MICUSP Kibbitzers
These small MICUSP-based research projects provide pedagogically-relevant insights into important features of advanced student academic writing.
The originator of the Kibbitzer pages was Tim Johns (Birmingham University). Each kibbitzer page contains the discussion of a language problem, supported by data from MICUSP.
What are scare-quotes? What kinds of scare-quotes are there? Does their frequency vary across disciplines and levels? This kibbitzer provides answers to these questions.
Which sentence connectors are most frequent in MICUSP? This kibbitzer addresses this question and provides short exercises and examples on sentence connector usage in proficient student writing.
These tutorials show you how to use MICUSP Simple and how to browse for and search in MICUSP papers.
A short history of this project.
What research areas can MICUSP-based studies contribute to?
Read about what types of academic student papers are included in MICUSP and how we labeled them.
Why and how can MICUSP be a useful tool in teaching EAP writing?
These small MICUSP-based research projects provide pedagogically-relevant insights into important features of advanced student academic writing.
What have we discovered about students’ writing? Read the results of these recent studies.