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Colour of Words: Part 8: Keywords and Concordances 



Let’s take a look at some other simple tools teachers can use to shed new light on the lexical elements of texts. We’ll explore two other text analysis tools—’keyness’ (keyword extractor) and concordances.

 

 
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Slide 1: The Colour of Words Steve Neufeld
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Slide 12: | glance | look | notice | see | [001]er the picture. It said: Come in and [003]sorry,' I said. 'But I would like to [007] 'Let him sit down. I don't want to [009] you know. Lots of people want to [010] him.' 'Yes, I _____ the Elephant Man. 2 pence. I _____ him now. I have no time tomor _____ any more.' I felt ill, and th _____ him.' 'Yes, I _____ . Do you get a lot of money?' ' Lexis [001]about twelve years old, but a second [002]ands National Park, it takes only a [003] notice us! We couldn't get him to [005propriate moments. With an occasional _____ _____ _____ _____ showed her to be in her middl over the guardrail to get it. in our direction, no matter w at his wristwatch Mike got u The Colour of Words [001]ing nearer to him. Arthur seemed to [002]ole next day, very pleased. Did you [003]d we all, even Miss Pole, failed to [008] the bag out of his hand. He took no _____ that Catherine was interested _____ her dress? So inexpensive!' 6 _____ ! I remember the morning she ca _____ , but continued down the long, [001] man in the picture, but he did not [003] or me. The creature did not move or [004]The face could not smile or laugh or [009]u mean?' I asked. 'Why?' He did not _____ _____ _____ _____ like you and me. He did not at us. It sat very quietly on angry or sad, because the ski at me. He put the flower on th Pearson/Longman Conference May 2008 12
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