Dr. Casey Keck joined the faculty of the English Department at Boise State University in 2011. She has a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics and an M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language, both from Northern Arizona University. Dr. Keck's research interests include corpus linguistics, second language writing, and pedagogical grammar.
Articles
How Do University Students Attempt to Avoid Plagiarism? A Grammatical Analysis of Undergraduate Paraphrasing Strategies, Writing & Pedagogy (2010)
Over the past decade, university student plagiarism has received considerable attention, and a number of...
The Use of Paraphrase in Summary Writing: A Comparison of L1 and L2 Writers, Journal of Second Language Writing (2006)
Paraphrasing is considered by many to be an important skill for academic writing, and some...
Corpus Linguistics and Language Teaching Research: Bridging the Gap (An invited review of 5 books), Language Teaching Research (2004)
Corpus linguistics, through the use of computer technology, allows researchers to analyse large collections of...
Books
Contributions to Books
Introduction to the Identification and Analysis of Vocabulary-Based Discourse Units (with D. Biber, E. Csomay, and J. Jones), Discourse on the Move: Using Corpus Analysis to Describe Discourse (2007)
Investigating the empirical link between task-based interaction and acquisition: A meta-analysis (with Gina Iberri-Shea, Nicole Tracy-Ventura, and Safary Wa-Mbaleka), Synthesizing Research on Language Learning and Teaching (2006)
Despite the seemingly rich context that task-based interaction provides for acquisition and the large amounts...
Modal use in spoken and written university registers: A corpus-based study (with Douglas Biber), English Modality in Perspective: Genre Analysis and Contrastive Studies (2004)
Of the many different linguistic features used to express stance in English, modal verbs are...
Presentations
Deficit views of language learners in applied linguistic discourses: A corpus-based critical discourse analysis, American Association for Corpus Linguistics (2011)
Many applied linguists have noted that disciplinary discourses often construct L2 learning and learners as...
Learning to “see” classrooms: video-based approaches to TESOL teacher education (with Kathryn Harris), American Association of Applied Linguistics (2011)
Those who mentor pre- and in-service teachers continue to confront the problem of how best...
How do university students attempt to avoid plagiarism? A grammatical analysis of L1 and L2 paraphrasing strategies, American Association of Applied Linguistics (2010)
Over the past decade, university student plagiarism has received considerable attention, and a number of...
Paraphrasing in context: Innovations in research and practice (with Zuzana Tomas), TESOL Convention (2010)
This presentation highlights recent research and pedagogical innovation in the area of textual borrowing, with...