Use of phrasal verbs in an ESL learner corpus and its corresponding pedagogic corpus
Phrasal verbs are one of the most notoriously puzzling aspects of English language instruction. Despite their potential complexities, they are of high relevance for ESL/ EFL learners because knowledge of them is often equated with language proficiency and fluency. With the emergence of corpus lingui...
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| description | Phrasal verbs are one of the most notoriously puzzling aspects of English language instruction. Despite their potential complexities, they are of high relevance for ESL/ EFL learners because knowledge of them is often equated with language proficiency and fluency. With the emergence of corpus linguistics, phrasal verbs have been extensively studied in General, Learner and Pedagogic corpora. Literature, however, is lacking in how learners’ use of phrasal verbs reflects the corresponding pedagogic corpora to which they are exposed. To fill this research gap, this study adopted a corpus-based content analysis as its methodological approach to investigate the treatment of phrasal verbs in an ESL learner corpus and its corresponding pedagogic corpus. Findings are also compared against the presentation of these combinations in the British National Corpus (BNC). The study reveals that the selection of teaching materials is more intuitively than empirically based. It also suggests that teachers can use available corpora as supplementary teaching sources to work out the areas of L2 that tend to cause problems for the learners. |
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| spelling | upm-764502020-02-04T04:54:11Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/76450/ Use of phrasal verbs in an ESL learner corpus and its corresponding pedagogic corpus Zarifi, Abdolvahed Mukundan, Jayakaran Phrasal verbs are one of the most notoriously puzzling aspects of English language instruction. Despite their potential complexities, they are of high relevance for ESL/ EFL learners because knowledge of them is often equated with language proficiency and fluency. With the emergence of corpus linguistics, phrasal verbs have been extensively studied in General, Learner and Pedagogic corpora. Literature, however, is lacking in how learners’ use of phrasal verbs reflects the corresponding pedagogic corpora to which they are exposed. To fill this research gap, this study adopted a corpus-based content analysis as its methodological approach to investigate the treatment of phrasal verbs in an ESL learner corpus and its corresponding pedagogic corpus. Findings are also compared against the presentation of these combinations in the British National Corpus (BNC). The study reveals that the selection of teaching materials is more intuitively than empirically based. It also suggests that teachers can use available corpora as supplementary teaching sources to work out the areas of L2 that tend to cause problems for the learners. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/76450/1/01%20JSSH-2650-2017.pdf Zarifi, Abdolvahed and Mukundan, Jayakaran (2019) Use of phrasal verbs in an ESL learner corpus and its corresponding pedagogic corpus. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 27 (4). pp. 2185-2200. ISSN 0128-7702; ESSN: 2231-8534 http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JSSH%20Vol.%2027%20(4)%20Dec.%202019/01%20JSSH-2650-2017.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Zarifi, Abdolvahed Mukundan, Jayakaran Use of phrasal verbs in an ESL learner corpus and its corresponding pedagogic corpus |
| title | Use of phrasal verbs in an ESL learner corpus and its corresponding pedagogic corpus |
| title_full | Use of phrasal verbs in an ESL learner corpus and its corresponding pedagogic corpus |
| title_fullStr | Use of phrasal verbs in an ESL learner corpus and its corresponding pedagogic corpus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Use of phrasal verbs in an ESL learner corpus and its corresponding pedagogic corpus |
| title_short | Use of phrasal verbs in an ESL learner corpus and its corresponding pedagogic corpus |
| title_sort | use of phrasal verbs in an esl learner corpus and its corresponding pedagogic corpus |
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