Abstract: Entering the corpora 3.0, the virtual corpora provide convenience to the ESP teaching and research. There are strong theoretical grounds and natural advantages for the application of virtual corpora to ESP teaching and research. Based on the Wikipedia Corpus, many kinds of ESP virtual corpora can be easily created. In ESP learning, students can learn the keywords and expressions of specific ESP fields, enhancing their reading ability of ESP. In ESP teaching and research, teachers can create various ESP virtual corpora on the Wikipedia Corpus to conduct the research of language characters in ESP, and build up the corpora resources for the ESP class.

Key words: virtual corpora, ESP teaching and research, corpora construction

摘要： 随着语料库技术进入3.0时代，虚拟语料库为ESP教学研究带来了极大的方便。虚拟语料库技术应用于ESP教学研究有着深厚的理论基础和天然的优势。基于Wikipedia Corpus平台，可以便捷地创建各类ESP虚拟语料库。 在ESP学习中，虚拟语料有助于学生学习特定ESP领域的核心词汇和表达形式，有助于提高ESP阅读水平。在ESP教学研究中，虚拟语料库平台有助于教师创建各类ESP语料库进行特定领域的ESP语言特征研究，有助于创建适合于ESP课堂教学的语料库资源体系。

关键词: 虚拟语料库, ESP教学研究, 语料库创建