Study of Corpus and the Development of English Textbook

DOI

10.2991/seiem-16.2016.75How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Corpora, Traditional Textbooks, Native Speaker, COCA

Abstract

This study investigates the differences between what textbooks are teaching and how native speakers actually use language as evidenced in the corpora. The author first makes a review of the literature on using authentic versus invented examples in the ELT context, followed by a critical account of what is meant by 'native speaker' and the implications following this classification a comparison between examples from textbooks and/or dictionaries and evidence you have extracted from a corpus. A critical discussion of possible difference is shown after analysis of the differences. The author also offers some implications on using corpora to inform textbook and dictionary design.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Yang He
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TI  - Study of Corpus and the Development of English Textbook
BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 International Seminar on Education Innovation and Economic Management (SEIEM 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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