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benjamins.com>Title: Computer Learner Corpora, Second Language Acquisition and Foreign Language Teaching Series Title: Language Learning & Language Teaching 6 Publication Year: 2002 Publisher: John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/, http://www.benjamins.nl Book URL: http://www.benjamins.nl/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=LL_LT_6 Availability: Available Editor: Sylviane Granger, Universit� Catholique de Louvain Editor: Joseph Hung, Chinese University of Hong Kong Editor: Stephanie Petch-Tyson, Universit� Catholique de Louvain Hardback: ISBN: 1588112934, Pages: x, 246 pp., Price: USD 80.00 Hardback: ISBN: 9027217017, Pages: x, 246 pp., Price: EUR 80.00 Paperback: ISBN: 1588112942, Pages: x, 246 pp., Price: USD 35.95 Paperback: ISBN: 9027217025, Pages: x, 246 pp., Price: EUR 36.00 Abstract: This book takes stock of current research into computer learner corpora conducted both by ELT and SLA specialists. It should be of particular interest to researchers looking to assess its relevance to SLA theory and ELT practice. Throughout the volume, emphasis is also placed on practical, methodological aspects of computer learner corpus research, in particular the contribution of technology to the research process. The advantages and disadvantages of automated and semi-automated approaches are analyzed, the capabilities of linguistic software tools investigated, the corpora (and compilation processes) described in detail. In this way, an important function of the volume is to give practical insight to researchers who may be considering compiling a corpus of learner data or embarking on learner corpus research. The volume is divided into three main sections: Section 1 gives a general overview of learner corpus research; Section 2 illustrates a range of corpus-based approaches to interlanguage analysis; Section 3 demonstrates the direct pedagogical relevance of learner corpus work. Table of Contents Preface vii List of contributors ix I. The role of computer learner corpora in SLA research and FLT A Birds-eye view of learner corpus research Sylviane Granger 3 II. Corpus-based approaches to interlanguage Using bilingual corpus evidence in learner corpus research Bengt Altenberg 37 Modality in advanced Swedish learners written interlanguage Karin Aijmer 55 A corpus-based study of the L2-acquisition of the English verb system Alex Housen 77 III. Corpus-based approaches to foreign language pedagogy The pedagogical value of native and learner corpora in EFL grammar teaching Fanny Meunier 119 Learner corpora and language testing: smallwords as markers of learner fluency Angela Hasselgren 143 Business English: Learner data from Belgium, Finland and the U. S. Ulla Connor, Kristen Precht and Thomas A. Upton 175 The TELEC secondary learner corpus: a resource for teacher development Quentin Grant Allan 195 Pedagogy and local learner corpora: working with learning-driven data Barbara Seidlhofer 213 Index 235 Lingfield(s): Computational Linguistics Language Acquisition Language Learning (Language Acquisition) Written In: English (Language Code: English)Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue