Prompt 9

 BLACKBOARD - Barbierie, F. (2005). What is Corpus Linguistics? Essential Teacher (Compleat Links).
 BLACKBOARD - Conrad, S. (2000). Will Corpus Linguistics Revolutionize Grammar Teaching in the 21st Century? TESOL Quarterly, 34(3), 548-560.

What is Corpus Linguistics? And why are some language teachers so excited about it?
What applications can you envision for your current or future classroom?

According to Barbierie (2005), Corpus Linguistics is the study of language that “relies on the use of computer-assisted techniques to analyze large, principled databases of naturally occurring language (corpora). Corpus-based analysis is interested in the language actually used in naturally occurring texts (language behaves in real life) rather than in what is theoretically possible.”
The corpus linguistics has much to offer language teachers, and it has been used in language teaching fields of the development of instructional materials; the analysis of learner language, and classroom instruction. The corpus linguistics provided teachers empirical information about the frequency of use of linguistic features, and it helps the design of teaching materials. Also, the corpus linguistics have been collecting corpora of leaner language, teachers can use these corpora in assessing language learners’ SLA, improving classroom teaching, or designing language teaching materials, etc.

As we all see, the corpus languages can enrich language teaching and research, and I will definitely use them in my future classroom. By collecting and analyzing the corpora of learner language, corpus linguistics provides teachers easy access to enhance teaching materials, improve the classroom teaching, analyze learner language, and help language learners achieve success.