An investigation into corpus-based learning about language in the primary school
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Research Award Ref. R000223900 |  |
Award holders: Alison Sealey, Paul Thompson (University of Reading) and Mike Scott (University of Liverpool)
Presentations and publications
Presentations
26 June 2003 'Using an electronic corpus to teach children about language' Institute of Education, University of Reading.
5 September 2003 '"What do you call the dull words?" Primary school children using corpus based approaches to learn about language' Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics, University of Leeds.
25 November 2003 '"What do you call the dull words?" Primary school children using corpus based approaches to learn about language' Applied Linguistics Circle, University of Reading.
16 April 2004 '"The bravest knight in the whole land": a corpus analysis of writing for children' BAAL Corpus Linguistics SIG, University of Birmingham.
11 May 2004 'Research into classroom use of concordancing with young learners' CELTE, University of Warwick
22 May 2004 'Through children's eyes? Corpus evidence of the features of children's literature' ICAME 25 Conference, Verona, Italy.
9 July 2004 'Kids, corpora and concordancing' Teaching and Language Corpora Conference
19 - 21 July, 2004 'Dull words, colourful words: Primary school children using corpus- based approaches to learn about language' 7th International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness, University of Lleida, Spain.
September 2004 'Primary learning through corpora' in the colloquium 'Learners and Corpora' Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics, University of London
22nd October 2004, 1.30 - 4.00 pm 'A corpus in the classroom' Half-day course for teachers, National Centre for Language and Literacy at the University of Reading, Bulmershe Campus. Link: http://www.ncll.org.uk/30_events/10_courses_conferences/view_event_html?eventid=92
18th November 2004 Invited presentation at the English Information Exchange Day, Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA), London
February 2005 “It makes you feel all smart”: Children exploring a corpus of English texts'. Annual Conference of the National Association for the Teaching of English, University of Manchester
September 2006 ‘Exploring vocabulary with young L1 learners: the contribution of a corpus', ESRC Seminar on Vocabulary development: educational perspectives on first and second language, in the series: Models and measures of vocabulary acquisition, knowledge and use: the interface between theory and applications University of Reading
Articles
Sealey, A. & P. Thompson (2004) "What do you call the dull words?" Primary school children using corpus based approaches to learn about language English in Education Vol 38/1: 80-91
Sealey, A. & P. Thompson (2006) ‘‘Nice things get said’’: corpus evidence and the National Literacy Strategy Literacy Vol 40/1: 22-28
Sealey, A. & P. Thompson (2007) Corpus, Concordance, Classification: Young Learners in the L1 Classroom Language Awareness Vol 16/3: 208-216
P. Thompson & Sealey, A. (2007)Through children's eyes? Corpus evidence of the features of children's literature International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 12/1: 1-23