Explored the connection between corpora and language teaching, emphasizing the practical application of corpora in language teaching, including vocabulary teaching, grammar analysis, and language skill development. The author proposes a method of integrating corpus data into teaching practice to enhance learners' language proficiency. At the same time, the use of corpus tools and how to support teaching decisions by analyzing real language data were discussed.

1 Introduction

The impact of the development of corpus linguistics and retrieval tools on language teaching was discussed, emphasizing the role of corpora in providing authentic language materials and promoting students' self-directed learning. Boulton u0026 Cobb's meta-analysis shows that corpus assisted teaching can improve learning outcomes, while Ma et al.'s research suggests that it has become a mainstream teaching skill. However, the application of corpora in classroom teaching is limited, mainly due to the lack of corpora suitable for learners' levels and the lack of relevant training for teachers. Callies pointed out that teachers' corpus literacy is key, including the combination of corpus knowledge, linguistic knowledge, language skills, and teaching methods. Meunier incorporates these competencies into the TPACK framework. Coxhead's new book aims to introduce the results of corpus analysis, provide resources and tools, and help teachers effectively use corpora for teaching, especially from a vocabulary perspective.

2 Content Introduction

This book consists of eight chapters and systematically explores the application of corpora in language teaching. Chapter One provides an overview of the definition, classification, and relevance of corpora to teaching, emphasizing the importance of selecting appropriate corpora. Chapter 2 discusses the role of word frequency and word family in vocabulary teaching, pointing out that high-frequency word family is crucial for understanding texts. Chapter 3 analyzes the importance of multi word units in improving reading fluency and language output quality, and introduces how to use corpora to identify multi word units. Chapter 4 focuses on the academic English corpus, introducing the general academic English vocabulary and specialized English vocabulary, as well as how to use these vocabulary to assist teaching. Chapter 5 explores the characteristics of specialized English vocabulary, proposes methods for identifying professional vocabulary, and discusses how to use corpora to assist in teaching professional vocabulary. Chapter 6 introduces how to apply corpora to classroom teaching from the perspective of vocabulary teaching, including vocabulary teaching plans, learning strategy training, vocabulary testing, and teaching activities. Chapter 7 discusses the principles and decisions of corpus construction, as well as the evaluation of word lists and corpus based research methods. Chapter 8 provides teachers with abundant corpus resources, including websites, online corpora, vocabulary tests, literature reading recommendations, and relevant journal recommendations.

3 Brief evaluations

Coxhead explored corpus based language teaching methods in his paper, introducing the latest research results and teaching applications of words, multi word units, academic English vocabulary, and specialized English vocabulary. A Coxhead framework was proposed that comprehensively considers corpus linguistics knowledge, teaching methods, English subject knowledge, and student self-directed learning, emphasizing the importance of integrating teaching evaluation. The book contains 49 tasks aimed at helping readers understand concepts, apply theories, and operate corpus tools. The homework tasks at the end of each chapter aim to deepen the understanding of concepts and theories, and to practice the use of corpus resources and tools. The book also introduces the development methods of vocabulary lists, providing readers with rich resources including corpora, websites, and testing tools. However, there is still room for improvement in the processing of index lines and instructional design in the book. Overall, this book provides valuable theoretical and practical contributions to the field of corpus assisted language teaching.