CFP: Technology for Second Language Learning Conference

Beyond Form: Functional Perspectives on CALL Research and Teaching
September 12 & 13, 2014
PROPOSAL DEADLINE: May 23, 2014

Plenary Speaker:  Michael (Mick) O’Donnell, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

If you have questions regarding the abstract submission, please email tsll@iastate.edu.

Enhancing and extending corpora and corpora tools for learning and teaching

Valoriser et développer les outils autour des corpus dans une perspective didactique / Enhancing and extending corpora and corpora tools for learning and teaching

Mardi/Tuesday, mai/May 27th

Salle/Room 205 Site Rabelais, UJF Valence, France

Programme

9h30 – Speed-dating : Présentations/Presentations

10h – Présentation et discussion autour du livre/presentation and discussion about the book « Des documents authentiques aux corpus. Démarches pour l’apprentissage des langues ». Boulton et Tyne (2014). Discussion autour de l’abondance de matières exploitables dans les corpus et la sous-exploitation dans l’enseignement des langues/Including the abondance of exploitable corpora materials and the general lack of their use in language teaching.

Conférencier: Alex Boulton

11h – Présentation de la Plate-forme Chamilo : comment l’utiliser pour les corpus ? Suivi d’une discussion en français/anglais.

Jérémie Grépiloux et Hubert Borderiou (SIMSU)

13h30 – Pedagogical uses of corpora: theories and practices / Utilisations pédagogiques  des corpus : théories et pratiques, 20-minute presentation followed by a group discussion

Conférencier: Pascual Pérez-Paredes

14h30 – Speed-dating : Consultation en ligne des corpus/Consulting on-line corpora: Montrer et voir des corpus en salle informatique

16h – Bilan de la journée et projets/Summary of the day and projects

Cristelle Cavalla and Laura Hartwell

Inscriptions (Gratuit et obligatoire)/Mandatoary free registration :

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/118xpaiTACRMW5KA5ja92oEGJqZ5Q6BUmqfVmSPq41U0/viewform

Logistics: Sylvain Perraud, Sylvain.Perraud@gmail.com (Compte rendu/minutes)

Contacts: Cristelle.Cavalla@univ-paris3.fr, Laura.Hartwell@ujf-grenoble.fr

References

SACODEYL : http://www.um.es/sacodeyl/

Chamilo : http://www.chamilo.org/fr

Scientext : http ://scientext.msh-alpes.fr/scientext-site-en/spip.php?article9

EmoBase/EmoProf : http://emolex.u-grenoble3.fr/emoBase/

HEPCLIL Higher Education Perspectives on Content and Language Integrated Learning

EUROCALL 2014 deadline extended

EUROCALL2014

Groningen, The Netherlands, 20-23 August, 2014

http://www.eurocall2014.nl/

The deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended to: 14 February 2014.

EUROCALL 2013 Book of abstracts

Link.

ICAME35: 2nd Call for Papers: deadline Dec 15

The Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics (CRAL) at the University of Nottingham is hosting the 35th ICAME conference.

The theme of the conference is: Corpus Linguistics, Context and Culture.

** Date: 30 April  to 4 May 2014.
Venue:  University of Nottingham, UK, University Park Campus.

The main conference will be opened with a talk by

Ronald Carter (University of Nottingham)

and there will be a wine reception sponsored by John Benjamins on the Wednesday night.

Keynote speakers:

Beatrix Busse (University of Heidelberg)

Susan Hunston (University of Birmingham)

Tony McEnery (University of Lancaster)

Ute Roemer (Georgia State University)

Wolfgang Teubert (University of Birmingham)

The conference aims to explore English corpus linguistics and its intersections with other fields, as well as its applications in a range of contexts of language use. We invite submissions of abstracts for papers, work-in-progress reports, posters and software demonstrations on any topic relevant to the conference theme.  Areas for submissions can include – but are not limited to:

– corpus and discourse analysis
– corpus linguistics and its theoretical implications
– diachronic corpus studies
– corpora and new media
– varieties of English
– contrastive linguistics
– sociolinguistics
– mixed methods approaches in corpus linguistics
– corpus stylistics
– corpora in English language education

** Deadline for the submission of abstracts: 15 Dec 2013

Please submit your abstract through the conference website.
Proposals for pre-conference workshops should be sent directly to the organizers at ICAME2014@nottingham.ac.uk

For more details please see the conference website:

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/conference/fac-arts/english/icame-35/index.aspx

We are looking forward to seeing you in Nottingham in 2014.

The ICAME 35 Team
Michaela Mahlberg, Gavin Brookes, Kathy Conklin, Rachele De Felice, Dave Evans, Kat Gupta, Kevin Harvey, Tony Fisher, Lorenzo Mastropierro, Rebecca Peck, Ana Pellicer-Sánchez, Viola Wiegan

CFP American Association for Corpus Linguistics AACL 2014

The American Association for Corpus Linguistics (AACL) call for papers for the next conference September 26-28, 2014, in Flagstaff, AZ.

Abstracts
Faculty, graduate students, and independent scholars are invited to submit abstracts for 25-minute papers (20 minute presentation + 5 minutes for questions) on any aspect of corpus linguistics. Abstracts will undergo anonymous review.

Papers are welcome from a range of subfields:

Tools and methods (corpus creation, corpus annotation, tagging and parsing, visualization of large data sets, open source corpora (philosophy and practice), software development);
Linguistic analyses of corpora as they relate to language use (register/genre as well as lexical and grammatical variation, language varieties, parallel corpora, historical change, lexicography);
Application (the use of corpora in language teaching and learning).

Abstract details: Submit abstracts to aacl@nau.edu by February 10, 2014.

Cover page: Author(s) name(s); Affiliation; Contact information; Paper title; Category (see above)
Abstract page: Paper title; Abstract (max. 250 words)
Format: MS Word or PDF (the latter is necessary if the abstract contains specialized fonts)

Important dates
February 10: Deadline for submission of abstracts
April 11: Notification of decisions on abstracts
September 26-28: Conference

CFP AELFE 2014 : Academic communication in a digital age

12-14 June 2014, Stockholm University

This conference will draw connections between new publication practices, changing language uses, and new genres of academic communication. Today academics are under increasing pressure to disseminate their research results through high-impact outlets such as peer-reviewed journals. At the same time, new channels for knowledge transmission and exchange have emerged, often resorting to multimodal modes, and new genres have appeared in academic publishing domains. In the context of growing demands for accountability, transparency, and open access to data and publications, digital media offer improved ways of access to e-publications and alternative ways to fast publicity and open discussion. For international research communities and top-prestige publications, English takes the lion’s share. For outreach, local languages seem to be the most appropriate. Yet digital media mixes these assumptions, because local languages are often used along with English in various ways. Digital media also stir traditional assumptions about language editing and language norms in English.

 Confirmed plenary speakers are:

 Anna Mauranen, “Genre and register in research blogging”

 Gibson Ferguson, “On linguistic justice in a digital age: the case of English in academia”

 Carmen Pérez-Llantada, “Research genres and the growth of techno-dependency: intersections and implications”
We invite contributions exploring different aspects of academic communication in a digital age in order to acquire a better understanding of language uses in the academy and the role of LSP professionals in this changing sociopolitical context. This year’s conference will focus exclusively on the announced theme and will not include parallel sessions. A number of selected conference papers will be published in a peer-reviewed outlet. In addition, a number of poster presentations related to the traditional AELFE panels will be considered for inclusion in the conference programme. All conference presentations will be invited for publication in online proceedings edited by the conference organisers.

 Please email your proposal (350 words) specifying whether it is a paper presentation or a poster to the Organising committee at aelfe2014@english.su.se

The deadline to submit proposals for CALICO 2014 is OCTOBER 31

The deadline to submit proposals for CALICO 2014 is OCTOBER 31.

CALICO 2014 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Call for Proposals

Open, Online, Massive: The Future of Language Learning?

Hosted by
Ohio University

Athens, Ohio
May 6-10

Workshops: Tuesday, May 6 – Wednesday, May 7, and Saturday, May 10
Opening Reception and Welcome: Wednesday, May 7
Presentation Sessions: Thursday, May 8 and Friday, May 9
Technology Showcase: Thursday, May 8

Log-in with your current member information on the site to submit a
proposal and for more information see

https://calico.org/page.php?id=627

DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: OCTOBER 31, 2013

The Questions Academics Ask: Conference Edition

Thanks to Gisle Andersen for sharing this gem.

http://thisisallan.com/2013/06/12/questions/