The corpus of spoken Estonian as a source for language learning dialogues: construction of telephone conversations Cover Image

Eesti suulise keele korpus keeleõppedialoogide lähtematerjalina: telefonivestluste koostamine
The corpus of spoken Estonian as a source for language learning dialogues: construction of telephone conversations

Author(s): Lea Jürgenstein, Andriela Rääbis, Raili Pool
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühing (ERÜ)
Keywords: foreign language learning; language learning materials; authenticity; language corpora; telephone conversations; conversation analysis; Estonian

Summary/Abstract: Language authenticity in study materials and related learning activities are very important for foreign language teaching. Telephone conversations included in textbooks of Estonian as a second language are often not realistic with respect to the structure of their openings and closings. ne method to make Estonian language learning dialogues more realistic is to incorporate the corpus of spoken Estonian of the University of Tartu as the source.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 21
  • Page Range: 213-241
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: Estonian