PLEASE NOTE: The presenter experienced a serious emergency on the day of this presentation, and was unable to attend. However, she has shared her handout below. -MATSOL Conference Committee

Though learners can provide passable definitions of many words, they cannot use them correctly in speech or writing. This presentation demonstrates how search engines can help learners compare definitions and usage patterns via simple forms of corpus analysis. Learners produce more appropriate sentences for new vocabulary when using these techniques.

Practice-Oriented Presentation (45 minutes)

College/University ESL