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A Corpus-based Lexical Study of Sermons in Nigeria
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In: http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/elt/article/viewFile/19185/12669/
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Religious sermons play a very significant role in a pluralist setting like Nigeria, as organs of social, political and moral education. The fulfilment of these functions is partly contingent on the effective use of language. If the sermon-giver and his audience draw from the same pool of lexis, communication in the genre will not only be enhanced but its teaching and practice will also align, thereby bridging the gap between the two. It is to this end that this study attempts to identify the words most associated with Christian sermons in English, in Nigeria. To carry out this study, a corpus of present-day sermons in Nigeria was constructed and compared to a reference corpus of sermons from other parts of the world, in order to find out those lexical items which are characteristic of sermons, whether in terms of types, frequency or usage. The study reveals the role of textual context to be the definition of thematic focus because, although the sermon words in the two contexts manifest high similarity, their degrees of significance in the contexts differ substantially. Additionally, the findings reveal diversity, both in lexical choice and the discourse structure of sermons. However, in both contexts, the sermons demonstrate similarity in semantic grouping. So, for the teacher of English for religious purposes (ERP) and the user of English in church contexts, this work offers insights into the lexical world of sermons in Nigeria.
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context; discourse structure; lexical choice; lexis; practice; semantic; sermons; teaching; textual
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URL: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.659.4510
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Moving from face-to-face to online classrooms: The reflective university teacher
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In: http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30009787/stacey-movingfromface-2006.pdf
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© InternationalJournal.org Exploring Teachers ’ Cognitions and Practices in Teaching Reading in English as a Second Language (ESL).
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EDUCATION TRANSACTIONS SERIES A: THE CURRICULUM GENERAL EDITORS
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Culture teaching in English language teaching: Teachers ’ beliefs and their classroom practices
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2010 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education 29
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Retos y oportunidades en la educación lingüística y tecnológica desde tres centros en Cataluña
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Retos y oportunidades en la educación lingüística y tecnológica desde tres centros en Cataluña ; Challenges and opportunities in digital language education from three schools in Catalonia
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Connecting Creativity, Technology, and Communities of Practice: Exploring the Efficacy of Technological Tools in Support of Creative Innovation
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Ensinar e aprender língua estrangeira/ adicional na escola: a relação entre perspectivas críticas e uma experiência prática localizada
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