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Publication details [#45963]

Sealey, Alison and Paul Thompson. 2007. Corpus, Concordance, Classification: Young Learners in the L1 Classroom. Language Awareness 16 (3) : 208–223.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

L1-acquisition | metalinguistic awareness | primary school

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This study explores how corpus-based activities in a primary-school context can help first language English students to learn about language. It is suggested that this perspective may offer a flexible route into metalinguistic comprehension, which stays related to authentic discourse.