International Association of Educators   |  ISSN: 1308-951X

Original article | International Journal of Research in Teacher Education 2018, Vol. 9(3) 44-63

Corpus Linguistics Approach to In-Service Teacher Development

Mogahed Abu Al-Fadl

pp. 44 - 63   |  Manu. Number: MANU-1808-19-0001.R1

Published online: September 30, 2018  |   Number of Views: 56  |  Number of Download: 684


Abstract

This study provided 10-week training in corpus linguistics and its relation to language teaching. Nineteen English teachers were randomly selected.  It sought to give content for the training course in using corpus linguistics in language teaching. It also tried to find the effect of corpus linguistics on language teaching. The study adopts the quasi-experimental design in terms of using a pretest/ posttest design: paired sample t-test.  A Corpus Linguistics Test was used as a pretest/posttest. It proved that there are statistically significant differences between the mean scores the corpus linguistics pretest and posttest in favour of the posttest scores.

Keywords: Teacher education, in-service, development, corpus linguistics


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APA 6th edition
Al-Fadl, M.A. (2018). Corpus Linguistics Approach to In-Service Teacher Development. International Journal of Research in Teacher Education, 9(3), 44-63.

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Al-Fadl, M. (2018). Corpus Linguistics Approach to In-Service Teacher Development. International Journal of Research in Teacher Education, 9(3), pp. 44-63.

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Al-Fadl, Mogahed Abu (2018). "Corpus Linguistics Approach to In-Service Teacher Development". International Journal of Research in Teacher Education 9 (3):44-63.

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