Using Corpora in the Language Classroom

This course is about the functions of language forms in a wide range of spoken and written contexts. It provides the knowledge, tools, and skills that teachers need in order to build and use corpora (large samples of authentic language). Students in this course examine and practice the application of corpus linguistics to collocation, grammar, discourse and interactional patterns as well as a range of content-based and skill-based teaching activities. Course Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages program and the Graduate Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.