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Analysis of Corpus Application in Foreign Language Teaching Articles 1 Paper Keywords: Corpus Application Computer-aided Foreign Language Teaching
Abstract: With the continuous development of computer-aided foreign language teaching technology, the research and application of corpus in foreign language teaching are more and more extensive. This paper discusses and analyzes the classification, function and application of corpus in foreign language teaching, and points out that effective use of corpus resources can not only expand teaching space, but also cultivate students' awareness of autonomous learning.
I. Introduction
Corpus refers to a large electronic library with a certain capacity, which collects natural and continuous language use texts or discourse fragments by random sampling according to certain language principles. [1] Simply put, a corpus is a large database for storing language materials. This kind of material appears naturally in a certain language, which can be written or spoken. Linguists regard this material as the material for studying languages. Corpus established by computer technology provides abundant raw materials for foreign language teaching, and is an important corpus source for compiling various teaching materials, dictionaries, grammar books and other materials. At the same time, corpus linguistics plays an important role in the theory, content and methods of foreign language teaching. [2]
Second, the classification and function of corpus
According to language types, corpora can be divided into monolingual corpora, bilingual corpora and multilingual corpora. According to the source of corpus, corpus can be divided into oral corpus and written corpus. According to the language subject matter, it is divided into general corpus and special corpus. According to whether the corpus is labeled or not, it can be divided into original corpus or original corpus and mature corpus or labeled corpus. A mature corpus means that when a corpus is established, it is marked in phonetics, parts of speech, syntax and semantics, and the marked corpus is easy to retrieve. [3] Corpus provides an important resource for foreign language teaching and research. How to make effective use of corpus resources, expand the space of teaching and learning, and cultivate students' awareness of autonomous learning is a problem that foreign language teachers should think about.
The role of corpus in foreign language teaching can be summarized as four points:
(A) help to narrow the gap between the classroom teaching language and the target language.
(2) It is helpful to understand the characteristics of different register variants more clearly. Because the language characteristics of different registers are different. As we all know, register variation should be paid attention to in language teaching. Corpus linguistics proves that if some language forms are in different registers, their frequency of occurrence will be very different. [4] The application of corpus in teaching will make us understand the characteristics of different register variants more clearly and intuitively; At the same time, it will deepen the comprehensive and complete study of some language forms and different usages.
(3) It can help us to understand and learn the actual pragmatic meaning and real usage of the target language more accurately. Modern information technology can quickly and conveniently select a word, phrase, grammatical structure and even other language forms from a corpus containing a large amount of information. Through the examples in the corpus, we can not only retrieve a lot of useful real information, but also count the frequency of different language forms.
(D) Corpus is conducive to improving the ability of language learners to use vocabulary.
Third, the teaching application scope of corpus
(1) Corpus can be used to compile teaching syllabus and teaching materials. According to the vocabulary resources in the corpus, the frequency of some words in the corpus can be counted, and then the common words can be found according to the frequency, which provides the basis for the design of teaching syllabus and the compilation of teaching materials.
(B) Corpus can be used for grammar teaching. Corpus contains not only a large number of lexical semantic databases, but also a large number of lexical and syntactic materials. According to these data, we can find out the key points of grammar teaching, such as which irregular verbs appear most frequently in daily communication, what are the most commonly used functions of the simple present tense and so on. Third, establish a corpus of English mother tongue. English mother tongue corpus refers to a corpus established by collecting the languages actually used by English native speakers. [5] Teachers use the language in English mother tongue corpus as classroom teaching materials, which makes the language vivid and convincing and can stimulate learners' interest in learning.
(C) Corpus provides important and rich resources for vocabulary teaching [6]. In vocabulary teaching, teachers should not only let students master the pronunciation and spelling of words. We should also fully explore the different meanings of the same word in different contexts and the collocation of this word with other words. There are a lot of rich examples in the corpus. Teachers can use the central word search to list the context or sentence of a word in one or several texts one by one, so that students can summarize it themselves. Moreover, in each example, the core word is located in the middle, which tells learners how to use the word intuitively and helps students master the different meanings and collocations of the word. By touching the examples of the use of the word in multiple contexts, students have enough language input, and can summarize and explore the implied meaning and collocation relationship of the word through self-induction, thus improving their language awareness and autonomous learning ability. In classroom teaching, teachers can ask students "what is the word protection before and after", or teachers can ask students to discuss and find out the different collocation of the word with verbs, adjectives, nouns and prepositions. Then express it in the form of an icon. This kind of self-help discovery and learning is not only convenient for students to remember, but also can develop students' learning strategies and cultivate their awareness of autonomous learning and sensitivity to grammatical forms, structural collocation and context. Finally, an English learner corpus can be established. The corpus of English learners mainly comes from English learners. The purpose of putting forward corpus is to observe the English characteristics and speech errors of all kinds of students, and to provide useful feedback information for English teaching of China students. [7] Introducing English corpus into classroom teaching can narrow the differences between the language taught in the classroom and the language actually used by native speakers, cultivate students' language awareness and autonomous learning ability, determine the focus of vocabulary teaching and grammar teaching, evaluate the existing syllabus and textbooks, summarize learners' language output, and provide feedback for teaching.
Fourth, summary.
In a word, the advantages of corpus in language teaching are irreplaceable. It can not only guide the compilation of syllabus and determine the teaching focus, but also help learners correctly understand various register variants and improve their vocabulary application ability. With the rapid development of computer and network information technology, the research and application of corpus will continue to improve.
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Analysis on the Application of Corpus in Foreign Language Teaching Part II [Abstract] The application of Corpus in English teaching practice has been widely innovated and developed. Based on network information technology, the application space of corpus in English teaching is expanded by building a network corpus platform. Based on the characteristics of corpus and English teaching, this paper expounds the teaching practice of designing and developing corpus, constructing English corpus teaching platform and applying corpus for error correction feedback.
[Keywords:] corpus; English teaching; application research
1. Corpus and English Teaching
(A) Corpus and its characteristics
Corpus refers to the collection of electronic texts representing language variants and a certain language according to sampling standards. From the perspective of language teaching, corpus can provide natural texts for language learners, and its most representative language function is to index keywords. Learners can get a large number of relevant language examples by describing specific words, phrases and sentences, and then analyze and reason, so as to obtain the rules and experience of language learning. This "top-down" analysis and induction of language learning process enables language learners to acquire language learning ability through the logical laws displayed in the corpus, which is essentially different from the traditional "cramming" teaching model. Learners search the actual language knowledge cases and hypotheses from the corpus from top to bottom, and adopt the method of language testing to truly interpret the significance of data-driven and autonomous inquiry learning. The characteristic of corpus is the real corpus of foreign language in practical application. Therefore, in general, everyday examples are not included in the corpus retrieval scope. Furthermore, the relationship between language knowledge and word collocation in corpus is not a simple mapping relationship with language knowledge. In addition, a real corpus can only be formally compiled into a corpus after the language is properly processed and becomes a useful or valuable resource.
(B) the idea of corpus construction in English teaching
Based on the construction conditions of the existing corpus, this paper focuses on its openness, convenience, practicality and novelty. First of all, the construction of corpus should comprehensively consider the current situation and teaching conditions of English teaching, adopt the principle of targeted practice, and fully reflect the auxiliary and service functions of corpus. Therefore, the construction of corpus should be combined with the laws and characteristics of English teaching. Fully tap the data application value and practical application category of the corpus, take the students' learning situation as the guide, and adopt hierarchical construction steps. Secondly, starting from the goal of corpus construction, it is complementary to comprehensively improving students' learning quality and efficiency, making full use of corpus resources and realizing the advantages of English teaching. In the process of establishing corpus, we should guide students to learn English actively around their interest in learning English. In this regard, in the process of corpus construction, it is very important to emphasize practical principles, which should be strictly observed and implemented in practical work. Finally, pay attention to the openness and enjoyment of corpus resources. The application of corpus in English teaching needs a lot of resources in the early stage of construction. However, the existing survey results show that most of the resources for corpus construction are in the hands of a few scientific research teams and individual units. The trend of its benefit and application value will limit the popularization and development of corpus to some extent. Corpus builders should pay attention to the openness of corpus resources, avoid waste of resources, and lay the foundation for later development and research.
Second, the significance of the application of corpus in English teaching
(A) highlight the students' dominant position in teaching
Under the traditional English teaching mode, teachers are important participants in classroom teaching, and they mainly occupy the main position of teaching. Students are often in the "spoon-feeding" teaching mode and are very tired of rote learning and a large number of words. The effect and quality of classroom teaching are not high, and only a few students can absorb all the important and difficult knowledge. It should be emphasized that only when students fully understand and apply what they have learned in their daily contact or life can they deeply understand the teaching content. Because of this, with the promotion of the new curriculum reform, the traditional English teaching mode is gradually eliminated. According to the application goal of English teaching, we should highlight students' dominant position in the classroom, give full play to students' subjective initiative, and strive to meet students' personalized learning requirements.
(B) Emphasize the auxiliary role of teachers
In traditional English teaching, students have been in a passive learning state, and their learning efficiency and enthusiasm are obviously not high. It is very necessary to construct a corpus and apply it to English classroom teaching practice, emphasizing the auxiliary role of teachers. The in-depth implementation of "endless learning", whether it is the knowledge reserve mastered by teachers or the accumulation of students' learning, will fully extend and expand the scope of English knowledge. The application of corpus and the concrete implementation of "example teaching" will emphasize the demonstration and guidance role of teachers. In the practice of corpus application, teachers should first deeply analyze and study the application mode of corpus. After teachers are familiar with and master their application skills, they will teach them to students, which has a positive impact on teaching practice. In addition, teachers will also improve their discipline quality in the process of applying practice corpus.
Thirdly, the practical research of corpus in English teaching.
(A) Design and research corpus
To apply corpus to English teaching, we should first choose the appropriate construction approach, comprehensively analyze the characteristics and difficulties of English teaching, and design the corpus according to the teaching plan and curriculum design. For example, the collaboration module in English teaching is divided into education, ecological environment, daily life, situational dialogue, culture and other topics according to the writing theme and formal theme. According to different topics, different types of corpus resources are collected, with narrative articles accounting for 25%, argumentative articles accounting for 35%, practical articles accounting for 40% and other similar classification standards. Corpus in culture and education accounts for the vast majority, especially in the new English curriculum reform, so that students can understand and master writing topics of different topics according to the requirements of the syllabus. Therefore, cultural and educational contents should be distinguished in the corpus collection stage. Corpus data will also pay attention to students' writing ability and fulfill education and teaching standards according to the requirements of teaching guidance. With the improvement of students' education level, the teaching tasks and requirements will also be significantly improved. While collecting the corpus, with the constant revision and updating of the teaching materials, the corpus should also update or add new content data sources. It can be implemented according to the contents of different stages of English education. The selection of corpus should adhere to the principle of diversification and multi-angle, avoid involving sensitive topics and actively spread positive energy.
(B) Building an English Corpus Education Platform
The platform for constructing English teaching corpus is based on multimedia information technology. After professional system development and software application, or the introduction of mature software terminals, we will build a digital service platform for English education and teaching, and then build a complete English teaching corpus. The related links involved are: sorting out English corpus materials, developing and installing corpus software terminals and servers. To build an English corpus, we should combine the knowledge of English prefaces and hot search vocabulary at home and abroad and learn from the excellent resources of other advanced corpora to build a corpus that meets students' cognitive level and English application ability. You can also use Java programs and database application technology to build a campus English teaching practice platform and expand the scope of classroom teaching. The construction of its network platform is mainly used to help students improve their English learning ability and language skills. For example, in the teaching of English writing course, students can use their student number or "name+password" to log on to the campus corpus platform, complete the teacher's writing requirements, and transmit them to the corpus system in electronic form. The system will automatically judge and grade the quality and errors of the articles written by students, and give the corresponding analysis report. In addition, in order to avoid systematic mistakes, English teaching needs to objectively and comprehensively evaluate students' writing level on the basis of analyzing reports, and then record students' complete writing process in teaching notes, so as to help students complete their phased goals and gradually improve their English learning level.
(C) the application of corpus to correct feedback function
English writing teaching involves students' cognitive ability, mainly including language learning ability and ideological expression ability, which need to be completed in writing training. Students can't avoid mistakes in grammar and vocabulary use in writing training. The application of corpus provides a good opportunity for English learners to revise their language. Teachers can use the error correction feedback function of corpus to improve the accuracy of students' English vocabulary and grammar application and help students establish good language habits. Corpus plays a very powerful role in correcting feedback, but in English teaching, we should also pay attention to students' behavior feedback in class. English teaching in junior and senior high schools has not responded positively to the feedback application of corpus, and often doubts the accuracy of its function. However, if the teacher corrects the feedback directly, the students will lose the right of active cognitive learning. Therefore, it is very necessary to combine the two organically. It can not only reflect the auxiliary and guiding role of English teachers in classroom teaching, but also help students form good corpus learning habits. For example: exhibits = itemondisplayn (translation: exhibits); The leaders of organizations are usually ethnic minorities. But some people say young people can relax. Do you agree or disagree? Teachers can ask students questions. Managers are very important for the development of enterprises, so the ability of leaders largely determines the development space of enterprises. What new qualities do leaders need, that is, innovation consciousness, decision-making ability, execution ability, adventure consciousness or familiarity with business and organization and coordination ability, in order to arouse students' thinking about problems and use their answering ideas in the construction of writing logical framework?
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