Lesson 4 description

Adverbs of frequency & frequency expressions

The lesson Adverbs of frequency & frequency expressions was designed for High School students. This lesson focuses on the use of adverbs of frequency, including always, sometimes, never, usually, frequently, and rarely.

Two formats are available for this lesson: hands-on and hands-off. In the first format (hands-on), learners will need to access SKELL to search for the linguistic data required for the activities. The second format does not require learners to access this tool as the linguistic data has been previously selected by the author, and is available to download in the lesson itself.

Regarding SKELL, learners are expected to use EXAMPLES and WORD SKETCH search functions. It is important to note that the latter search function is essential to determine the combinations in the use of adverbs of frequency, as shown in the screenshot below:

Watch Pressbooks Video 4 (YouTube, 2m26s) below to learn more about using the search functions EXAMPLES and WORD SKETCH from SKELL.

About the author

name: Ms. Jeane Cardoso Costa

institution: São Paulo State University (UNESP)

website: https://sites.google.com/unesp.br/en-corpora-ensino-baseado-e-di/in%C3%ADcio

Jeane Cardoso Costa is a lecturer at the State University of Goiás. She is a Ph.D. candidate in Applied Linguistics in the Linguistic Studies program at Unesp – S.J. Rio Preto. She holds a Master’s degree in Language, Literature, and Intercultural Studies from the State University of Goiás, a bachelor’s degree in Higher Education Teaching from Faculdade Estácio de Sá and a Bachelor’s degree in Languages and School Education from the State University of Goiás. She has experience in the areas of Education and Linguistics. She has intermediate level in English and DELE (Spanish) from the Federal University of Goiás. She is currently a researcher of the En-corpora research group (Ibice/Unesp) linked to the research line of Lexical Pedagogy and translation based on corpora.