Learner corpora: The missing link in EAP pedagogy

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 319-335

  Gilquin, Gaëtanelle ^a   Granger, Sylviane ^a   Paquot, Magali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Corpus linguistics; Dictionary; English for academic purposes; Learner corpora; Materials design; Phraseology

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348970511     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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