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Dear Sarah, Thank you for this reference. I have, however, previously applied for access but never heard a thing from them. Better try again. Best, Ida. Citat af Sarah Brewer <[log in to unmask]>: > Dear Ida, > > The BAWE corpus might partially meet your needs. This corpus >> contains 2761 pieces of proficient assessed student writing, >> ranging in length from about 500 words to about 5000 words. >> Holdings are fairly evenly distributed across four broad >> disciplinary areas (Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, Life >> Sciences and Physical Sciences) and across four levels of study >> (undergraduate and taught masters level). Thirty-five disciplines >> are represented. > > The opening page of the website says that .... >> The corpus is available free of charge to non-commercial >> researchers who agree to the conditions of use and who register >> with the Oxford Text Archive. > > This is the link: > > http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/research/collect/bawe/ > > I believe there are samples of L1 and L2, but am not sure if you can > distinguish these. > > In terms of 'scholarly' writing, perhaps simply comparing student > writing with samples of journal articles would work? > > Best wishes, > > Sarah > > ******************************************** > Dr Sarah Brewer > EAP Lecturer and Research, Development and Publications Co-ordinator > International Study and Language Centre | University of Reading > Whiteknights | PO Box 218 | Reading | RG6 6AA > Tel: +44 (0)118 378 4289 > http://www.reading.ac.uk/islc | [log in to unmask] > > > On 08/07/2011 09:43, Ida Klitgård wrote: >> I would like to direct my students to free, accessible online >> databases of academic writing in both the humanities, social >> sciences and natural sciences, but I cannot find any on the net. I >> would need corpora of both student writing (both in English as L1 >> and L2) as well as corpora of scholarly writing in order for us to >> do various searches in class. >> I would be grateful for references to such databases out there, if >> they exist. >> Thanks. >> Best regards, >> Ida. >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Ida Klitgård, ph.d., dr.phil. >> Lektor i engelsk >> Roskilde Universitet >> Language and Intercultural Communication Services (LICS) >> Institut for Kultur og Identitet, 03.2.4. >> Postboks 260 >> Universitetsvej 1 >> 4000 Roskilde >> Tlf.: 46 74 24 67 >> E-mail: [log in to unmask] >> Web: http://magenta.ruc.dk/lics/akademisk_engelsk/Underviser_/ >> >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Ida Klitgård, PhD, Dr.Phil. (Habil.Doctor) >> Associate Professor in English >> Roskilde University >> Language and Intercultural Communication Services (LICS) >> Department of Culture and Identity, 03.2.4. >> P.O. Box 260 >> Universitetsvej 1 >> DK-4000 Roskilde >> Denmark >> Tel: 46 74 24 67 >> E-mail: [log in to unmask] >> Website: http://magenta.ruc.dk/lics_en/english_academic/idak/