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I've learnt about corpus Linguistics by Mr.Kriangkrai Vathanalaoha. He taught me to select a very good book that was "A good introduction". After that, I knew the meaning of corpus. It was a collection of word and a theory or methodology of Language. Next, I learnt about historical overview. Corpus began in 1897s and 1950s-1960s Chomsky believed that introspection is more important than empiricism. The case for introspection showed that language performance was biased because real life is biased. For example, more case of "I live in New York" vs "I live in Dayton Ohio". In contrast, the case for empiricism showed that introspective data was observable. Then, I learnt about Types of corpus. There were seven types of corpus(Specialised corpus, General corpus, Multilingual corpus, Parallel corpus, Learner corpus, Historical or Diachronic corpus, and Monitor corpus). After that, I learnt about processes in corpus linguistics. Frequencies were how many frequency we used words. Then. concordances were all the instances of a word in a corpus, presented in their context. Next, collocations were words that always used with words we search in corpus such as wash was always used with the word "pedestal". Next, distribution information was about which group of people that used words in corpus. Then, Dispersion plots were the words that occurred in a corpus. For instance, the word happy was always in the final of the story. After that, I learnt about observing hidden meaning. I knew the phrase "In broad daylight". It occurred in the negative sentence. Moreover, I realized the phrase "swanning around". It also occurred in the negative sentence. Importantly, I knew how to use BNCweb and find the words in corpus.
I joined the seminar of my major. The lecturer is Professor
Dr.Budsaba Kanoksilapatham from Silpakorn University. I've learnt about
Linguistics and Language Teaching. First, I learnt skills that every teacher needs to have. There were teaching methods/pedagogy and linguistic competence. Then, I learnt phonetics and phonology. The lecturer taught me how to produce the letter h, the consonant sounds (think, thank, them, the), and the vowel sounds (guess, said, bread, friend, full-fool, back-bag). Next, I did the pre-test examination about intonation. After that the lecturer showed me how to stress the words from the pre-test examination. For instance, amaze, jealous, average, catastrophe, idealistic, complementary, etc. Then, I learnt about morphology. I knew the collocations such as black and white. I also learnt about syntax such as subjunctive vs indicative mood (It is necessary that he be punctual.). Then, I learnt pragmatics that was cross cultural pragmatics. For example, your boss told you that it is time for you to get a new watch! It meant you were late! After that, I knew about sociolinguistics that was using language in the different situation such as Hi! What's up? vs Good morning! Next, I learnt about lexical semantics. I realized British English and American English. For example, flat and apartment were the same meaning but flat was British English and apartment was American English. Moreover, I learnt about shades of meaning such as to surprise was less intensed than to astound. Then, I learnt about discourse that was written vs spoken language in English, I also learnt about corpus linguistics. After that, I learnt about linguistic research skills as well. It was about subject-verb agreement. Furthermore, I knew some technique that made me good at learning. It was hear-forget, see-remember, do-learn. Importantly, I could apply all of the information from Professor Dr.Budsaba Kanoksilapatham to develop my English skills and use it in the future.
I have learnt about how to add gadgets on my blog. Teacher let me find a clock and calendar for weblog. After that, teacher told me how to get code from the internet and put it into the gadget on my blog. Then, I learnt to add QR code and counter on my blog. Next, I added video to my blog and I learnt to resize the video for suitability. I also knew how to add and link to my friends. Moreover, I realized the way to write the articles and create my profile on weblog. I knew how to save and share the article on public.
I have learnt about the basic of using computer for teaching and studying English language. Then, I knew lot of new acronyms that are ESOL(English for Speakers of Other Languages), TESOL(Teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages), ELL(English Language Learner), PDF(Portable Document Format), ESL(English as a Second Language), EFL(English as a Foreign Language), and ELT(English Language Teaching). Moreover, I realized some words that are Techie(a person who is skilled in the use of technological devices, such as computers), Technophobe(fear of or aversion to technology, especially computers and high technology), Synchronous(occurring at the same time but different place), and Asynchronous(occurring at the different time and different place) Importantly, I learnt how to make weblog. Before I had weblog, I had to have my own Gmail because we used Gmail to log in weblog. Then, I learnt how to add template for my blog.
These are the abbreviations I have learnt in class.
IT (Information Technology) is the application of computers to store, retrieve, transmit and manipulate data, often in the context of a business or other enterprise.
ICT (Information and Communication Technology) is an extended term for information technology (IT) which stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications, computers as well as necessary enterprise software, middleware, storage, and audio-visual systems, which enable users to access, store, transmit, and manipulate information.
CAI (Computer Assisted Instruction) is the use of the computer as a tool to facilitate and improve instruction. CAI programs use tutorials, drill and practice, simulation, and problem solving approaches to present topics, and they test the student's understanding.
CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) is the search for and study of applications of the computer in language teaching and learning.
CMC (Computer Mediated Communication) is defined as any human communication that occurs through the use of two or more electronic devices.
TELL (Technology-enhanced language Learning) is the use of the computer as a technological innovation to display multimedia as a means of complementing a teaching method langauge teachers.
WBI (Web-based Instruction) is teaching and learning supported by the attributes and resources of the Internet.
MUDs (Multi-user Dungeon / Multi-user Dimension) is a multiplayer real-time virtual world, usually text-based. MUDs combine elements of role-playing games, hack and slash, player versus player, interactive fiction, and online chat.
MOOs (Multiple Domain Object Oriented) is MOOs are network accessible, multi-user, programmable, interactive systems well-suited to the construction of text-based adventure games, conferencing systems, and other collaborative software.
References :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOO
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD
http://crescentok.com/staff/jaskew/WebBased/introduction.htm
https://ccit205.wikispaces.com/Technology-enhanced+language+learning
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-mediated_communication
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-assisted_language_learning
http://wikieducator.org/Computer_Assisted_Instruction_(CAI)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_and_communications_technology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology
