Performance in reading tasks saw a record drop according to OECD Pisa 2022 results.
The tools borrowed from Corpus Linguistics research (syntactic and semantic linguistic annotation tools) have led to important results and products in the educational field (Sinclair, 2004; Cresti & Panunzi, 2013), demonstrating their potential. Annotation provides interactive reading opportunities that help students identify the key elements of texts (Lo et al., 2013) and recognize organizational structures (Lo et al., 2013, Gilbert, 2017; Ruhil Amal et al., 2018), enhancing reading comprehension (Azmuddin et al., 2020).
Sinclair, J. M. (2004). How to use corpora in language teaching. How to Use Corpora in Language Teaching, 1-317. Cresti, E., & Panunzi, A. (2013). Introduzione ai corpora dell’italiano, il Mulino.
Analyse texts using linguistic annotation. To do this, you can choose one of the ready-to-use teaching scenarios I offer, or create one of your own. Moreover, if you are a teacher, I offer you the possibility of correcting and evaluating your class papers.
Here is another possibility: create your own activity. All you have to do is upload some texts and create a set of tags for annotation according to the linguistic analysis you want your students to conduct. A few simple steps and you will have a scenario ready to be shared with the class.
You help your class succeed in language tests.
You deal with texts belonging to different fields, text types and disciplines.
Work on texts from national and international press and on literary texts from all over the world.
Go beyond the superficial meaning of a text.
Practice deep understanding of the text and its structure.