A corpus-based study of if-conditional forms If I was/were as presented in pedagogical materials
The aim of this paper is to discuss the impact corpora might have on the use of certain grammatical forms in pedagogical materials. As many coursebooks and grammar textbooks are lacking in both text authenticity and some specific forms used for the classroom, it is disputable whether they are appli...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
2009-06-01
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| Series: | ELOPE |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.uni-lj.si/elope/article/view/3301 |
| Summary: | The aim of this paper is to discuss the impact corpora might have on the use of certain grammatical forms in pedagogical materials. As many coursebooks and grammar textbooks are lacking in both text authenticity and some specific forms used for the classroom, it is disputable whether they are applicable to the needs the students might have in their future life. The available corpora for this study were used and then compared to the discourse analysis of pedagogical materials – grammar textbooks and coursebooks. The results showed that if- conditional forms (If I was/were) were used differently across the registers. These results might be applied to the pedagogical materials in order to make students’ learning more natural and interesting. Firstly, general background of corpus linguistics will be discussed, as well as the existing pedagogical materials used in the classroom. Afterwards, specific features in the corpora chosen for this study will be presented and analysed from a corpus-based perspective.
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| ISSN: | 1581-8918 2386-0316 |