This week had a few interesting reads. Dr. Reppen's work on corpus is something I am familiar with as she gave a presentation on her corpus work during a course I took last semester. She is very enthused with corpus, and thanks to Dr. Biber, I became familiar with the BYU corpus which can be used in classrooms. It takes a while to get used to, but the website is very useful. I find myself using it today when writing papers, developing assignments for my students, or when I am curious about how certain words are used in English. Recently, I used it for the presentation I on vocabulary gave during the Peaks Conference here at Northern Arizona University. I was using the BYU corpus for backup when it came to understanding how words were used in the English language.
Also, earlier in the week, we were advised to download AntConc by Dr. Smart. Class was canceled and so we were not able to use the activity during class, but I am glad to have this program on my computer, it like the BYU corpus, I'm sure will come in handy... though I am not quite sure how to use it yet.
The AntConc Concordance download: http://www.antlab.sci.waseda.ac.jp/software.html
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