Textbook Representation of Prepositions

Autor/inn/en	Mukundan, Jayakaran; Roslim, Norwati
Titel	Textbook Representation of Prepositions
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 2 (2009) 4, S.13-24 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Textbooks; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Form Classes (Languages); Teaching Methods; Computational Linguistics; Secondary School Students; Foreign Countries; Word Frequency; Malaysia; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Analytischer Sprachbau; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Sekundarschüler; Ausland; Word analysis; Frequency; Wortanalyse; Häufigkeit; Großbritannien
Abstract	This article presents a corpus-based investigation on English prepositions which are presented in three English language textbooks used by lower secondary schools in Malaysia. The aims were to find out the distributions of prepositions, its frequency order in comparison with the British National Corpus (BNC) and the differences in terms of their co-occurrence with other parts of speech. The findings showed that there is a difference between the textbook corpus and the BNC in terms of the frequency order of certain prepositions and there are similarities and differences in terms of their co-occurrence with other parts of speech. This study indicates the textbook corpus is essential in the study of prepositions and the results can guide teachers in deciding how best to supplement the text with activities that will give learners exposure to target grammar item that is not sufficiently presented in the textbook. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01