COCA: A Practical and Very Much Helpful Web-based Application for Academic Writing
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Başlangıç Zamanı: Starting Time 02:00 pm ~ 04:00 pm
Konum: B-141
TED University Center for Teaching and Learning is inviting our academicians to the seminar entitled "COCA: A Practical and Very Much Helpful Web-based Application for Academic Writing" by Assist.Prof.Dr. Aysel Sarıcaoğlu
Abstract:
Effective writing skills are a fundamental requirement for the academic world and a common challenge for the academics who are non-native speakers of English. (or key requirement? Does ‘fundamental’ go with ‘requirement’?) When we write, we make several decisions about (or of? or on?) how a word is used in a specific context or what other words it is used with. We look for vocabulary patterns and the most common structures so that our writing will look as natural as a product of a native English speaker. While dictionaries are of great help to us, what they offer is a very limited version of what we are looking for in the moments of “I wish I could ask a native speaker...” But there are some free, easy-to-use, fun-to-work with, and smart-as-a-native-speaker web-based applications. This presentation aims to introduce one such application to TEDU academics with answers to (or answers of?) how-tos. No linguistic expertise is necessary for the understanding and the use of the application, but having a computerish product at hand will get you more engaged and make the presentation more of a learning experience for you.
Bio:
Aysel Saricaoglu (Ph.D., Applied Linguistics and Technology, Iowa State University) investigates academic writing, automated formative assessment of writing, systemic functional linguistics, and corpus linguistics. Her work has appeared in journals such as Computer-Assisted Language Learning and CALICO.