Towards Independent Concordance Work for Students: Lessons from a Case Study.

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Title: Towards Independent Concordance Work for Students: Lessons from a Case Study.
Language: English
Authors: Turnbull, Jill, Burston, Jack
Source: On-Call. 1998 12(2):10-21.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 12
Publication Date: 1998
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Error Correction, Feedback, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Indexes, Individual Differences, Longitudinal Studies, Second Language Learning, Student Motivation, Written Language
ISSN: 1034-571X
Abstract: Describes a recent longitudinal case study of the concordancing strategies used by two nonnative English-speaking postgraduate students at Monash University, Australia. In the study, a computer-assisted technique was used to correct English expression in sections of the students' written texts; these texts were then used in the corpus for the students' concordance work. (Author/JL)
Entry Date: 1999
Accession Number: EJ571968
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Describes a recent longitudinal case study of the concordancing strategies used by two nonnative English-speaking postgraduate students at Monash University, Australia. In the study, a computer-assisted technique was used to correct English expression in sections of the students' written texts; these texts were then used in the corpus for the students' concordance work. (Author/JL)
ISSN:1034-571X