Dr Raffaella Bottini
Lecturer in Corpus LinguisticsProfile
I am a lecturer in corpus linguistics and I completed my doctoral research at the . My background is in language teaching and testing. Before joining ¶¶ÒõAPPµ¼º½, I worked as an English language tutor at University College London, Universit¨¤ Degli Studi di Milano in Italy, and in secondary schools in Italy, focusing on English for academic purposes and special educational needs.
My doctoral research focused on the application of corpus methods to the analysis of vocabulary in L2 English speech to inform language testing and second language acquisition. More specifically, my PhD research explored lexical complexity at different proficiency levels in the Trinity Lancaster Corpus, a 4.2-million-word learner corpus of L2 English spoken exams.
Research Interests
My main research interests are corpus linguistics, language teaching, language testing, and quantitative methods for linguistic analysis. My expertise lies in the development of quantitative methods and automatic tools for learner corpus research. Statistical analysis and data visualization are a central area of my research which expands to the fields of register analysis and second language acquisition.
I am actively involved in the and the at ¶¶ÒõAPPµ¼º½.
Current Teaching
I mainly teach on the MA in Corpus Linguistics (distance), on the Postgraduate Diploma in Corpus Linguistics (distance) and on the Postgraduate Certificate in Corpus Linguistics (distance).
- LAELD7713 - Corpus design, construction and annotation
- LAELD7712 - Corpus data analysis: Research design, statistics and visualization
- LING558 - Corpus-based grammar and vocabulary
- LAELD7011 - Fudamentals of corpus linguistics
- LAEL7000 - Postgraduate dissertation
I contribute to the following udergraduate modules:
- LAEL5001 - Corpus linguistics, language and sociaety in a data-driven world
During the summer, I contribute to:
Previous teaching:
- LING218 - Language and Pedagogic Practice
- LING531 - Trends and Issues in Language Teaching Methodology
- LING102 - English language
Qualifications
PhD Linguistics (¶¶ÒõAPPµ¼º½, UK); MA Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching (King's College London, UK); MA English Language and Literary Studies (Universit¨¤ degli Studi di Milano, Italy).
Teaching qualifications: Senior ellowship of Advance Higher Education; Associate Fellowship of Advance Higher Education; Qualified teacher status (The National College for Teaching and Leadership, UK); PGCE Special educational needs (Universit¨¤ Bicocca Milano, Italy); PGCE English language and literature (Universit¨¤ degli Studi di Milano, Italy).
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01/09/2022 → 31/12/2025
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