Enriching reality: language corpora in language pedagogy

Corpora are useful for language teaching & learning: I Direct use of corpora: teaching students to exploit corpora for learning I e.g., http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/concordance/ I Indirect use of corpora: reference publishing, materials development, language testing I Teaching-oriented corpus development: LSP corpora, L1 developmental corpora, L2 learner corpora I These corpora affect what is taught and how it is taught Corpora in general allow for more exploration: “illustration-interaction-induction”