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ELT Journal 2001 55(3):238-246; doi:10.1093/elt/55.3.238
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Enriching reality: language corpora in language pedagogy

L GavioliA1 and G AstonA2

A1 Modena, Italy Email: gavioli@sslmit.unibo.it A2 Bologna, Italy Email: guy@sslmit.unibo.it

In recent years there has been considerable discussion of how far ELT syllabuses and materials should be 'corpus-driven' in order to better reflect linguistic reality. In this paper we argue that this debate has tended to overlook the potential of corpora as tools in the hands of learners, for whom they can provide a wide range of opportunities to observe and participate in real discourse for themselves.


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