#CFP Learner Language, #corpuslinguistics and #mobilelearning deadline March 31

 

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Learner Language, Corpus Linguistics and Mobile Learning

at Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany, 20 July 2016

Pre-conference workshop of the 12th Teaching and Language Corpora Conference organised by the

Transforming European Learner Language into Learning Opportunities (TELL-OP) team

Call for Papers

TELL-OP is a Strategic Partnership that seeks to promote the take-up of innovative practices in European language learning (Data Driven Learning, DDL) by supporting personalised learning approaches that rely on the use of information and communication technology and open educational resources by bringing together the knowledge and expertise of European stakeholders in the fields of language education, corpus and applied linguistics, e-learning and knowledge engineering in order to promote cooperation and contribute to unleash the potential behind already available web 2.0 services to promote the personalised e-learning of languages in the contexts of higher and adult education, in particular, through mobile devices.

This pre-conference workshop will take place all day on Wednesday, 20 July 2016. It will start with an introduction to TELL-OP aims and outcomes including a beta version of the TELL-OP language learning application developed by the workshop organisers and end with a round table. As part of the workshop, we would like to invite stakeholders in the field to submit abstracts for paper presentations. We would like to invite educators, teachers, linguists, software developers, and second/foreign language researchers working at the interface of learner language, corpus linguistics and mobile learning.

Paper presentations will consist of a 20-minute talk followed by 10 minutes for questions and discussion. Papers reporting on empirical research should represent either completed work, or work in progress where some results can be reported. Abstracts on all topics related to the connection between learner language, corpus linguistics and mobile learning are welcome, especially those focusing on one of the following topics:

  • (personalized) mobile learning
  • DDL and mobile learning
  • (learner) corpus research and their benefit for mobile learning
  • teaching with mobile learning applications
  • teaching and/or assessment with mobile learning devices
  • automatic feedback in mobile learning devices
  • corpus linguistics applications in mobile environments

We are welcoming paper presentations on any of these topics listed above. However, we are especially encouraging presentations that combine any of these topics. We request abstracts of 500 words (not counting the reference list) for paper presentations. Abstracts can be submitted to:

tellop@um.es

The deadline for abstract submission is 31 March 2016.

Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by 30 April 2016, along with further information on the workshop.

We hope to see you in Giessen in July 2016!

The organising committee consists of:

Pascual Pérez-Paredes, Dogan Bulut, Baki Dursun, Ibrahim Ercan, Sandra Götz, Stefanie Hehner, Fanny Meunier, Carlos Ordoñana, Karin Puga, Julie Van de Vyver, Pilar Aguado, Gregorio Martínez and Purificación Sánchez.

E-mail: tellop@um.es

 

CFP Language and the new (instant) media

2016 PLIN Day, hosted by the Linguistics Research Unit of UCLouvain in Belgium.

After last year’s successful edition on Lexical complexity, this year’s topic is ‘Language and the new (instant) media’. The PLIN Day will take place on 12 May 2016 in Louvain-la-Neuve.

More information and registration (free for all Belgian participants)

The main objective of the workshop is to bring together specialists from a number of different but related fields to discuss the specificities of language in the new media. The workshop will thus offer a view of different approaches to language in the new media. The event will be structured around five keynote presentations and poster sessions. We are happy to welcome the following keynote speakers:
Patricia Bou-Franch (Universitat de València)
Walter Daelemans (Universiteit Antwerpen)
Elisabeth Stark (University of Zurich)
Caroline Tagg (The Open University)
Olga Volckaert-Legrier (Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès)

The poster sessions, which will include time for a short oral presentation of each poster, offer a forum for numerous other research trends. If you’re a PhD student, you’re eligible for the Best Poster Award!

Posters may deal with any of the following linguistic domains:
Discourse analysis
Language norms and contacts
Communication
Sociolinguistics
Psycholinguistics
Corpus Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Language Statistics
We also invite companies which develop research or research-based applications concerning language and new media, to submit a poster proposal.

Important dates:
Deadline for poster proposal submissions: 31 January 2016
Notification of acceptance: 1 March 2016
Submission of Power Point Presentations for the posters boost session: 1 May 2016

We are also happy to inform you that the Annual Linguistic Day of the Linguistic Society of Belgium will also be held at UCL, on 13 MAY 2016, the day after the PLIN day (http://www.uclouvain.be/en-528988.html)

Best regards,

Convenors:
Louise-Amélie Cougnon (Girsef – Cental), Barbara De Cock (Valibel – Discours et variation) and Cédrick Fairon (Cental)

Follow @plindayucl on Twitter for the latest news!

Official Website: http://www.plindayucl.com/

Prof. Cédrick Fairon
Directeur
Centre de traitement automatique du langage (CENTAL)
Place Blaise Pascal, 1, bte L3.03.12 B-1348-Louvain-la-Neuve
cedrick.fairon@uclouvain.be
Tél. 32 (0)10 47 37 88 – Fax 32 (0)10 47 26 06
www.uclouvain.be/cental
www.facebook.com/ucl.cental
twitter.com/cfairon

#Corpuslinguistics webinars today and tomorrow @Anne0Keeffe

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Thanks to Anne O’Keeffe

FREE WEBINARS

13:00 GMT today 26th November, 2015
“‘Appropriate methodologies for studying classroom discourse”
Prof. Steve Walsh, Newcastle University
Link to webinar: https://mic.adobeconnect.com/maallearnerdiscourse/

17:00 GMT tomorrow 27th November, 2015
“Using corpora to inform teaching and materials development”
Prof. Randi Reppen, Northern Arizona University

Link to webinar: https://mic.adobeconnect.com/maalissuesinlinguistics/
Recordings of these will be posted next week.

Recording of Prof. Ronald Carter’s webinar from yesterday on “From Spoken English to Written English: New worlds and new descriptions”
is available at: https://mic.adobeconnect.com/p1nz3skbvd6/