CORPUS LINGUISTICS FOR ESL MATERIAL DESIGNING: A QUALITATIVE STUDY BASED ON ANTCONC SOFTWARE
L. W. D. B. Pabasarani*
Institute of Technology University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Session: Technical Session F
Abstract
Corpus Linguistics in the context of English as a Second Language (ESL) is high in demand as an approach that guides ESL practitioners in making informed decisions about language teaching. This discipline of Corpus Linguistics can be efficiently incorporated into material designing and teaching methodology, paving the way for both feasible and quality teaching and learning processes. The tool used for corpus analysis in this research is AntConc software. This research aims to unravel how the data derived from AntConc software can be used to make materials that reflect the real-life language use. The analysis derived from studying and analyzing a corpus is indeed an effective guide in the context of English Language Teaching (ELT). The text analysis performed by this software proves that the frequent patterns of language it identifies are a valuable resource for creating materials that accurately represent real-life language use.
Keywords: corpus linguistics, material designing
DOI: 10.64752/XVBL4606