Using Perl Programs for ELT and ELT Research

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Using Perl Programs for ELT and ELT Research

• Kenji Kitao
• http//kkitao.e-learning-server.com/index.shtml
• Tomonori Nagano

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English texts

• preparing for the classes
• developing materials
• making tests
• analyzing texts
• doing research

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Tools

• Word Processor
• Ex Word
• Editor
• Hidemaru

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Perl

• useful computer programming language for handling
  English texts
• can perform such functions as
• combining many lines into one line
• changing lower- case letters to capital letters
  or vice versa
• counting words, sentences, lines, bigrams, and
  trigrams, etc.

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• can count types and frequencies of words
• can put words in the alphabetical order or in
  reverse alphabetical order from the last letters
  of the words
• can combine multiple passages into one passage
• can compare two or more files based on their
  frequency of words etc
• can use vocabulary list to classify the words in
  a passage into different levels based on the list

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• many Perl programs that can do many other
  "tricks" with English passages
• Available on the Internet
• Ex http//www.slacorpus.com/programs/introPerl.htm
  l
• http//www.cis.doshisha.ac.jp/kkitao/library/resou
  rce/corpus/corpus.htmperl

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• If not
• You need to make it.
• Not easy
• Tutorial
• http//kkitao.e-learning-server.com/wiki/

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• The End