PhraseContext
concordancing and
textual analysis tool
From Hans J. Klarskov
Mortensen
h@hjkm.dk we have
received the following
link to his excellent
tool PhraseContext:
Writing and language
analysis tool for the
serious student,
researcher and teacher.
Dear friends,
I have just released a
new improved version. If
you are interested have
at look at it at
Many small details have
been streamlined - and I
have added support for
comparison of corpora
using Log-Likelihood as
statistical significance
test.
Unfortunately, I have
also had to change some
of the registrations
details. This means that
old registration codes
will not work with the
new version. If you want
to use the new version
beyond the 35 days all
you have to do is send
me a mail and I'll issue
a new code right away.
The old version should
still work alongside the
new version.
If you don't want mails
from me please notify me,
and I'll delete you from
the mailing-list. Your
e-mail address is not
passed on to anybody
else.
From Brindusa Muresan
we have received some
wonderful materials used
in a school in Romania.
Read Brindusa's
introduction below:
My name is Brindusa
Muresan. I teach English
in Romania in Cluj
Napoca , I use computers
in class and as far as I
know I am the only
teacher in my town doing
this. I have an optional
course called “computer
assisted projects” that
is intended for students
aged between 10 and 14.
I use different
encyclopedias and I
divided my courses like
this:
5th grade –projects
about animals
6th grade- projects
related to geography
7th grade- mythology and
religions of the world
8th grade –physics and
chemistry as well as
history
I
have made a lot of
materials that allow me
to work with the
encyclopedias I use in
class. If they are of
any interest to you I
would be more than happy
to send you some of them.
My students enjoy
working on computers and
I am looking forward to
widening my horizon and
also to persuading
others about how
important computers can
be in class. I would be
more than glad to help
you with your evaluation
and with any other work
you think I could help
with.
As
for my materials they
are handouts I make on
my computer and that are
related to the topics I
teach. I have attached 2
examples anyway and if
you would like to see
some more I'll send them.
I also have a lot of
multiple choise/true-false
ones and so on on
different topics.
Well, I have about 25-30
children in a class and
they are divided in two
groups at first. One
group works on the
computers and the other
with handouts and other
books and materials.
Then the two groups are
divided again as I have
5 computers an those who
work at their desks also
form 4or 5 groups.
Then they are allowed to
choose their tasks out
of several possible.
For example during the
last courses we studied
animals from several
points of view.
So, we had 10 groups of
three -5 groups at their
computers and the other
5 at their desks. (my
lab is designed in such
a way that they can work
in groups)
Some groups (computer
assisted) chose to deal
with the 4 animals from
a zoological point of
view while some others
chose to deal with them
from a mythological,
religious, historical
point of view. Some
others ( at their desks)
used the dictionaries to
find idioms related to
the 4 animals or funny/
amazing things about
them. Normally, during
the second hour the
group that worked on the
computers come at the
desks and the others
started using the
computers.
Then 1 of the 3 children
from each of the 10
groups came to form a
larger group where they
shared their information
(from the point of view
they had been studying)
and each of the three
groups made a final
project with a lot of
information and that
looks amazing and then
they had to present it
in front of the others.
They enjoy it; we find
out a lot of interesting
thins and it is a task
oriented activity where
they also learn a lot of
new words and
expressions , where they
have the chance to speak
a lot, take turns and
listen to the others (including
the encyclopedias).
From Bieneke
Berendsen we have
received a link to his
very interesting page
about Dutch Grammar.
Read his introduction
below:
I have been working on a
website myself: a free
(and bannerless) Dutch
grammar tutorial (
www.dutchgrammar.com
). I am helping people
from all over the world
with problems related to
Dutch grammar, a
volunteer job I enjoy
very much.
If you are interested, I
would be delighted if
you would place a link
to
www.dutchgrammar.com
on your website.
With kind regards,
Bieneke Berendsen
P.S. On my website, I
have listed a hotmail
address to avoid
receiving spam in my
private email inbox.
For problems or
questions regarding this
page, please contact
Kent Andersen
ka@ots.dk
Last update:
21-12-2010
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