The Little Book of The Cambridge English Corpus

The Little
Book of the
Cambridge
English Corpus
www.cambridge.org/corpus
Why is the Cambridge English Corpus
better than other corpora?
• The Cambridge English Corpus is currently the most extensive corpus
used and promoted for ELT materials.
• We have better search software than our competitors.
• The spoken business corpus (CANBEC) is unique.
• The Cambridge Learner Corpus (CLC) is the biggest learner corpus in
the world.
• The CLC includes real exam papers from Cambridge ESOL.
• The Error Coding System is unique.
Did you know...?

We can use software to create a ‘Word Sketch’ and see which
words, and patterns of words, frequently appear together. Perhaps
unsurprisingly, the word think appears with future and retirement
(think about the future, think about retirement) more frequently
than it appears with politics!
Visit www.cambridge.org/corpus
What is a corpus?
A huge collection of real examples of written text or spoken language
presented in electronic form which can be analysed to make English
language teaching materials more effective.
What is the Cambridge English

Corpus?
The Cambridge English Corpus (formerly the Cambridge International
Corpus) is a vast collection of several billion words of real written
and spoken English from books, newspapers, advertising, letters
and emails, websites, recordings of people's everyday conversations,
radio and television and many other sources. All this is stored in a
computerised database, which our authors search to see how English
is really used and because the database is constantly being updated,
we can include new words and expressions in our books as soon as
they appear.
Did you know...?

The Cambridge English Corpus leads the world in its collections
of spoken English, providing a unique record of spoken
communication. We have examples of speech ranging from
dialogue on TV programmes, to lectures, to everyday conversations.
Want to find out more?

What’s included in the Cambridge English
Corpus?
Cambridge Learner Corpus (CLC)
A large, unique and constantly growing collection of exam scripts (currently around
200,000) written by students taking Cambridge ESOL exams all over the world.
Spoken Corpus
• CANBEC – A unique collection of formal and informal spoken business English
recorded in companies of all sizes, from big multinational companies to small
partnerships.
• CANCODE – A unique collection of spontaneous spoken English recorded at

hundreds of locations across the UK in a wide variety of situations.
• Cambridge Corpus of American English – A collection of spontaneous North

American English, both formal and informal, recorded across America in a wide
variety of situations (includes the Cambridge-Cornell Corpus of Spoken North
American English).
Written Corpus
• Cambridge Corpus of Business English – A very large collection of business
reports and documents from the UK and US, including books relating to different
aspects of business and the business sections from many different national
newspapers.
• Cambridge Corpus of Legal English – Books, journals and newspaper articles

from the UK and US relating to the law and legal processes.
• Cambridge Corpus of Financial English – Books, journals and newspaper

articles from the UK and US relating to economics and finance.
• Cambridge Corpus of Academic English – Text from academic books and

journals from the UK and US covering a wide range of disciplines and topics.
• Cambridge Corpus of American English – National and regional newspapers,

books, magazines and journals, TV transcripts and radio transcripts from across
the US.
Visit www.cambridge.org/corpus
Three simple steps to
success in English
Focus
Cambridge books make better use of your time by focusing on the
language your students really need to succeed in English.
Be confident
Our authors use the Cambridge English Corpus – a huge
database of written and spoken English from around the world –
to see how English is really used. So you can be confident the
language you’re teaching is natural, up to date and genuinely useful
for your students.
Get it right
Mistakes can be embarrassing, confusing and, in an exam,
the difference between ‘pass’ and ‘fail’. Our authors use the
Cambridge Learner Corpus – a unique bank of exam candidate
papers – to identify typical learner mistakes. That means
Cambridge books focus on common problem areas and train
students to avoid mistakes, so you can be sure they get it right!
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www.cambridge.org/corpus to see which products
have used the Corpus.
‘As the 21st century progresses, nothing is more important for enhanced
communication than learners and users of English who have teaching and learning
materials informed by this truly remarkable corpus collection.' Ronald Carter,
Professor of Modern English Language, University of Nottingham

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What is the Cambridge English

Did you know...?

Want to find out more?

• CANCODE – A unique collection of spontaneous spoken English recorded at

• Cambridge Corpus of American English – A collection of spontaneous North

• Cambridge Corpus of Legal English – Books, journals and newspaper articles

• Cambridge Corpus of Financial English – Books, journals and newspaper

• Cambridge Corpus of Academic English – Text from academic books and

• Cambridge Corpus of American English – National and regional newspapers,

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