Academic Writing with Corpora: A Resource Book for Data-Driven Learning

✍ Scribed by Tatyana Karpenko-Seccombe

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 245
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Academic Writing with Corpora offers a step-by-step accessible guide to using concordancers and aims to help introduce data-driven learning into the academic English classroom. Addressing the challenges faced by EAP teachers when explaining to their students how to write 'naturally', this book provides a solution to the problem by placing an emphasis on learning from expert and proficient writing. In doing so, it:

takes a highly practical approach;

uses Lextutor, an easy-to-use, open access concordancer, whilst introducing students to tools, such as SkELL, MICUSP and BNC-English Corpora;

fosters autonomous learning by demonstrating how to solve everyday difficulties in word choice and grammar;

helps teachers to use corpora in teaching proficient writing and helps students to improve their academic writing by learning from the best examples in their field;
guides students towards better awareness of the communicative side of academic writing. This book forms essential reading for all students on academic writing and EAP courses or who wish to improve their writing.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Introduction to Corpus Tools
0.1 Introduction to Lextutor Concordancer
0.2 Introduction to BNC-English Corpora
0.3 Introduction to SKELL
0.4 Introduction to MICUSP
Reference
Section 1 Observing And Using Language Patterns
1.1 Get Your Prepositions Right
1.2 Improving Word Choices
1.3 Help With Grammar
1.4 Clarifying Lexico-Grammatical Patterns
1.5 Making Connections Within and Between Sentences
1.6 Paraphrase With Concordancers
References
Section 2 Using Corpora to Write for Different Academic Purposes
2.1 Argumentative Writing and Counter-Argumentation
2.2 Expressions of Stance and Voice
2.3 Comparing and Contrasting
2.4 Giving Reasons, Identifying Causes and Effects
2.5 Writing about Problems and Solutions
References
Section 3 Writing Research Papers With Corpora
3.1 Writing Introductions
3.2 Literature Reviews: Presenting Sources
3.3 Writing about Methods and Methodology
3.4 Writing about Results
3.5 Discussion and Conclusions
3.6 Writing Abstracts
References
Answer Key
Introduction To Corpus Tools
0.1 Introduction to Lextutor
0.2 Introduction to BNC-English Corpora
0.3 Introduction to SKELL
0.4 Introduction to MICUSP
Section 1: Observing and Using Language Patterns
1.1 Get Your Prepositions Right
1.2 Improving Word Choices
1.3 Help With Grammar
1.4 Clarifying Lexico-Grammatical Patterns
1.5 Making Connections Within and Between Sentences
1.6 Paraphrase With Concordancers
Section 2: Using Corpora to Write for Different Academic Purposes
2.1 Argumentative Writing and Counter-Argumentation
2.2 Expressions of Stance and Voice
2.3 Comparing and Contrasting
2.4 Giving Reasons, Identifying Causes and Effects
2.5 Writing about Problems and Solutions
Section 3: Writing Research Papers With Corpora
3.1 Writing Introductions
3.2 Literature Reviews: Presenting Sources
3.3 Writing about Methods and Methodology
3.4 Writing about Results
3.5 Discussion and Conclusions
Writing Abstracts
References
Glossary of Corpus Terms
Further Reading for Teachers
Index