ELT523 USING CORPORA FOR LANGUAGE RESEARCH
| Course Code: | 8200523 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (0.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | English Language Teaching |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. HALE IŞIK GÜLER |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course offers a practical introduction to corpus linguistics, an extremely versatile methodology of language analysis using computers. Over the semester, course participants will be equipped with skills necessary for collecting and analyzing large digital collections of text (corpora) and introduced to a number of topics demonstrating the use of corpora in language research, including discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, and language learning and teaching
By the end of the course, students will be able to...
- Interpret corpus data using techniques such as concordancing, collocation and
keywords.
- Describe the main methodological underpinnings behind corpus linguistics.
- Apply corpus linguistic techniques to the analysis of different types of data.
- Collect own corpora.
- Design research studies using corpus methods.
- Explain corpus methods as well as a range of applications of this versatile
methodology.
- Perform corpus analysis using a range of corpus tools.
Course Content
The course aims to investigate language using corpora.Special emphasis is given to the usage of corpora with a linguistic and cognitive science perspective.The topics include: Definition and varieties of corpora; building a corpus:sampling ,representativeness,encoding and annotation;characteristics of major available corpora;necessary statistics to interpret corpus data;using corpora:corpora in psycholinguistics,syntax,semantics,discourse,etc.;using tools for corpus-based language studies.The course includes conducting research projects using available tools.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Interpret and analyze corpus data using key techniques such as concordancing, collocation, and keyword analysis.
- Explain the methodological foundations of corpus linguistics and its role in language research.
- Apply corpus linguistic techniques to analyze different types of linguistic data across various domains.
- Collect, compile, and preprocess corpora for research purposes.
- Design and conduct research studies using corpus-based methods.
- Evaluate and communicate corpus findings effectively in relation to discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, and language learning.
- Utilize a range of corpus tools to perform quantitative and qualitative analyses.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | demonstrate awareness of theoretical and applied knowledge about contemporary approaches, methods and techniques and use this awareness effectively in practice for various educational settings. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | synthesize, critically assess, and improve theoretical and practical findings on contemporary research. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | evaluate the existing instructional procedures, methods and techniques and make suggestions to improve new ones. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | carry out studies with a scientific point of view in order to meet the educational needs in national and international contexts with the aim of making contributions to the field. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | demonstrate the necessary skills to conduct independent research with scientific research methods and share research findings at academic meetings or other settings both orally and in written form. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | evaluate national and international instructional materials, exams and programs and design new ones. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | analyze innovative theories, applications and tools, and conduct research to suggest new ones. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | investigate the cultural differences and similarities that can be found in countries where English is spoken as native, second and foreign language, and use this knowledge to improve national English learning and teaching practices. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | analyze the theories and applications about the acquisition of English language as a second and foreign language and applied linguistics, and use this knowledge in relation to English language teaching and learning. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution