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Neufeld, Steve; Hancioglu, Nilgun; Eldridge, John – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2011
This article examines a recent example of published research on the vocabulary profile of a financial corpus based on the Academic Word List (AWL) to illustrate not only the erroneous output from vocabulary profiling tools but also the pitfalls of using the AWL as a filter for academic lexis. Recent research has cautioned against eschewing high…
Descriptors: Evidence, Word Lists, Statistical Analysis, Misconceptions
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Wette, Rosemary – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2010
It is now generally acknowledged that teachers are curriculum makers and adapters rather than mere transmitters of written plans and prescriptions. This study reports on the curriculum making practices of three capable, experienced teachers of adult ESOL in high, medium and low-constraint contexts over the duration of one complete course for each…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Interviews, Teacher Attitudes, Beginning Teachers