(1) Texts, Textbooks and Readability, Edited by G. R. S. Weir and T. Ozasa. University of Strathclyde Publishing, Glasgow, UK. 2007. Paperback, 111 pages. ISBN: 978-0-947649-69-2. Available from books(at)ictatll(dot)org. Price: £12.00 inc. p&p.


English language texts, textbooks and readability are intimately related. Textbooks employ texts as a means of teaching language competence. Learners engage with these texts as a step toward fluency in English, and in the process develop their vocabulary as well as grammatical, stylistic and pragmatic insights into language use. How can we best appreciate the content, approaches and readability inherent in a text or a textbook? The papers in this collection afford insights on the application of computer technologies in the realm of textual analysis, teaching or learning of language and are selected from submissions to the ICT in Analysis, Teaching and Learning of Languages (ICTATLL) workshop, held at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.


(2) Studies in Language and Textbook Analysis, Edited by G. R. S. Weir and T. Ozasa. University of Strathclyde Publishing, Glasgow, UK. 2008. Paperback, 167 pages. ISBN: 978-0-947649-30-2. Available from books(at)ictatll(dot)org. Price: £15.00 inc. p&p.


This book presents a collection of papers that each address aspects of language use, language analysis or language teaching. Such concerns are, in the main, brought together through application of corpus linguistics or simply, corpus analysis. Attention to corpora allows the scholar (or the practitioner) to investigate what actually occurs, whether the domain in question is everyday speech, newspaper publications, English language textbooks, or the poetry of Robert Burns. The way in which language is written, spoken, learned or taught can be illuminated through such studies - allowing us to derive insights that improve both our understanding and our practice in learning, teaching or simply, using language. The papers in this collection afford insights on the application of computer technologies in the realm of textual analysis, teaching or learning of language and are selected from submissions to the ICT in Analysis, Teaching and Learning of Languages (ICTATLL) workshop, held at Hiroshima International University, Japan.