CAR 1 - Motivating College Students’ Learning English for Specific Purposes Courses through Corpus Building

Article Summary for March 6, 2017 

Citation 

Wu, Lin-Fang. (2014). Motivating College Students’ Learning English for Specific Purposes Courses through Corpus Building. In the English Language Teaching (Vol. 7, No. 6, pp. 120-127). Canadian Center of Science and Education.    

Summary

The use of corpora in ESP may help students in applying the material in the real life situation. It can be used in developing listening, speaking, and writing. The materials are designed or chosen based on students’ needs by using the needs analysis. The evaluation can be conducted in a sumative way, the end of the period. 

Application 

The corpus-based learning can be used for integrated learning. The VHS students’ are also can be thought about this way of learning.