ColloCaid: a tool to help academic English writers find the words they need

Abstract

This short paper summarizes the development of ColloCaid (www.collocaid.uk), a text editor that supports writers with academic English collocations. After a brief introduction, the paper summarizes how the lexicographic database underlying ColloCaid was compiled, how text editor integration was achieved, and results from initial user studies. The paper concludes by outlining future developments.

Descripción y usabilidad de HARTA, una herramienta de ayuda para la redacción de textos académicos en español

“…De ese modo, por ejemplo, el usuario podrá escoger un colocativo diferente del que ha escrito en su texto solo con clicar en la base, y se le desplegará la información de HARTA. Son múltiples las posibles extensiones de HARTA, pero la tendencia ya iniciada hace tiempo es que los diccionarios se fusionen con herramientas de escritura, en la línea de CollocAid (Frankenberg- Garcia et al, 2019). Con todo, dado el gran avance reciente de los sistemas basados en inteligencia artificial como el chatGPT, es difícil poder predecir el futuro de las herramientas lexicográficas.…”

Using corpora for language teaching and assessment in L2 writing: A narrative review

“…Collocations are a significant barrier for L2 learners; hence several programs have been developed to assist students in choosing the appropriate collocation (Granger, 2015). Collocaid (Frankenberg-Garcia et al, 2019), which is accessed through a free web interface, is a text editor for assisting students with the conventions of academic writing in an interactive DDL approach. Although it is still a prototype, Collocaid can answer such questions as: Is X a typical or appropriate collocate of Y?…”