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Revised and updated throughout, this book:
* takes a highly practical approach, now with new tasks and the latest software features;
* fosters autonomous learning by demonstrating how to solve everyday difficulties in word choice and grammar;
* places a special emphasis on the use of corpora to explore rhetorical strategies;
* introduces the reader to five corpus tools (SkELL, Lextutor, COCA, MICUSP and AntConc);
* offers a new section on DIY corpora, including basic principles and a step-by-step guide to building a corpus, with an introduction to AntConc;
* now includes a 'Further reading' section for each chapter.
This resource book is for teachers looking to introduce data-driven learning into the classroom without spending excessive time on researching corpora and preparing tasks. It is also for second-language academic writers - university students and researchers - who are motivated to improve their writing and to learn from proficient and expert writing in their area.