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From Corpus to Classroom

O'Keeffe, McCarthy & Carter

Graduate students, Academic researchers, Pre/in-service teacher training

From Corpus to Classroom summarises and makes accessible recent work in corpus research, focusing particularly on spoken data. It is based on analysis of corpora such as CANCODE and Cambridge International Corpus, and written with particular reference to the development of corpus-informed pedagogy.

The book explains how corpora can be designed and used, and focuses on what they tell us about language teaching. It examines the relevance of corpora to materials writers, course designers and language teachers and considers the needs of the learner in relation to authentic data. It shows how the answers to key questions such as 'Is there a basic, everyday vocabulary for English?', 'How should idioms be taught?' and 'What are the most common spoken language chunks?' are best explored by means of a clearer understanding of the workings of language in context.

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Reviews:

"O'Keeffe, McCarthy and Carter's book is a must for teachers as it will definitely contribute to a better understanding of what corpora can bring to language pedagogy...I am confident that the From Corpus to Classroom volume will play a major role in stimulating the synergy between corpora and language teaching." Fanny Meunier, Centre for English Corpus Linguistics, UCL

"...a timely publication that will provide an international audience of teachers wth an accessible, informative book on the merits and limitations of corpus and its application in the language classroom." Margart Bade, UNITEC

"...real-life examples and thought-provoking approaches to frequently debated issues make for fascinating reading...an excellent examination of the topic..." Nora Sullivan, Educational Consultant