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11/8/21 double is a predeterminer. New_NP1 York_NP1 City_NN1 ‘s_GE unemployment_NN1 rate_NN1 was_VBDZ nearly_RR double_VV0 the_AT national_JJ average_NN1 in_II June_NPM1 ._.   24/10/2020 ,_, the_AT report_NN1 states_NN2 ._. 8/10/2020 I_PPIS1 do_VD0 running_JJ on_II the_AT treadmill_NN1 ._. 10/5/2020 (EVPB1) I_PPIS1 provided_CS21 that_CS22 yesterday_RT ._. 28/9/20 To_TO be_VBI kind_NN1 is_VBZ more_RGR important_JJ looking at what is more common […]

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This is a piece of incomplete research starting with verbs which are at their lowest sense at B1.  We theorize that if these verbs can be used with collocations, then it shows a higher ability than just B1.  This is a tedious project of research that will take a great deal of time.  For now

B1 Verbs + collocations Read More »

Now that we have looked briefly at what educational research is, it’s time to get more specific about one of the qualitative designs.  Ethno means people and graphy is writing, so this is writing about groups of people.   It comes from cultural anthropology or writing about culture.   This could include their thoughts, the rules of

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We cannot use “text inspector”, “Write and improve” or the “complexity checker” software to predict the level of students between b1 and b2.

Vocabulary proportions as predictors of level Read More »

Sadly through the Sketch Engine, we do not get access to A1 or A2 level texts from the learner corpus.  It is for this reason, this short test will be run starting at B1 level students.  All the concordances will be gathered searching for the very common article “a”. The following concordance lines are randomly

Testing the English Grammar Profiler against CLC Read More »

We can’t talk about grammar if we do not consider the study of language in relation to its use in social settings.

Sociolinguistics Read More »

Assessment always seems negative when we think about it. Yet it is not just a way to check that students have learnt something. It can be learning itself.

Assessment, confidence and Imposter Syndrome Read More »

If I had time to analyse large numbers this would be more accurate, but generally speaking, looking at the first 10 words in each level should be a good start for anyone who would like to develop this.  The general trend I believe that at each of the 6 levels of the CEFR the students

How many words can users at each level of English produce? Read More »

One of the most confusing parts of the English Grammar Profile is when explanations don’t match the examples given.  This is a real problem when it is meant to be extremely specific and various very similar forms are rated at varying levels.  In this example below, you can see that “of” is required for this

EGP differences between explanation and example Read More »

What level is your grammar & vocabulary? Well do some writing and this app will let you know!

Complexity Checker Read More »

There are a few types of codes used on this site. The first is Regex related to Claws 7. As much as we try to share them online in a way that can be easily copied and pasted, quite annoyingly, “WordPress” doesn’t like to leave them as they appear. \w+_ The backslash “\“, in particular,

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