TESOL Colloquium: Using corpus resources and findings in ELT

Here are the files for the presentations in this colloquium which was held on 30th March 2012 at the TESOL convention in Philadelphia:

Paul Thompson: Introduction to the colloquium [PDF]

Gena Bennett: "What does it mean to use corpora?" [PDF]

Steve Walsh: "Using corpora to teach speaking skills" [PDF]

Randi Reppen: "Teaching vocabulary and grammar with corpora" [PDF]

Tom Cobb: "10 uses of a million word corpus in ESL" [Powerpoint Show, requires Powerpoint]

Silvana Dushku and Paul Thompson: "An example of corpus-informed materials development" [PDF] and handout (example of a classroom corpus query activity) [PDF]

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Created on March 30, 2012, by Paul Thompson