Page 6 of the activity packet handout from ARKTESOL 2010 Sprindale presentation by Elisabeth Chan entitled Building Academic English in the ESL Classroom.
Using Corpus of Contemporary American English to Find Collocations
1. Created for Level 4C / Spring 2010 Session I / ELC
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1. Type your word into “WORD(S)”.
2. Click “CONTEXT”. A box will appear.
3. Click SEARCH. 3.
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4. View your results in the right frame. The word you have typed in is used most often near these words.
FFoorr eexxaammppllee,, tthhee ffoolllloowwiinngg pphhrraasseess aarree ccoommmmoonn:: ““ccoonnfflliicctt bbeettwweeeenn””,, ““ccoonnfflliicctt aanndd rreessoolluuttiioonn””,, ““ccoonnfflliicctt ooff
iinntteerreessttss””,, ““aarrmmeedd ccoonnfflliicctt””,, ““ppootteennttiiaall ccoonnfflliicctt””,, ““eetthhnniicc ccoonnfflliicctt””,, aanndd ssoo oonn.. YYoouu ccaann cclliicckk eeaacchh wwoorrdd iinn tthhiiss
ffrraammee ttoo sseeee eexxaammppllee sseenntteenncceess ooff uussee..
