This corpus linguistics activity approaches a topic which has been recently debated in the mainstream ICC: the concept of “Respect and Tolerance” (Dobbernack & Modood, 2013; Wilson, 2014). Approaching, analyzing and discussing these themes is of crucial importance in order to foster a culturally aware and responsive education. As Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, stated on the occasion of the International Day for the elimination of racial discrimination (21 March 2014): “Respect and tolerance are liberating acts, whereby the differences of others are recognized as the same as our own and whereby the riches of another culture are taken as the wealth of all”.
In the proposed activity, students will be guided in the discovery of the terms “Respect” and “Tolerance” as well as their related adjectives “Disrespectful” and “Intolerant” conducting a corpus-based analysis. In order to carry out the analysis and gather data, students will avail of a dedicated software named Lextutor. The activity starts with a reflective group discussion on these key themes and finishes with a critical discussion supported by the empirical data gathered.
As mentioned above, for the completion of the activity students will be using Lextutor. Lextutor is free software that allows the researcher to analyse a large amount of texts and produce data-based, among other things, on frequency and concordance. Specifically, this activity focuses on the Concordance function hence the ability of the user to find and interpret all the occurrences of one word with its co-text.
It is important to say that Lextutor offers integrated corpora in different languages including English, French, Spanish and German.
Upon completion of this task students will be able to:
- Discuss and reflect critically upon the concepts of “Respect” and “Tolerance”, “Disrespectful” and “Intolerant”
- Conduct a corpus linguistic analysis
- Identify ways of promoting Tolerance, Respect and Acceptance in multicultural environments
Technology required
- Any mobile device (smartphone, tablet computer) and/or laptop computer, desktop.
- Internet connection is required.
Material and links
An online concordancer is required, Lextutor, used in this example, is freely available.
Procedure
Before starting the corpus linguistic analysis, guide your students in the formulation of questions, hypothesis and/or definitions related to the concepts of “Respect and Tolerance”, “Disrespectful and Intolerant”. Sample questions to foster a pre-activity discussion may include:
- What are the keywords you would associate with the terms “Respect” and “Tolerance”, “Disrespectful” and “Intolerant”?
- What are your own definitions of these terms?
- Can you provide specific examples that support your definitions?.
Note: Record and share notes from the discussion.
Follow the steps outlined below or watch the video at the end.
- Open the Lextutor website and select the concordance option.
- On the concordance page, select corpus-based concordances: English.
- Type the word Respect into the empty box (top left).
- Select a corpus from the box which says Choose a Corpus (you can choose written and/or spoken corpora depending on the analysis you want to conduct with your students).
- Click on the yellow button Get Concordance to run the search.
- Let your students explore and summarize the results they gathered on this .doc.
- Let your students repeat the same search for all the other words: “Tolerance”, “Disrespectful” and “Intolerant”
- Guide your students while they compare and contrast their notes/data on their document.
- Discuss the data gathered by your students and the data analysis in relation to the initial hypotheses.
The following video shows a step by step tutorial on the concordance function in Lextutor:
Suggestions for assessment
Starting from the data gathered through the corpus linguistic analysis, students can work in groups creating presentations where they identify ways of promoting tolerance, respect and acceptance in multicultural environments.
Bibliography
Dobbernack, J., & Modood, T. (Eds.). (2013). Tolerance, intolerance and respect: hard to accept?. Springer.
Nesselhauf, N. (2004). Learner corpora and their potential for language teaching. How to use corpora in language teaching, 12, 125-156.
Sinclair, J. M. (Ed.). (2004). How to use corpora in language teaching (Vol. 12). John Benjamins Publishing.
Wilson, H. F. (2014). The possibilities of tolerance: intercultural dialogue in a multicultural Europe. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 32(5), 852-868.
Authors: Silvia Benini, Liam Murray, Marta Giralt
This corpus linguistics activity approaches a topic which has been recently debated in the mainstream ICC: the concept of “Respect and Tolerance” (Dobbernack & Modood, 2013; Wilson, 2014). Approaching, analyzing and discussing these themes is of crucial importance in order to foster a culturally aware and responsive education. As Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, stated on the occasion of the <em>International Day for the elimination of racial discrimination </em>(21 March 2014)<em>: </em>”Respect and tolerance are liberating acts, whereby the differences of others are recognized as the same as our own and whereby the riches of another culture are taken as the wealth of all”.In the proposed activity, students will be guided in the discovery of the terms “Respect” and “Tolerance” as well as their related adjectives “Disrespectful” and “Intolerant” conducting a corpus-based analysis. In order to carry out the analysis and gather data, students will avail of a dedicated software named <a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor. </a>The activity starts with a reflective group discussion on these key themes and finishes with a critical discussion supported by the empirical data gathered.As mentioned above, for the completion of the activity students will be using <em><a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor</a>. <a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor</a> </em>is free software that allows the researcher to analyse a large amount of texts and produce data-based, among other things, on frequency and concordance. Specifically, this activity focuses on the<strong> Concordance </strong>function hence the ability of the user to find and interpret all the occurrences of one word with its co-text.It is important to say that <a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor</a> offers integrated corpora in different languages including English, French, Spanish and German.<span style=”font-weight: 400;” data-mce-style=”font-weight: 400;”>Upon completion of this task students will be able to:</span><li>Discuss and reflect critically upon the concepts of “Respect” and “Tolerance”, “Disrespectful” and “Intolerant”</li><li>Conduct a corpus linguistic analysis</li><li>Identify ways of promoting Tolerance, Respect and Acceptance in multicultural environments</li>
<b>Technology required </b><i><br />
</i><li>Any mobile device (smartphone, tablet computer) and/or laptop computer, desktop.</li><li>Internet connection is required.</li>
<br /><b>Material and links</b>An online concordancer is required, <a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor</a>, used in this example, is freely available.<b>Procedure</b>Before starting the corpus linguistic analysis, guide your students in the formulation of questions, hypothesis and/or definitions related to the concepts of “Respect and Tolerance”, “Disrespectful and Intolerant”. Sample questions to foster a pre-activity discussion may include:<li>What are the keywords you would associate with the terms “Respect” and “Tolerance”, “Disrespectful” and “Intolerant”?</li><li>What are your own definitions of these terms?</li><li>Can you provide specific examples that support your definitions?.</li>
<strong>Note:</strong> Record and share notes from the discussion.Follow the steps outlined below or watch the video at the end.<li>Open the <a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor </a>website and select the <strong>concordance </strong>option.</li><li>On the concordance page, select <strong>corpus-based concordances: English.</strong></li><li>Type the word <strong>Respect</strong> into the empty box (top left).</li><li>Select a corpus from the box which says <strong>Choose a Corpus</strong> (you can choose written and/or spoken corpora depending on the analysis you want to conduct with your students).</li><li>Click on the yellow button <strong>Get Concordance</strong> to run the search.</li><li>Let your students explore and summarize the results they gathered on this <a href=”https://www.digilanguages.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/doc.docx” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”https://www.digilanguages.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/doc.docx”>.doc.</a></li><li>Let your students repeat the same search for all the other words: “Tolerance”, “Disrespectful” and “Intolerant”</li><li>Guide your students while they compare and contrast their notes/data on their document.</li><li>Discuss the data gathered by your students and the data analysis in relation to the initial hypotheses.</li>
The following video shows a step by step tutorial on the concordance function in Lextutor:.<br /><b>Suggestions for assessment </b>Starting from the data gathered through the corpus linguistic analysis, students can work in groups creating presentations where they identify ways of promoting tolerance, respect and acceptance in multicultural environments.<br /><strong>Bibliography</strong>Dobbernack, J., & Modood, T. (Eds.). (2013). <em>Tolerance, intolerance and respect: hard to accept?</em>. Springer.Nesselhauf, N. (2004). Learner corpora and their potential for language teaching. <i>How to use corpora in language teaching</i>, <i>12</i>, 125-156.Sinclair, J. M. (Ed.). (2004). <i>How to use corpora in language teaching</i> (Vol. 12). John Benjamins Publishing.Wilson, H. F. (2014). The possibilities of tolerance: intercultural dialogue in a multicultural Europe. <em>Environment and Planning D: Society and Space</em>, <em>32</em>(5), 852-868.<em><strong>Authors:</strong> Silvia Benini, Liam Murray, Marta Giralt</em>
This corpus linguistics activity approaches a topic which has been recently debated in the mainstream ICC: the concept of “Respect and Tolerance” (Dobbernack & Modood, 2013; Wilson, 2014). Approaching, analyzing and discussing these themes is of crucial importance in order to foster a culturally aware and responsive education. As Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, stated on the occasion of the <em>International Day for the elimination of racial discrimination </em>(21 March 2014)<em>: </em>”Respect and tolerance are liberating acts, whereby the differences of others are recognized as the same as our own and whereby the riches of another culture are taken as the wealth of all”.In the proposed activity, students will be guided in the discovery of the terms “Respect” and “Tolerance” as well as their related adjectives “Disrespectful” and “Intolerant” conducting a corpus-based analysis. In order to carry out the analysis and gather data, students will avail of a dedicated software named <a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor. </a>The activity starts with a reflective group discussion on these key themes and finishes with a critical discussion supported by the empirical data gathered.As mentioned above, for the completion of the activity students will be using <em><a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor</a>. <a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor</a> </em>is free software that allows the researcher to analyse a large amount of texts and produce data-based, among other things, on frequency and concordance. Specifically, this activity focuses on the<strong> Concordance </strong>function hence the ability of the user to find and interpret all the occurrences of one word with its co-text.It is important to say that <a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor</a> offers integrated corpora in different languages including English, French, Spanish and German.<span style=”font-weight: 400;” data-mce-style=”font-weight: 400;”>Upon completion of this task students will be able to:</span><li>Discuss and reflect critically upon the concepts of “Respect” and “Tolerance”, “Disrespectful” and “Intolerant”</li><li>Conduct a corpus linguistic analysis</li><li>Identify ways of promoting Tolerance, Respect and Acceptance in multicultural environments</li>
<b>Technology required </b><i><br />
</i><li>Any mobile device (smartphone, tablet computer) and/or laptop computer, desktop.</li><li>Internet connection is required.</li>
<br /><b>Material and links</b>An online concordancer is required, <a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor</a>, used in this example, is freely available.<b>Procedure</b>Before starting the corpus linguistic analysis, guide your students in the formulation of questions, hypothesis and/or definitions related to the concepts of “Respect and Tolerance”, “Disrespectful and Intolerant”. Sample questions to foster a pre-activity discussion may include:<li>What are the keywords you would associate with the terms “Respect” and “Tolerance”, “Disrespectful” and “Intolerant”?</li><li>What are your own definitions of these terms?</li><li>Can you provide specific examples that support your definitions?.</li>
<strong>Note:</strong> Record and share notes from the discussion.Follow the steps outlined below or watch the video at the end.<li>Open the <a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor </a>website and select the <strong>concordance </strong>option.</li><li>On the concordance page, select <strong>corpus-based concordances: English.</strong></li><li>Type the word <strong>Respect</strong> into the empty box (top left).</li><li>Select a corpus from the box which says <strong>Choose a Corpus</strong> (you can choose written and/or spoken corpora depending on the analysis you want to conduct with your students).</li><li>Click on the yellow button <strong>Get Concordance</strong> to run the search.</li><li>Let your students explore and summarize the results they gathered on this <a href=”https://www.digilanguages.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/doc.docx” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”https://www.digilanguages.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/doc.docx”>.doc.</a></li><li>Let your students repeat the same search for all the other words: “Tolerance”, “Disrespectful” and “Intolerant”</li><li>Guide your students while they compare and contrast their notes/data on their document.</li><li>Discuss the data gathered by your students and the data analysis in relation to the initial hypotheses.</li>
The following video shows a step by step tutorial on the concordance function in Lextutor:.<br /><b>Suggestions for assessment </b>Starting from the data gathered through the corpus linguistic analysis, students can work in groups creating presentations where they identify ways of promoting tolerance, respect and acceptance in multicultural environments.<br /><strong>Bibliography</strong>Dobbernack, J., & Modood, T. (Eds.). (2013). <em>Tolerance, intolerance and respect: hard to accept?</em>. Springer.Nesselhauf, N. (2004). Learner corpora and their potential for language teaching. <i>How to use corpora in language teaching</i>, <i>12</i>, 125-156.Sinclair, J. M. (Ed.). (2004). <i>How to use corpora in language teaching</i> (Vol. 12). John Benjamins Publishing.Wilson, H. F. (2014). The possibilities of tolerance: intercultural dialogue in a multicultural Europe. <em>Environment and Planning D: Society and Space</em>, <em>32</em>(5), 852-868.<em><strong>Authors:</strong> Silvia Benini, Liam Murray, Marta Giralt</em>
This corpus linguistics activity approaches a topic which has been recently debated in the mainstream ICC: the concept of “Respect and Tolerance” (Dobbernack & Modood, 2013; Wilson, 2014). Approaching, analyzing and discussing these themes is of crucial importance in order to foster a culturally aware and responsive education. As Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, stated on the occasion of the <em>International Day for the elimination of racial discrimination </em>(21 March 2014)<em>: </em>”Respect and tolerance are liberating acts, whereby the differences of others are recognized as the same as our own and whereby the riches of another culture are taken as the wealth of all”.In the proposed activity, students will be guided in the discovery of the terms “Respect” and “Tolerance” as well as their related adjectives “Disrespectful” and “Intolerant” conducting a corpus-based analysis. In order to carry out the analysis and gather data, students will avail of a dedicated software named <a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor. </a>The activity starts with a reflective group discussion on these key themes and finishes with a critical discussion supported by the empirical data gathered.As mentioned above, for the completion of the activity students will be using <em><a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor</a>. <a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor</a> </em>is free software that allows the researcher to analyse a large amount of texts and produce data-based, among other things, on frequency and concordance. Specifically, this activity focuses on the<strong> Concordance </strong>function hence the ability of the user to find and interpret all the occurrences of one word with its co-text.It is important to say that <a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor</a> offers integrated corpora in different languages including English, French, Spanish and German.<span style=”font-weight: 400;” data-mce-style=”font-weight: 400;”>Upon completion of this task students will be able to:</span><li>Discuss and reflect critically upon the concepts of “Respect” and “Tolerance”, “Disrespectful” and “Intolerant”</li><li>Conduct a corpus linguistic analysis</li><li>Identify ways of promoting Tolerance, Respect and Acceptance in multicultural environments</li>
<b>Technology required </b><i><br />
</i><li>Any mobile device (smartphone, tablet computer) and/or laptop computer, desktop.</li><li>Internet connection is required.</li>
<br /><b>Material and links</b>An online concordancer is required, <a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor</a>, used in this example, is freely available.<b>Procedure</b>Before starting the corpus linguistic analysis, guide your students in the formulation of questions, hypothesis and/or definitions related to the concepts of “Respect and Tolerance”, “Disrespectful and Intolerant”. Sample questions to foster a pre-activity discussion may include:<li>What are the keywords you would associate with the terms “Respect” and “Tolerance”, “Disrespectful” and “Intolerant”?</li><li>What are your own definitions of these terms?</li><li>Can you provide specific examples that support your definitions?.</li>
<strong>Note:</strong> Record and share notes from the discussion.Follow the steps outlined below or watch the video at the end.<li>Open the <a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor </a>website and select the <strong>concordance </strong>option.</li><li>On the concordance page, select <strong>corpus-based concordances: English.</strong></li><li>Type the word <strong>Respect</strong> into the empty box (top left).</li><li>Select a corpus from the box which says <strong>Choose a Corpus</strong> (you can choose written and/or spoken corpora depending on the analysis you want to conduct with your students).</li><li>Click on the yellow button <strong>Get Concordance</strong> to run the search.</li><li>Let your students explore and summarize the results they gathered on this <a href=”https://www.digilanguages.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/doc.docx” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”https://www.digilanguages.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/doc.docx”>.doc.</a></li><li>Let your students repeat the same search for all the other words: “Tolerance”, “Disrespectful” and “Intolerant”</li><li>Guide your students while they compare and contrast their notes/data on their document.</li><li>Discuss the data gathered by your students and the data analysis in relation to the initial hypotheses.</li>
The following video shows a step by step tutorial on the concordance function in Lextutor:.<br /><b>Suggestions for assessment </b>Starting from the data gathered through the corpus linguistic analysis, students can work in groups creating presentations where they identify ways of promoting tolerance, respect and acceptance in multicultural environments.<br /><strong>Bibliography</strong>Dobbernack, J., & Modood, T. (Eds.). (2013). <em>Tolerance, intolerance and respect: hard to accept?</em>. Springer.Nesselhauf, N. (2004). Learner corpora and their potential for language teaching. <i>How to use corpora in language teaching</i>, <i>12</i>, 125-156.Sinclair, J. M. (Ed.). (2004). <i>How to use corpora in language teaching</i> (Vol. 12). John Benjamins Publishing.Wilson, H. F. (2014). The possibilities of tolerance: intercultural dialogue in a multicultural Europe. <em>Environment and Planning D: Society and Space</em>, <em>32</em>(5), 852-868.<em><strong>Authors:</strong> Silvia Benini, Liam Murray, Marta Giralt</em>
This corpus linguistics activity approaches a topic which has been recently debated in the mainstream ICC: the concept of “Respect and Tolerance” (Dobbernack & Modood, 2013; Wilson, 2014). Approaching, analyzing and discussing these themes is of crucial importance in order to foster a culturally aware and responsive education. As Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, stated on the occasion of the <em>International Day for the elimination of racial discrimination </em>(21 March 2014)<em>: </em>”Respect and tolerance are liberating acts, whereby the differences of others are recognized as the same as our own and whereby the riches of another culture are taken as the wealth of all”.In the proposed activity, students will be guided in the discovery of the terms “Respect” and “Tolerance” as well as their related adjectives “Disrespectful” and “Intolerant” conducting a corpus-based analysis. In order to carry out the analysis and gather data, students will avail of a dedicated software named <a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor. </a>The activity starts with a reflective group discussion on these key themes and finishes with a critical discussion supported by the empirical data gathered.As mentioned above, for the completion of the activity students will be using <em><a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor</a>. <a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor</a> </em>is free software that allows the researcher to analyse a large amount of texts and produce data-based, among other things, on frequency and concordance. Specifically, this activity focuses on the<strong> Concordance </strong>function hence the ability of the user to find and interpret all the occurrences of one word with its co-text.It is important to say that <a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor</a> offers integrated corpora in different languages including English, French, Spanish and German.<span style=”font-weight: 400;” data-mce-style=”font-weight: 400;”>Upon completion of this task students will be able to:</span><li>Discuss and reflect critically upon the concepts of “Respect” and “Tolerance”, “Disrespectful” and “Intolerant”</li><li>Conduct a corpus linguistic analysis</li><li>Identify ways of promoting Tolerance, Respect and Acceptance in multicultural environments</li>
<b>Technology required </b><i><br />
</i><li>Any mobile device (smartphone, tablet computer) and/or laptop computer, desktop.</li><li>Internet connection is required.</li>
<br /><b>Material and links</b>An online concordancer is required, <a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor</a>, used in this example, is freely available.<b>Procedure</b>Before starting the corpus linguistic analysis, guide your students in the formulation of questions, hypothesis and/or definitions related to the concepts of “Respect and Tolerance”, “Disrespectful and Intolerant”. Sample questions to foster a pre-activity discussion may include:<li>What are the keywords you would associate with the terms “Respect” and “Tolerance”, “Disrespectful” and “Intolerant”?</li><li>What are your own definitions of these terms?</li><li>Can you provide specific examples that support your definitions?.</li>
<strong>Note:</strong> Record and share notes from the discussion.Follow the steps outlined below or watch the video at the end.<li>Open the <a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor </a>website and select the <strong>concordance </strong>option.</li><li>On the concordance page, select <strong>corpus-based concordances: English.</strong></li><li>Type the word <strong>Respect</strong> into the empty box (top left).</li><li>Select a corpus from the box which says <strong>Choose a Corpus</strong> (you can choose written and/or spoken corpora depending on the analysis you want to conduct with your students).</li><li>Click on the yellow button <strong>Get Concordance</strong> to run the search.</li><li>Let your students explore and summarize the results they gathered on this <a href=”https://www.digilanguages.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/doc.docx” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”https://www.digilanguages.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/doc.docx”>.doc.</a></li><li>Let your students repeat the same search for all the other words: “Tolerance”, “Disrespectful” and “Intolerant”</li><li>Guide your students while they compare and contrast their notes/data on their document.</li><li>Discuss the data gathered by your students and the data analysis in relation to the initial hypotheses.</li>
The following video shows a step by step tutorial on the concordance function in Lextutor:.<br /><b>Suggestions for assessment </b>Starting from the data gathered through the corpus linguistic analysis, students can work in groups creating presentations where they identify ways of promoting tolerance, respect and acceptance in multicultural environments.<br /><strong>Bibliography</strong>Dobbernack, J., & Modood, T. (Eds.). (2013). <em>Tolerance, intolerance and respect: hard to accept?</em>. Springer.Nesselhauf, N. (2004). Learner corpora and their potential for language teaching. <i>How to use corpora in language teaching</i>, <i>12</i>, 125-156.Sinclair, J. M. (Ed.). (2004). <i>How to use corpora in language teaching</i> (Vol. 12). John Benjamins Publishing.Wilson, H. F. (2014). The possibilities of tolerance: intercultural dialogue in a multicultural Europe. <em>Environment and Planning D: Society and Space</em>, <em>32</em>(5), 852-868.<em><strong>Authors:</strong> Silvia Benini, Liam Murray, Marta Giralt</em>
This corpus linguistics activity approaches a topic which has been recently debated in the mainstream ICC: the concept of “Respect and Tolerance” (Dobbernack & Modood, 2013; Wilson, 2014). Approaching, analyzing and discussing these themes is of crucial importance in order to foster a culturally aware and responsive education. As Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, stated on the occasion of the <em>International Day for the elimination of racial discrimination </em>(21 March 2014)<em>: </em>”Respect and tolerance are liberating acts, whereby the differences of others are recognized as the same as our own and whereby the riches of another culture are taken as the wealth of all”.In the proposed activity, students will be guided in the discovery of the terms “Respect” and “Tolerance” as well as their related adjectives “Disrespectful” and “Intolerant” conducting a corpus-based analysis. In order to carry out the analysis and gather data, students will avail of a dedicated software named <a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor. </a>The activity starts with a reflective group discussion on these key themes and finishes with a critical discussion supported by the empirical data gathered.As mentioned above, for the completion of the activity students will be using <em><a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor</a>. <a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor</a> </em>is free software that allows the researcher to analyse a large amount of texts and produce data-based, among other things, on frequency and concordance. Specifically, this activity focuses on the<strong> Concordance </strong>function hence the ability of the user to find and interpret all the occurrences of one word with its co-text.It is important to say that <a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor</a> offers integrated corpora in different languages including English, French, Spanish and German.<span style=”font-weight: 400;” data-mce-style=”font-weight: 400;”>Upon completion of this task students will be able to:</span><li>Discuss and reflect critically upon the concepts of “Respect” and “Tolerance”, “Disrespectful” and “Intolerant”</li><li>Conduct a corpus linguistic analysis</li><li>Identify ways of promoting Tolerance, Respect and Acceptance in multicultural environments</li>
<b>Technology required </b><i><br />
</i><li>Any mobile device (smartphone, tablet computer) and/or laptop computer, desktop.</li><li>Internet connection is required.</li>
<br /><b>Material and links</b>An online concordancer is required, <a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor</a>, used in this example, is freely available.<b>Procedure</b>Before starting the corpus linguistic analysis, guide your students in the formulation of questions, hypothesis and/or definitions related to the concepts of “Respect and Tolerance”, “Disrespectful and Intolerant”. Sample questions to foster a pre-activity discussion may include:<li>What are the keywords you would associate with the terms “Respect” and “Tolerance”, “Disrespectful” and “Intolerant”?</li><li>What are your own definitions of these terms?</li><li>Can you provide specific examples that support your definitions?.</li>
<strong>Note:</strong> Record and share notes from the discussion.Follow the steps outlined below or watch the video at the end.<li>Open the <a href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/”>Lextutor </a>website and select the <strong>concordance </strong>option.</li><li>On the concordance page, select <strong>corpus-based concordances: English.</strong></li><li>Type the word <strong>Respect</strong> into the empty box (top left).</li><li>Select a corpus from the box which says <strong>Choose a Corpus</strong> (you can choose written and/or spoken corpora depending on the analysis you want to conduct with your students).</li><li>Click on the yellow button <strong>Get Concordance</strong> to run the search.</li><li>Let your students explore and summarize the results they gathered on this <a href=”https://www.digilanguages.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/doc.docx” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”https://www.digilanguages.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/doc.docx”>.doc.</a></li><li>Let your students repeat the same search for all the other words: “Tolerance”, “Disrespectful” and “Intolerant”</li><li>Guide your students while they compare and contrast their notes/data on their document.</li><li>Discuss the data gathered by your students and the data analysis in relation to the initial hypotheses.</li>
The following video shows a step by step tutorial on the concordance function in Lextutor:.<br /><b>Suggestions for assessment </b>Starting from the data gathered through the corpus linguistic analysis, students can work in groups creating presentations where they identify ways of promoting tolerance, respect and acceptance in multicultural environments.<br /><strong>Bibliography</strong>Dobbernack, J., & Modood, T. (Eds.). (2013). <em>Tolerance, intolerance and respect: hard to accept?</em>. Springer.Nesselhauf, N. (2004). Learner corpora and their potential for language teaching. <i>How to use corpora in language teaching</i>, <i>12</i>, 125-156.Sinclair, J. M. (Ed.). (2004). <i>How to use corpora in language teaching</i> (Vol. 12). John Benjamins Publishing.Wilson, H. F. (2014). The possibilities of tolerance: intercultural dialogue in a multicultural Europe. <em>Environment and Planning D: Society and Space</em>, <em>32</em>(5), 852-868.<em><strong>Authors:</strong> Silvia Benini, Liam Murray, Marta Giralt</em>
