Discovering English with Sketch Engine: reviewed at last.

From a 2000 word review published last year in the Journal of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, come these snippets: 

This book demystifies the corpus approach to language teaching and shows that corpus software is no magic wand, but a useful tool to obtain language information that was hitherto almost inaccessible. ​
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Generally, DESKE is a witty, highly-readable narrative written by an enthusiast with vast experience in ELT, whose line of argumentation is very compelling and engaging. It is rich in metaphors, imagery, real-world and literary references which deliver ideas in a more immediate, easy-going and memorable way than traditional academic prose. It elegantly combines theory and practice, which one always hopes for in a textbook. 

Written by Maria Kunilovskaya and Marina Koviazina in the Department of Philology and Journalism University of Tyumen, Russia.

To read the whole review, click on the Journal of Linguistics, and search for 'sketch'.