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Introduction to Using Corpora

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Course Information

Subject code

AL

Subject Code Description

Applied Linguistics

Course Number

3150

Course Title

Introduction to Using Corpora

Catalog Subject and Course Number

AL 3150

Catalog Title

Introduction to Using Corpora

Course Description (Combined)

Prerequisite: C- or better in AL 2000 (concurrent enrollment allowed).

An introductory course on the functions of English vocabulary and grammar in real-life contexts. Topics include: how to access existing large electronic collections of authentic language (corpora), how to build and use a teacher-generated corpus, and what patterns of language use can be gleaned from corpus examples. The focus is on applying corpus findings in TESOL.

Credit: 3