ABSTRACT
This book aims to help, move corpus linguistics from what RÖmer terms its minority sport status in language teaching to a point where the ability to carry out and interpret corpus research is seen as a normal part of an English language teacher's repertoire. Brazil defines a corpus as a collection of used language, explaining that used language is language which has occurred under circumstances in which the speaker was known to be doing something more than demonstrate the way the system works. This book also aims to foster a more productive relationship between corpora and ELT by reviewing the findings of ELT-related corpus research, suggesting avenues for further research, and considering how judicious use of corpus research could contribute positively to ELT practice. The three kinds of activity are Corpus Search, Corpus Question and Discussion. The heart of purpose of the book is to consider the question that, will corpus linguistics revolutionize grammar teaching in the 21st century.
