Author(s)

Xiaomin Han ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Foreign Language, Guangzhou Peizheng College, 53 Peizheng Road, Chini Town, Huadu District, Guangzhou, China

Corresponding Author

Xiaomin Han

ABSTRACT

Skilled vocabulary use has long played an essential role in English reading, but vocabulary learning is also a hindrance for many learners. This paper suggests that corpus tools can be of great use in this regard. By storing large amounts of data and running it at a fast speed, corpus tools can illustrate to learners how vocabulary is used in different contexts, thus enhancing learning effect. The corpus tools can also be used to rate the vocabulary difficulty of a text, allowing learners to make specific target of their vocabulary learning. This paper will exemplify this point with an authentic IELTS reading text. The study of corpus tools will undoubtedly help to improve the effectiveness of English vocabulary learning, thereby developing learners' reading skills.

KEYWORDS

Corpus, AntConc, Range, vocabulary difficulty

CITE THIS PAPER

Xiaomin Han, A Study on the English Vocabulary Learning Based on the Application of Corpus Tools. Lecture Notes on Language and Literature (2023) Vol. 6: 109-113. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/langl.2023.061317.

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