Digital Approach To The Study Of Robert Burns’ Letters

Abstract

The use of computer programs in language-learning environment manifests the teacher's professional competences and helps enhance students' language proficiency and research skills. Literary and linguistic studies often lack objectivity. Computer programs for linguistic data processing help teachers view their activity from a different angle and promote student-oriented learning. The significance of Robert Burns' letters for language learning has been generally overlooked and underestimated. The corpus of 280 letters written by Robert Burns was compiled. It has been suggested that in the learning environment corpus material may be used by both teachers and students for making language exercises, conducting research and verification of data found in scientific studies. The possible uses of the data elicited from Sketch Engine Tool have been suggested. The results of the present study would be helpful to teachers of English, students willing to research literary works, as well as to experienced researchers involved in the study of Robert Burns' legacy.