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TYPES OF CORPUS TECHNOLOGIES IN ESP CLASSROOM:APPLICATIONS AND PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS
PhD student, Uzbekistan State World Languages University
Annotatsiya
Corpus technologies have become an essential component of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) instruction by providing learners with access to authentic language used in professional and academic contexts. This article explores the major types of corpus technologies employed in ESP classrooms mainly for IT sphere, including general reference corpora, specialized corpora, learner corpora, web-based corpora, concordancing software, and corpus query systems. It examines their pedagogical functions and demonstrates how these technologies facilitate the development of learners’ lexical, grammatical, discourse, and communicative competence through data-driven learning (DDL). Drawing on recent studies in corpus linguistics and computer-assisted language learning, the article discusses the advantages and limitations of different corpus technologies and their application in designing learner-centered ESP activities. The article concludes that corpus technologies should be considered an integral element of modern ESP pedagogy and recommends expanding teacher training and corpus-based instructional materials to maximize their educational potential.
Kalit so'zlar: corpus technologies, corpus linguistics, English for Specific Purposes (ESP), computer-assisted language learning (CALL), data-driven learning, concordancers, specialized corpora, language teaching.