Learning, Teaching, and Staying Current in Englishes Using Online Resources
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Dec 11, 2018
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a global lingua franca corpora digit resources
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Historical linguists have documented for centuries that languages naturally change through new generations, and sociolinguists have likewise demonstrated that languages vary among speakers, so it is no surprise that English both changes and varies, but as the language has become a global lingua franca, its change and variation have accelerated, causing many challenges for ELT about which English or Englishes to teach at different levels, about which conventions to follow, for example in academic writing or in English for Specific Purposes, and about how to evaluate when teaching materials are outdated. This paper will examine the digital resources, such as corpora and Google Trends, which teachers and students can use to investigate the language appropriate for their context, audience, and purpose. Examples will come from all levels, from vocabulary taught in primary schools to collocations used in scholarly writing.
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Barratt, L. (2018). Learning, Teaching, and Staying Current in Englishes Using Online Resources. Journal of Studies in the English Language, 13(1), 44–52. Retrieved from https://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jsel/article/view/159267
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