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ELT Journal Advance Access published online on May 22, 2008
ELT Journal, doi:10.1093/elt/ccn022
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press; all rights reserved.

Learner-created lexical databases using web-based source material

Gregory L. Friedman

Gregory Friedman currently teaches in the Global Japanese Studies programme at Meiji University in Tokyo. He holds a Master's degree in Applied Linguistics from San Diego State University. His research interests include task effects on fluency, complexity, and accuracy of learner output, in particular the effect of scenario drama interaction on output modification

Email: gregapan{at}gmail.com


  Abstract

The use of authentic text has been argued to increase learner awareness of lexical form, function, and meaning (for example, Willis 1990; Johns 1994). The Web provides ready-made material and tools for both learner-centred reading and vocabulary tasks. This study reports on the results of a project in which Japanese university EFL students made use of the Web as a living corpus to investigate the specific contexts and collocative properties of lexis. Using an online database, students created a communal dictionary composed of lexis and example sentences culled from web sources, along with examples of their own devising. The language database was then used to facilitate peer teaching of lexis. Work produced indicates that learners paid attention to lexical form, function, and meaning when composing.

Final revised version received November 2007


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