Through the Corpora list
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The Windows program Collocate 1.0 is available for download at michaelbarlow.com. The software extracts collocations in various ways (including n-grams) and provides scores based on MI, t-score and Log Likelihood. This version of the software is now free.
If you want to simply check out the functionality of the software, or have misplaced your manual, you can get it from
https://auckland.academia.edu/MichaelBarlow
Call for Papers for the forthcoming Young language Learners Symposium to be held in July 2016, at the University of Oxford.
Young Language Learners (YLL) Symposium 2016
Department of Education, University of Oxford University
July 6th – 8th, 2016
Email: YLL2016@education.ox.ac.uk
Call for Papers
The organizing committee of the YLL Symposium 2016 invites the submission of abstracts on any research-oriented topic relating to the learning of a foreign, second or additional language by learners of primary school age or younger.
Presentation Format
Oral Presentations (individual or co-authored papers) to be given in a 20-minute oral presentation plus 10 minutes of discussion.
Poster Presentations (individual or co-authored papers). Posters should be prepared for A0 (841 x 1189 mm).
Submission Guidelines
• The word limit for abstracts is 350 words
• The total number of presentations per participant as first presenter should be no more than two, including a combination of oral presentation and/or poster presentation.
To submit an abstract please click here: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=yll2016 You will need to create an account if you do not already have one. This can be done here: https://www.easychair.org/account/signup.cgi
Important Dates:
Deadline for submission of abstracts: January 30th, 2016
Notification of acceptance: by March 14th, 2016
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Victoria A. Murphy, PhD | Professor of Applied Linguistics
Department of Education | University of Oxford
15 Norham Gardens | Oxford | OX2 6PY | UK
Tel: +44(0)1865 274042 | Fax: +44(0)1865 274027
REAL GROUP: http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/research/applied-linguistics/r-e-a-l/
For NALDIC, the subject association for EAL – www.naldic.org.uk
Young Language Learners 2016 Conference: http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/research/applied-linguistics/the-young-language-learners-yll-symposium-2016/
Vocational guidance in CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning).
Researchers involved at UMU Dr. Pilar Aguado, Dr. Purificación Sánchez and Dr. Pascual Pérez-Paredes, Languages for specific purposes, language corpora, and English linguistics applied to knowledge engineering research group.
More info here.
Through the AESLA list
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2nd International Conference on the Sociolinguistics of Immigration
Rapallo (Italy), September, 22-23, 2016
The aim of the Conference is to focus on epistemological and methodological continuities and discontinuities in the sociolinguistics of immigration. Several new researches and approaches have begun to emerge in the last few years: translingualism, polylanguaging, truncated repertoires, crossing metrolingualism.
Two main processes have contributed to this change: the epistemological orientation towards postmodernist and critical social theories within sociolinguistics as well as applied linguistics, linguistic anthropology and related disciplines and globalization.
The focus of attention of the 2nd International Conference of the Sociolinguistics of Immigration is to explore these research orientations, whilst also aiming to critically discuss these and any (dis)continuities and/or potential links between “old” and “new” orientations.
The confirmed plenary speakers will be: A. Creese and A. Blackledge (University of Birmingham) and M. Hundt (University of Zürich).
Abstract Submission
Each abstract should not exceed 500 words (incl. at least four keywords and references). Text should be justified and single-spaced (font size: Times New Roman 12pt).
Name, affiliation, and e-mail address should be on separate first page of the electronic copy.
Every individual presentation will last 20 minutes (plus 10 minutes for discussion and questions).
Important dates
The abstract submission period opens on October 20, 2015.
Abstracts can be submitted until December 20, 2015 and sent as a word attachment to gerardo.mazzaferro@unito.it.
Confirmation of acceptance: January 20, 2016.
Registration for the conference starts on October 20, 2015 and closes on February 20, 2016.
Conference dates: September 22-23, 2016 .
Further details on the conference can be found at: http://www.dipartimentolingue.unito.it/slimig2016/oss-home.asp
RSLE Talk 27 Ocober 2015, University of Cambridge
Michael Thomas, UCLAN (www)
New project on learning analytics, focus on detection. Visualization.
Other projects: http://avalonlearning.eu/
Techno-evangelism
Diane Laurillard
Neil Seelwyn & Facer The politics of education and technology
Methodoogical weaknesses in CALL research
TBLT in technology-mediated contexts
TBLT: Current research overwhrlmingly focuses on teachers’ perceptions
Education as product, as employability, getting a job
Opportunities offered by TBLT: Ortega 2009
Online technologies: constructuvist pedgogies, simulation, learner motivation, collaboration, IT and digital literacy skills
Other projects: http://avalonlearning.eu/
EU FUNDED CAMELOT PROJECT (2013-2015)
CAMELOT stands for” CreAting Machinima Empowers Live Online Language Teaching and Learning”. This project has been funded with support from the European Commission (Project number: 543481-LLP-1-2013-1-UK-KA3-KA3MP). The information on this website reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
Different types of activities. Emphasis on anybody can produce.
Camelot webinars: http://camelotproject.eu/webinars/
Camelot MOOT (MOOC): http://camelotproject.eu/moot-3/
The CEFR is a comprehensive document, and as such, individual users can find it difficult to read and interpret. The Council of Europe has created a number of guidance documents to help in this interpretation. Helping you find your way around the CEFR and its supporting documents is one of our key aims in creating Using the CEFR: Principles of Good Practice. If you want a brief overview of the CEFR read Section 1 of this booklet. If you are a teacher or administrator working in an educational setting and would like guidance on using and interacting with the CEFR then reading Section 2 will be useful to you. If you want to find out about how Cambridge ESOL works with the CEFR then read Section 3. Each section is preceded by a page that signposts key further reading.
