I'm taking more showers these days).

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which work had a great influence on curriculum design?

Corpus Concordance Collocation

COBUILD Grammar Patterns

English for Specific Purposes

General Service List of English Words

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Michael West's corpus-inspired, pioneering work The General Service List of English Words (1953) was a...

... compilation of frequently used post-war code expressions.

... teaching syllabus based on words rather than grammatical constructions.

... practical set of bilingual materials for learners of English.

... teaching plan initially designed to help Commonwealth immigrants learn English.

Answer explanation

A syllabus with focus on FREQUENT lexical items rather than grammar expressions (lexis and grammar are inseparable, i.e. language is a series of repetitive word-combinations). Now we now that frequency is not the only factor for learnability.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

Pawler and Syder have emphasized the importance of recurring word combinations because they foster ...

fluency, vocabulary and accuracy

vocabulary, idomaticity and fluency

accuracy, fluency and idiomaticity

accuracy, idiomaticity and vocabulary

Answer explanation

Information on phraseology (combinations that individual words favour) are still largely missing from coursebooks.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

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