Conrad speaks of three
effects
1. Monolithic descriptions of English will give
way to register-specific descriptions.
Register
determines the frequency of use of words in the language.
2. The teaching of grammar will become more integrated
with the teaching of vocabulary.
Corpus
linguistics provides more information than what could be memorized for
practice. Lexical combinations that are actually used, and their frequency of
usage are given by corpus linguistics.
3. Focus on grammar teaching will change from structural
accuracy to appropriate conditions of use.
Knowing
what structure to use when is more useful than knowing all the structures.
These views from
computer-assisted corpus linguistics have changed how grammar is taught. The use
of corpora of oral language is likely to provide more insights and teaching
resources in the future.
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