The Use of Concordancer in Language Teaching 98輔導團到校諮詢服務 玉井國中 蔡佳宏 A. What’s Concordancer • According to the Collins Cobuild English Dictionary: • “An alphabetical list of the words in a book or s set of books which also says where each word can be found and often how it is used” B. Application in teaching • Practical function and scholarly – – – – – Real language Authenticity of the learning context Analytical powers Language awareness Curiosity and learner independence C. Teaching Activities • • • • • • • • • • • • Guess the mystery word The students’ awareness Formulate the rule Differentiate use of false friends Coffee or tea Change in language use Changing life-style Use of preposition Syntax of adverbs Reason + because Students writing … Teaching Activities • • • • • • Changing life-style Use of preposition Syntax of adverbs Reason + because Students writing … Preparing yourself and students • Prepare yourself – Write down what that purpose is. – List all the steps and sub-steps necessary to achieve it. – Am I ready to cope with discovery learning. – Decide discussion topic. • Preparing your texts – Try first. Preparing yourself and students • Preparing your students – Make sure students understand the basic mechanism, appearance and limitation of a concordance. – Make sure the learning objective are clear to them. – Independence from authority – Raw data Useful links • Try to use the keywords, “corpus” and “concordancer” on the Internet. • 輔導團網站。
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