(Very) Practical Applications of Corpus Linguistics by Daniel Zuchowski
Channel: ELT Ireland
Date: 2014-08-28

Daniel talked about the use of corpora in language teaching and showed that language databases such as the British National Corpus let us discover not only the most popular words in English, but also "hidden" meanings or functions of many other words. He also showed that wordlists often reveal cultural and social patterns, and that the grammar explained in grammar books does not always reflect the real-life use of the language.
  Daniel is a linguist, ELT educator, trainer, course designer, and materials writer.