Software for Teaching English Language & Literature and its Assessment

English Studies encompasses a wide range of types of subjects. The interests of teaching staff involved in the project range from language teaching and linguistics to the formal and conceptual properties of texts in English and Scots. Hard choices have had to be made between packages which can be produced relatively quickly and transferred to different datasets, and more pioneering work in uncharted areas. We have concentrated on the former, while at the same time bringing into use in teaching already existing research databases such as the Historical Thesaurus of English.

The aim of the STELLA project was to develop teaching software which can be incorporated into courses and enhance learning in tutorial and self-access modes. In most cases, the material is introduced to students at timetabled sessions, but they are also encouraged to return and use the materials during free access sessions either as part of their course or later as revision.