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Friday, September 21 • 8:00am - 9:00am
Plenary: An Intro to Corpus Linguistics for ESL Teachers

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Early in my teaching career, I remember a student asking me "What is the difference between PERSUADE and CONSIDER?  Are they the same?"  Because of advances in corpus linguistics, how I answered that question then and how I would answer it in 2018 are very different.  In today's talk, we'll look at what corpus linguistics is and how this can (and should) be a valuable resource for every teacher regardless of what subject your teach.

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avatar for Keith Folse, Ph.D.

Keith Folse, Ph.D.

Professor, TESOL University of Central Florida, University of Central Florida
I am currently Professor Emeritus of TESOL at the University of Central Florida. I have taught ESL and EFL many more than 40 years in the US, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Kuwait, and Japan. I have done teacher training workshops in the US, Canada, all over Latin America, several countries... Read More →

An Intro to Corpus Linguistics for ESL Teachers pdf
Friday September 21, 2018 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Salons 6-10
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