Corpus Lingustics

He, A. E. (2006). Subject Matter in Hong  Kong Primary English Classrooms: a critical 
      analysis of teacher talk. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 3(2 &3),  169-188.

He, A. E. (2004). Use of Verbs in Teacher  Talk: a comparison study between LETs
      and NETs. Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, 9(2), 38-54. 

Lee, J. F. K. (2006). Subjunctive were and indicative was: A corpus  analysis for
       English language teachers and textbook writers. Language Teaching Research, 
      10(1), 80-93. 



    

This paper illustrates how corpus research can inform language teachers and textbook writers about contemporary usage. This study provides evidence from various corpora, including a collection of language practice books and textbooks, and electronic databases that contain contemporary language data on how English is actually used. The data found in the electronic databases suggest that prescriptive teaching about the incorrectness of indicative was for hypothetical meaning in some contemporary English teaching books used in Hong Kong is not well founded. On the other hand, the data also reveal that subjunctive were is not dying and persists in writing, particularly in some idiomatic expressions.

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Lee, J. F. K. (2003). Use of corpora in language  learning. 
      TESL Reporter, 36(1), 19-25.

Wang, L. (2005) Development and Pedagogical  Application of the English-Chinese
 Parallel Concordancer. In G. He, A He, etc.  (eds.) Corpus Linguistics: 
Research and Application. (p.64-68). Changchun:  Northeast Normal University Press. 
(In Chinese)