NARROWING LEARNERS’ LEXICAL COMPETENCE-PERFORMANCE GAP: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE USE OF CORPORA IN THE EFL AND ESP CLASSROOMS
NARROWING LEARNERS’ LEXICAL COMPETENCE-PERFORMANCE GAP: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE USE OF CORPORA IN THE EFL AND ESP CLASSROOMS
Author(s): Anna Franca Plastina, Branca GloriaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Piteşti
Keywords: EFL/ESP teaching and learning. lexical competence and performance. corpora. corpus-based pedagogy.
Summary/Abstract: This paper presents two different experimental applications of corpora through a common corpus-based approach, based on the authors’ experiences respectively in EFL secondary and ESP tertiary settings. The corpus-based approach was not meant to replace other teaching methodologies, but to experiment opportunities of narrowing learners’ lexical competence-performance gap through their active involvement in corpora-designed activities.
Journal: Studii şi cercetări filologice. Seria Limbi Străine Aplicate
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 10
- Page Range: 169-177
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English