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TEC 2014 Hyderabad
The Interface of
Corpus Linguistics and
The Lexical Approach for
Teaching ESL Beginner
Learners Effectively
Adam Scott
[email protected] @teachAdam
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A need for change
Some beginners making slow progress
New students joining existing classes
Traditional coursebooks failing to deliver
Frustrating for teachers and learners
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The Interface of Corpus Linguistics and the Lexical Approach for Teaching ESL Beginner Learners Effectively
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A premise or two
Collocation should help learners
Corpus data can inform course content
Syntax is central to learning English
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Literature Review
Beginners, by Paul Grundy
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Teaching English to Beginners,
by LRH Chapman
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Literature Review
The Lexical Syllabus,
by Dave Willis
Lexical Priming,
by Michael Hoey
From Corpus to
Classroom, OKeeffe,
McCarthy & Carter
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Post-beginner Dilemmas
Problems some higher-level learners still have:
some level of illiteracy in English
poor basic speaking skills
poor basic listening skills
poor basic syntax and verb use
poor or unnatural basic vocab and collocation
struggle badly with pronunciation
have taken forever to make progress
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Why bother?
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Brain Power
McLaughlins Attention-Processing Model Second language learning is a skill
It requires automization of component sub-skills
New learning needs our focal and controlled attention
Our capacity to manage controlled processes is limited
automization makes our language processing skills
more efficient
Structured practice of linguistic patterns supports
integration and automization
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Welcome to English!
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Neradova, M. (2013). Summer in the mountains. Retrieved 15/11/13 from: http://www.marianeradova.org/?month=6
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Undirected focus
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Neradova, M. (2013). Summer in the mountains. Retrieved 15/11/13 from: http://www.marianeradova.org/?month=6
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Too many foci
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Neradova, M. (2013). Summer in the mountains. Retrieved 15/11/13 from: http://www.marianeradova.org/?month=6
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Typical coursebook
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Neradova, M. (2013). Summer in the mountains. Retrieved 15/11/13 from: http://www.marianeradova.org/?month=6
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Interface CL and LA
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Neradova, M. (2013). Summer in the mountains. Retrieved 15/11/13 from: http://www.marianeradova.org/?month=6
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Corpus tools 1
Frequency Lists UCREL Lancaster University http://ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/bncfreq/
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Top 30 English Words
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1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 5 4
are is
on
by
it
at
the
was
have
of
I
for
not
this
but
's
had
with to
be in
and
a you
he
that
... they
this is a ...
she
his
from
she is from ...
I have a ...
Data from Lancaster University. Companion website for word frequencies in written and spoken English based on the British National Corpus. (2001).
Retrieved 15/09/12 from: http://ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/bncfreq/flists.html
are you from ...
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Your turn to play!
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Data from Lancaster University. Companion website for word frequencies in written and spoken English based on the British National Corpus. (2001).
Retrieved 15/09/12 from: http://ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/bncfreq/flists.html
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Practise and personalise
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Corpus tools 2
Online Concordancer BYU BNC http://corpus.byu.edu/bnc/
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Online concordancer
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Online concordancer
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Building collocation
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have
see use
get go to
play
a taxi
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Lexical grammar
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have
see use
get go to
play
a taxi
/j-uh/ ? (=every day) Yes, I do. No, I dont.
/d-i-j-uh/ yesterday? Yes, I did. No, I didnt.
/j-uh/ Do you?
/d-i-j-uh/ Did you?
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Key practical features
Collocating lexis into grammar
Presentation light, production heavy
Careful staging one thing at a time
Chunking up structural elements
A focus on accuracy
Achieves real communication
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Building collocation
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Top 10 adjectives Top 10 nouns
Data from Lancaster University. Companion website for word frequencies in written and spoken English based on the British National Corpus. (2001).
Retrieved 15/09/12 from: http://ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/bncfreq/flists.html
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Building collocations
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time
way
year work government
thing day man
people year
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Top Verbs
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Building associations
Collocating the highest-frequency words
Builds associations across lexis
Chunking creates better pronunciation
Synthetic phonics to represent sounds
Develops understanding of primings
Supports receptive skills
Increases ability to listen, read and anticipate
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Pronunciation
/w-air d-i-j-uh g-oh/
/h-ue d-i-j-uh g-oh w-i-th/
/w-e-n d-i-j-uh g-oh/
/w-o w-uh-z th-uh w-e-th-uh l-igh-k/
/w-o d-i-j-uh d-ue th-air/
/w-o w-uh-z-i-t l-igh-k/
/w-air d-i-j-uh s-t-ey/
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Doff, A. (2010). English unlimited starter coursebook. Cambridge: CUP. p.67
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Adjacency Pairs Adam Scott
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Doff, A. (2010). English unlimited starter coursebook. Cambridge: CUP. p.67
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Pronunciation maps Adam Scott
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New value in resources Adam Scott
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play
run
n
walk
catch
(lie)
ly
sail throw
feed (ride) rid
sit
t
fly
swim
m
kick
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Associative activities
Using memory maps
Collocating adjectives with landmarks
Matching words with people
Matching sounds in different words
Teaching new lexis with strong collocates
Meaning is built through association
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Statistical indicators
Beginners reaching pre-int or higher (Beginner and elementary levels counted as one level)
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[VALUE] weeks
[VALUE] weeks
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Num
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weeks p
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level
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COURSE TYPE
Median progress in student weeks
Traditional New
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Qualitative Feedback
Students fit capably into elementary level
Surprising levels of fluency and accuracy
Able to say a lot with relatively little
Learners are engaged and questioning
Good ability to collocate lexis
Students are happy and motivated
Good study skills
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Some closing ideas
Stage lessons for focal, controlled attention: one thing at a time!
Well-staged, integrated lesson content fosters Demand High
learning and meaningful production
Chunk up cumbersome/discreet discrete grammar points
Collocate new lexis to minimise learner confusion
Collocation differences are easy to recognise and remember
Simple, explicit pronunciation teaches sound-spelling relations
Priming learners for listenings and readings practises sub-skills
Learning is a skill - strategies are at least as important as content
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Thank you
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