Designing A Web-Based Corpus Collocation Lab For Grade 8–9 Efl Learners: Principles, Structure And Classroom Use

Abstract

This article describes the design of “CORPUS-BASED COLLOCATIONS’ LAB”, a website developed to support the corpus-based teaching of English collocations to grade 8–9 learners in general secondary schools of Uzbekistan. The paper outlines the pedagogical principles underlying the website, its structure based on the six-stage “Corpus Detective” exercise system (Notice – Search – Analyze – Practice – Produce – Reflect), the selection of collocations from the SkELL and COCA corpora, and the alignment of content with textbook units. Practical recommendations for using the website in classes with full, limited or no internet access are given