Corpus Linguistics for Curriculum Design

Graham Burton

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Routledge
28 November 2025

Bilingualism & multilingualism; Computational linguistics; ELT: teaching theory & methods; Curriculum planning & development; Teaching of a specific subject

Series: Routledge Corpus Linguistics Guides

Corpus Linguistics for Curriculum Design explores how corpora can be employed in the design of language curricula, both for English as a Foreign/Second Language and for other languages.

This book provides an overview of established approaches to curriculum design and guides the reader towards an understanding of how corpora can be used to inform such processes, providing them with the skills needed to use corpora to inform the design of their own curricula. This is the first book to systematically and comprehensively set out what corpus-informed curriculum design can look like, providing in-depth coverage of both General English and English for Specific Purposes. It considers a number of different language areas such as grammar, vocabulary and pragmatics, showing how both item selection and ordering within a curriculum can be informed by corpora.

This accessible guide is essential reading for students and researchers in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Applied Linguistics, English Language Teaching (ELT), materials design as well as language teachers and curriculum designers.

By: Graham Burton
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032342115
ISBN 10: 1032342110
Series: Routledge Corpus Linguistics Guides
Pages: 170
Publication Date: 28 November 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Chapter 1: Introduction. Chapter 2: Curriculum and corpus: building blocks. Chapter 3: Lexis in the curriculum. Chapter 4: Grammar. Chapter 5: Pragmatics and discourse. Chapter 6: Sequencing. Chapter 7: Conclusion. Index.

Graham Burton is Assistant Professor at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy. His main research interests are applications of corpus linguistics to language teaching, materials development, pedagogic grammar, academic writing and multilingualism. He is the author of numerous books, book chapters, peer-reviewed journals and teaching publications.

Reviews for Corpus Linguistics for Curriculum Design

“This is an excellent introduction to how corpus research can inform curriculum development. It covers key elements of theory and practice in an accessible and engaging way. The hands-on tasks and links to key resources enable readers to develop their understanding and skills and to access a vast array of useful tools and information. Corpus Linguistics for Curriculum Design will interest any practitioners involved in developing, adapting, evaluating, or even just using, language curricula, as well as to students of corpus linguistics seeking to understand how their work can inform teaching practice.” Phil Durrant, University of Exeter, UK