I could figure how to conduct studies based on concordancing through downloading WordSmith Tool, but I want to know whether or not I can apply it to language pedagogy. Do you know how?

1. Zahra Shafiee
Spring 2014

2. WordSmith Concordancing Tool
In my report on Concordancing, I complained about the vagueness of
these tools. It was before I downloaded and thoroughly examined the
WordSmith tool.
Now, after downloading it completely, I found a substantial manual in it,
which exceeds 300 pages. It’s the type of manual that even somebody
like ME can understand it.
Let’s together take a look at the software alongside some pages of the
book.

3. First, it’s noteworthy that the software should be
purchased. What I review is the unregistered version
which is demo.

4. The main window is made up of different tabs to different
sections that provides no instruction and without prior
instruction you may, like me, get confused.

5. To make things more complicated, just click the tabs
to see how much information you get.

6. However, I could do ordinary things like changing the
language and signs. Better than nothing!

7. Then, I went to the manual with a shortcut opened on
desktop.
I highly recommend it. Don’t miss the guide.

8. You can begin from the first step, to getting to know
what behind any tab is, to getting really started.

9. Other pages explain the functions of each part, like
languages and accents, customizing menus, up to choosing
texts.

10. Then, it demonstrates samples of the results, including
frequencies, marking entries, computing new columns of
data, etc.

11. Of other points to mention are describing how to
mark entries and match the words in lists.

12. Finally, even layout and formats for printing setting are
elaborated.

13. However, It seems to fit corpus-based
research purposes only. still I don’t
know how to use it for instructional
purposes.
THANK YOU