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Becoming corpus literate: An in-service EFL teacher education framework for integrating corpora into EFL teaching

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Bennett, Cathryn, Dhonnchadha, Elaine Uí·2023·Applied Corpus Linguistics
DOI 10.1016/j.acorp.2023.100048
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While much language teaching research has extolled the advantages of using corpora in the language learning classroom, uptake of corpora by language teachers remains low (Poole, 2020; Charles, 2020). Frankenberg-Garcia (2012a) reports that this is partly due to teachers having little time to prepare lessons with corpora given their busy teaching schedules. However, we also argue it is because teachers are not exposed to corpora sufficiently in pre-service teacher training programmes. This paper outlines a training framework for in-service EFL practitioners which will enable them to become corpus literate over a period of weeks. The framework utilises observational learning, and we gauge trainees’ corpus literacy development based on their reflections and experiences of teaching with corpora in class. Similar to previous corpus training research, teachers reported an overwhelmingly positive experience of learning to use a corpus for classroom materials design. Unlike previous trainings with corpora, teachers commented that using corpora did not require more time in lesson preparation when compared with traditional methods. Recommendations for future iterations of the training programme include the incorporation of additional corpora, tools and user interfaces.

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Authors
Bennett, C., & Dhonnchadha, E. U.
Affiliations
Trinity College Dublin (IE)
Corresponding author
Bennett, Cathryn
ORCID
Venue
Applied Corpus Linguistics
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2023-04
Volume
3
Issue
1
Pages
100048
ISSN
2666-7991 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.acorp.2023.100048
OpenAlex
W4322487640
Cited by
19
References
34
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 2
FWCI
9.24
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
Applied Corpus Linguistics (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Second Language Acquisition and Learning
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
Keywords
continuing teacher education, EFL teaching, corpus-based language teaching, observational learning, lesson planning, teacher reflection

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