An empirical study on a computer-based corpus approach to English vocabulary teaching and learning

Abstract

This paper investigates the effectiveness of a computer-based corpus approach to English vocabulary teaching and learning. The empirical study in this paper illustrates that corpus does benefit English vocabulary teaching and learning but there are some problems of its application. Pedagogical implications are then provided to enhance the effective integration of corpus and English Vocabulary Teaching and Learning: 1) teachers and learners need to negotiate frequently during the whole process of corpus-based DDL; 2) corpus use in vocabulary teaching and learning must adapt to the students' needs and teaching environments; 3) the alternative use of corpus and dictionaries will enhance the efficiency of corpus-based vocabulary learning of the students; 4) Integrating cooperative learning and DDL will promote students' vocabulary learning greatly.