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Accompanies the multilingual concordance program ParaConc.

Second Edition. Teaching and Learning in Real Time describes different aspects of the use of technology in language teaching.

Business Phrasal Verbs (CorpusLAB Series) contains explanations and exercises related to the most common phrasal verbs used in Business English. The book also covers common phrases and collocations used in Business English. So, for example, the book covers not just a phrasal verb like "put in" but phrases such as "put in a bid." The book is informed by the analysis of American English used in business situations and the example sentences used in the book are based on real language.

Phrasal Verbs in American English provides useful information and guided exercises for ESL/EFL language learners. The contents of Phrasal Verbs come from written and spoken corpora of American English. The most frequent phrasal verbs are taught along with their associated words (collocates). This means that rather than focussing on a phrasal verb such as "get into," this book covers common phrases: "get into an argumen," "get into trouble," etc. Thus the book covers the phrasal verbs and phrases that the learner is likely to meet in everyday situations.

An excellent collection of research studies carried out with mature (late adolescent or adult) language learners in second and foreign language instructional contexts. The computer medium of these qualitative and quantitative studies embraces not only word processing, but also email, hypertext and webpages. Chapters include: Word Processing and Beyond; Word Processing in the EFL Classroom; A Comparative Study of Text Analysis and Peer Tutoring as Input to Writing on Computer in an ESL Context; The Effect of Peer Feedback versus Self-Assessment on the Quality and Revisions of Compositions; Effects of Teaching of Revision Strategies in a Computer-Based Environment; and Investigating Academic Writing Online.

This book covers the use of corpora in language learning and translation. Chapters include: Learning with corpora: an overview; Corpora and their uses in language research; Corpus-based description in teaching and learning; The pedagogic use of spoken corpora; The learner as researcher; Integrating corpus work into an academic reading course; Swimming in words; Going to the Clochemerle; 'Spoilt for choice': a learner explores general language corpora.

The growing interest among language teachers in corpora, concordances, lexical approaches, and task-based learning makes the publication of Concordances in the Classroom a timely event. Many teachers are just beginning to explore the rich possibilities of using concordance data to improve their teaching and to extend the range of materials available to language students. It is apparent to many that the use of computers and text corpora offers interesting possibilies, but the question most often posed is: How can I make use of these tools in the classroom? Focussing on classroom practice rather than theory, Chris Tribble and Glyn Jones provide extensive, well-written answers to this question. Concordances in the Classroom includes a wide range of classroom-tested examples of concordance use covering: grammar, vocabulary, literature, and English for Special Purposes.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the field of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) written by specialists in specific areas of electronic media. It is designed to be an accessible treatment of CALL for educators and would also make a suitable textbook for a course on CALL. The book includes nine chapters, each written by an authority in the area of the chapter content. The material is divided into three sections: Background, Technology and Language Skills.