Corpus for Schools

Corpus-based teaching resources for A-level English Language and for ELT developed by @LAEL_LU at Lancaster university. Maintained by @danagablas.

[Corpus for Schools @askcorpus]

Would you like to incorporate #corpora and data-driven learning into your teaching? Lancaster University @LAEL_LU offers an online accredited course on 'Using corpora in language teaching' - so you can study while you work from anywhere in the world. Starting January 2025.

[Vaclav Brezina @vaclavbrezina]

👉 Webinar: What can corpus methods tell us about business communication?

Join Prof Veronika Koller next Tuesday for the latest session in the Corpus Linguistics: Skills for the Future webinar series.

➡️Free registration: https://t.co/nusz2DmfQ1

The webinar also introduces corpus linguistics study opportunities at Lancaster University.

[Vaclav Brezina @vaclavbrezina]

📣 Open Research Group – @CorpusSocialSci

Join us from 22 April (12:00 UK time) for a new series on collocations 📊—how words co-occur and how we can measure these patterns statistically 🧠

Plus a gentle intro to R for beginners 💻 (hands-on, practical, and accessible for all social scientists 🌍)

🗓 Sessions:
22 Apr | 6 May | 20 May | 3 Jun (12:00–12:50 UK time)

🔗 Register: https://t.co/NfTqpFlj2V

[Vaclav Brezina @vaclavbrezina]

📢 Open Research Group next meeting 🧠📊

20 May 12pm UK time

Collocation measures, precision vs approximation and computing association (e.g. MI) ➗📈

❓ Quiz: what is a logarithm - and why is it used in MI score calculation? 🧮

https://t.co/emThB2mf3W

[Vaclav Brezina @vaclavbrezina]

This week, @CorpusSocialSci welcomed Czech Ambassador Václav Bartuška and Consul General David Frous to discuss energy security and nuclear discourse 🔋☢️🌍 in times of geopolitical change. 🇬🇧 🇨🇿

Featuring a 3D-printed cooling tower visualising the language of “nuclear” from billions of words of political and media data.

Read more: https://t.co/Ub935N3mPz

@LancasterUni @mzvcr @CZinLondon

[CASS @CorpusSocialSci]

🎓📖 New blog post now live: Highlights from the Vice-Chancellor’s visit to CASS, including a research “show and tell”

@LancasterUni

https://t.co/JLGLrfFkMd

[Vaclav Brezina @vaclavbrezina]

📚Open Research Group meets tomorrow (Wed)!

https://t.co/NfTqpFlj2V

We’ll be discussing collocations, focusing on association measures and continuing our exploration of R. Suggested readings:

Brezina, V. (2018) Statistics in Corpus Linguistics, Ch. 3 (collocation): https://t.co/J9FnJVamMS

Evert, S. (2008) “Corpora and collocations”: https://t.co/nJOZhzS5uz

#CorpusLinguistics #OpenResearch

[Vaclav Brezina @vaclavbrezina]

🧪 Quiz time! Can you match the molecules?

Options: Water 💧 | Ethanol 🍷 | Ammonia 🧼

Just like molecules combine, words form collocations: curious how? 🤔

Join the @CorpusSocialSci Open Research Group today at 12pm UK time to explore the patterns behind language!

Registration link here 👇
https://t.co/wpAxVatphC

[Vaclav Brezina @vaclavbrezina]

One week before the deadline for this fully funded PhD opportunity - https://t.co/6jf837EAn5

[CASS @CorpusSocialSci]

We recently hosted a visit from Mina Patel, Head of Research, Future of English at the @BritishCouncil - you can read more in our latest blog post. https://t.co/OlXhMUlgxl

[Vaclav Brezina @vaclavbrezina]

Corpus linguistics for secondary schools 📚✨

Delighted to have given a lecture at the Catholic Grammar School in Pilsen, Czech Republic this Monday!

🙌 So many thoughtful and interesting questions from the students. We explored corpora, new technologies and the real power of language in action 🧠💻🗣️

Truly inspiring morning! 🌟@CorpusSocialSci

[Vaclav Brezina @vaclavbrezina]

Still time to apply! 🎓✨
Fully funded PhD Opportunity @CorpusSocialSci

https://t.co/JF4D8gBAUP

[Vaclav Brezina @vaclavbrezina]

Today at 12pm (UK time) we’re discussing Gries (2024), Frequency, Dispersion, Association, and Keyness, at the @CorpusSocialSci Open Research Group 📚

Link: https://t.co/emThB2mf3W

Join us and let us know what you think! 💬✨ #CorpusLinguistics

[Vaclav Brezina @vaclavbrezina]

Delighted to see Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster ranked #2 globally for Linguistics in the QS World University Rankings by Subject (2026) 🌍🥈

- a reflection of the strength, depth and impact of our research and collaborations.

@LAEL_LU @CorpusSocialSci @LancasterUni

https://t.co/6n45b18lVr

[Vaclav Brezina @vaclavbrezina]

📊✨ Today at the @CorpusSocialSci Open Research Group!

A gentle introduction to R for corpus linguistics 🧠💻
Perfect if you’re new or just curious!
📍 Join in person or online
⏰ 12pm (UK time)

👉 https://t.co/emThB2mf3W

#CorpusLinguistics #RStats #DigitalHumanities

[Dana Gablasova @danagablas]

👉Join us for a talk in our 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐮𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬: 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 series - Prof Elena Semino will look at vaccine hesitancy, a key challenge in healthcare communication. Everyone welcome!

⏲️4 March 2026, 10-11am
🔗https://t.co/AYQyZvBs59

[Vaclav Brezina @vaclavbrezina]

A new @CorpusSocialSci 📖 blogpost "Big Screens, Bigger Data: Reflections on a Lecture Trip to China" is now available https://t.co/SuOq8Babrb

[Vaclav Brezina @vaclavbrezina]

#CorpusLinguistics plenary talk at Xi’an Jiaotong University: #bigdata even bigger screen 🎬🌟

@CorpusSocialSci @LancasterUni

[Vaclav Brezina @vaclavbrezina]

📢Giving a plenary talk: "Collocations in the Machine: Corpus-Based and AI Approaches to Language Learning" at The 2nd International Conference on Frontiers of Corpus-based Interdisciplinary Research at Xi'an Jiaotong University

#networks #AI #CorpusLinguistics

[Vaclav Brezina @vaclavbrezina]

Data-Driven Learning in the Age of AI:
A Hands-On Introduction to #LancsBox X
at Xi'an Jiaotong University

180+ participants; great conversations; cutting-edge technology
https://t.co/MBL4bzvXVh

@CorpusSocialSci

[Vaclav Brezina @vaclavbrezina]

The 2nd International Conference on Frontiers of Corpus-based Interdisciplinary Research (FoCIR2025) kicking off in Xi'an today

@CorpusSocialSci