Research+Report

1. Survey report
Word frequency and vocabulary profiling

We will use the vocabprofile tool developed by Tom Cobb to analyse different texts. [|Here is the link to the vocabprofile tool: http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/eng/]

Here are some articles and resources about word frequency The Academic Word List (AWL) http://language.massey.ac.nz/staff/awl/ The General Service List http://jbauman.com/aboutgsl.html The BNL list (the bare necessities) http://lextutor.ca/vp/bnl/BNL_Rationale.doc Here are the lists from the BNL http://lextutor.ca/vp/bnl/display_lists/ http://www1.harenet.ne.jp/~waring/vocab/wordlists/vocfreq.html http://deafandblind.com/word_frequency.htm This is a link to Academic Spoken English: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/micase/

And this is just fun! http://wordcount.org/main.php

Another word frequency analyser: http://rainbow.arch.scriptmania.com/tools/word_counter.html

You can check text from various sources, including these: http://www.journal.forces.ca/engraph/Vol8/no2/05-white_e.asp http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/05/whats-your-story.html (the bit under the racoon picture) 

2. Guided research report (GRR)
Motivation in language learning

3. Independent research report (IRR)
Students choose their own topic