Lexis

Here are some links to resources we will explore in using data driven language learning.

Lexical tools

1. Compleat Lexical Tutor - For data-driven language learning on the Web: http://www.lextutor.ca/ 
1. Test your Vocabulary Size: http://my.vocabularysize.com/
2. Test your Vocabulary Size: http://www.lextutor.ca/tests/levels/recognition/1_14k/
2. Just the word - for collocations and pattern grammar: http://www.just-the-word.com/
3. Analyze any text to show high frequency words: http://vocabgrabber.com/
4. Analyze a text to show the commonly used words:  http://lextutor.ca/vp/bnl (best viewed in IE8+)
5. Analyze a text to show common and academic words: http://www.wordsift.com/ 
6. Flashcards:  http://quizlet.com/

GOOGLE language tools

1. GOOGLE translate: http://translate.google.com/ 
• NOTE:  If you use GOOGLE CHROME as your browser, you can speak into your microphone and GOOGLE will write what you say.
2. GOOGLE dictionary: http://www.google.com/dictionary
   NOTE:  If you have a GOOGLE ID, you can 'star' words you look up and save them in your personal word list that you can view anytime you are logged in with your GOOGLE ID.

Dictionaries

1. GOOGLE dictionary: http://google.com/dictionary
2. Longman Dictionary of Contempoary English: http://www.ldoceonline.com/
3. Cambridge Dictionaries: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
4. Lexipedia (a graphical interface): http://lexipedia.com/

Collocation Dictionaries

1. WORDNET collocation dictionary: http://www.onlineordbog.dk/wordnet/en/
2. OXFORD Collocations | dictionary for students of English: http://www.lixiaolai.com/ocd/index.html

Concordances

1. British National Corpus - http://corpus.byu.edu/bnc
2. Corpus of Contemporary American - http://corpus.byu.edu/coca