From Corpus to Classroom: Making Context Meaningful!

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Introduction 

Hello again!

Have you ever wondered how to make English lessons more engaged and connected to the real life? Thanks to the technology, there are many opportunities arise for both teachers & learners to provide meaningful context. Today, I'll share how my colleagues and I adapted one of them, corpus research, into a lesson plan. So for the curious minds, let's get started!


The Task & Design Process

For this assignment, we prepared a lesson plan based on the ASSURE model, focusing on the correct use of many and much. The material we designed for the lesson combines vocabulary from the Party unit in the MEB high school preparatory book with authentic examples from corpus-based research. Additionally, we used Canva to engage students and avoid a boring worksheet. 

In the worksheet we designed, we followed the steps of 'Ma et al. (2021) propose 4 design principles for corpus-based learning and teaching materials'. Relatedly, there are 5 tasks in this lesson plan.

-A warm-up activity that measures students' background knowledge. 

-Inductive activities that provide students with instructions for using the corpus.

-A fill in the blanks activity that they will solve after examining the corpus.

-A short paragraph writing task to practice what they have learned.


The Role of the Corpus

What makes this task unique is the use of corpus data, allowing students to explore how many and much are used in natural contexts. This not only deepens their understanding of grammar but also connects classroom learning to the real world with authentic examples.


Possible Classroom Challenges

Since the use of corpus in English lessons is a new component, it can be a little confusing for students. Additionally, it may be a bit challenging for students to use a rule and words they have just learned when writing a paragraph. However, this problem will disappear when they are supported by the teacher.


Check out the material and lesson plan we designed below. You know, I'm always open to different ideas! If you have any new suggestions, please share them with me in the comments!

Lesson material: Click here!

Lesson plan: Click here!

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