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Gala, Núria; Billami, Mokhtar B.; François, Thomas; Bernhard, Delphine – Research-publishing.net, 2015
Computational tools and resources play an important role for vocabulary acquisition. Although a large variety of dictionaries and learning games are available, few resources provide information about the complexity of a word, either for learning or for comprehension. The idea here is to use frequency counts combined with intralexical variables to…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Lexicology, Difficulty Level, Word Frequency
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Thomas, James – Research-publishing.net, 2014
"Discovering English with the Sketch Engine" is the title of a new book (Thomas, 2014) which introduces the use of corpora in language study, teaching, writing and translating. It focuses on using the Sketch Engine to identify patterns of normal usage in many aspects of English ranging from morphology to discourse and pragmatics. This…
Descriptors: Courseware, English Instruction, English (Second Language), College Students
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Jager, Sake, Ed.; Bradley, Linda, Ed.; Meima, Estelle J., Ed.; Thouësny, Sylvie, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2014
The theme of EUROCALL 2014 was "CALL Design: Principles and Practice," which attracted approximately 280 practitioners, researchers and students from computer-assisted language learning (CALL) and related disciplines of more than 40 different nationalities. Over 170 presentations were delivered on topics related to this overarching…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction