CORPORA AND WAYS OF USING IN LANGUAGE TEACHING
This paper defines corpora and their types, discusses their contribution to language learning and teaching. It also outlines the changes in knowledge, skills and attitudes that are needed for learners and teachers to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the availability of corpus resources. The pare discusses direct and indirect use of corpora in language teaching. Although the paper refers to research and teaching materials and procedures relevant to English language teaching (ELT) it addresses issues related to language teaching in general.