The John Swales Conference Corpus
Use the transcripts from the JSCC to help your students master the art of conference presentations or just improve their general presentation skills. It is a useful tool for learning important skills like how to make introductions, and the etiquette of the Question and Answer session.
The John Swales Conference Corpus (JSCC) is a collection of transcripts from an academic conference held in honour of John Swales hosted by the English Language Institute (ELI) at the University of Michigan (U-M), Ann Arbor in June 2006. JSCC contains both lectures and question and answer sessions, amounting to around 100,000 words.
The recommended JSCC citation is: John Swales Conference Corpus (2009). Ann Arbor, MI: The Regents of the University of Michigan.
A short history and description of this corpus.
Click here to get access to the full write-up of the conference. You will see 23 separate files, one for each speaker’s presentation.
Our transcriptions are not written in standard English. Understand the spelling and punctuation system, and how it can be useful.
A resource list of research and findings based on the JSCC.
Suggestions for using the JSCC in your classroom.
MICASE is a great resource for the ESL/EAP classroom, to help make your lessons more authentic and more effective for your students.
MICUSP is a corpus of advanced student writing from 16 disciplines at the University of Michigan.
Use the transcripts from the JSCC to help your students master the art of conference presentations or just improve their general presentation skills.
This project aims to identify the writing patterns and preferences of international students, as well as Generation 1.5 writers.
On these pages you find information about our research activities and training we provide in corpus analysis.