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Joharry, Siti Aeisha – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2021
One way to investigate learner writing is by analyzing the most frequently recurring sequences of words, that is, lexical bundles. This paper presents results for lexical bundles analyses of a Malaysian corpus (MCSAW) against its reference language variety, LOCNESS (Louvain Corpus of Native English Essays). Key 4-word lexical bundles are firstly…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Language Fluency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Hirata, Yoko; Thompson, Paul – ELT Journal, 2022
With the development of language corpora, linguists have been able to identify how often specific words, phrases, and expressions are used, and in which contexts. However, applications of corpora in the wider domain of language teaching have remained limited. This article presents an approach to utilizing corpora, combining principles from…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Teaching Methods, Action Research, Communicative Competence (Languages)
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Yuvayapan, Fatma; Yükselir, Ceyhun – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2021
Aside from learning the basic and common grammatical structures, English as foreign language learners ("hereafter EFL") have to be familiar with a wide range of lexical chunks called collocations. Being sensitive to collocations is the key of attaining a native-like fluency in English. The aim of this study is twofold: to explore the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Daskalovska, Nina – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2015
One of the aspects of knowing a word is the knowledge of which words it is usually used with. Since knowledge of collocations is essential for appropriate and fluent use of language, learning collocations should have a central place in the study of vocabulary. There are different opinions about the best ways of learning collocations. This study…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Phrase Structure, Verbs, Form Classes (Languages)
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Geluso, Joe; Yamaguchi, Atsumi – ReCALL, 2014
Corpus linguistics has established that language is highly patterned. The use of patterned language has been linked to processing advantages with respect to listening and reading, which has implications for perceptions of fluency. The last twenty years has seen an increase in the integration of corpus-based language learning, or data-driven…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computational Linguistics, Language Processing
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Franken, Margaret – Language Learning Journal, 2014
The use of online language corpora in L2 teaching and learning is gaining momentum largely because corpora are an easily accessed source of language input that potentially provide rich and authentic lexico-grammatical data. This can be of particular use for students' writing as its incorporation can enhance the appearance of native-like fluency.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Computational Linguistics, Computer Software, Second Language Instruction
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Siyanova, Anna; Schmitt, Norbert – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2008
This article presents a series of studies focusing on L2 production and processing of adjective-noun collocations (e.g., "social services"). In Study 1, 810 adjective-noun collocations were extracted from 31 essays written by Russian learners of English. About half of these collocations appeared frequently in the British National Corpus (BNC);…
Descriptors: Nouns, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Processing
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Ferreira, Fernanda; Lau, Ellen F.; Bailey, Karl G. D. – Cognitive Science, 2004
Disfluencies include editing terms such as "uh" and "um" as well as repeats and revisions. Little is known about how disfluencies are processed, and there has been next to no research focused on the way that disfluencies affect structure-building operations during comprehension. We review major findings from both computational linguistics and…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Articulation (Speech), Models