MICASE: MIchigan Corpus of Academic Spoken English

ICLE: International Corpus of Learner English
(non-English learner corpora)

CHILDES: CHIld Language Data Exchange System

1. What is the general purpose in studying "English for Academic Purposes" (EAP)?
2. Discuss the two or three main findings of Gledhill's (1995, 1996) studies
3. To what degree does the language of different academic disciplines vary?  What importance does this have for learners?
4. What is "hedging", what is its function, and how could most learners improve their use of hedges?
5. How can corpora be used to create language tests? Has there been much done in this field?
6. What are "learner corpora".  What is the ICLE?
7. List three or four important findings from learner corpora, in terms of how learners' language is different from native speakers' language
8. How can the knowledge of phenomena like that in #7 be used to improve language teaching?