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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Shei, Chi-Chiang – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2008
Formulaic speech has been notoriously difficult to define and identify despite its crucial importance to native-like fluency and idiomaticity. In this article, I introduce a way of identifying phraseological units in a running text. I am interested in recurrent fragments like "charged with crimes against humanity" in texts which involve multiple…
Descriptors: Sentences, Search Engines, Internet, Language Teachers
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Shei, Chi-Chiang – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2005
This article addresses the issue of second language writing, with English as a second language, for advanced learners in a UK university. Confirming research findings about the limitations of second language writing, we examine the translation commentaries written by 14 Chinese students on a MA translation programme and find learner problems in…
Descriptors: Translation, Second Languages
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Shei, Chi-Chiang – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2005
This article addresses the issue of second language writing, with English as a second language, for advanced learners in a UK university. Confirming research findings about the limitations of second language writing, we examine the translation commentaries written by 14 Chinese students on a MA translation programme and find learner problems in…
Descriptors: Translation, English (Second Language), Writing (Composition), Second Language Learning