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<BR> <B><FONT SIZE=+2>
Second Call for Papers for TaLC 2000</FONT></B>
<P>
Time is rushing
<P> <B><FONT SIZE=+1>
Deadline for workshop proposals: 15 February 2000</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=+1>
Deadline for paper proposals: 15 March 2000</FONT></B>
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<P> <B><FONT SIZE=+1> Fourth International
Conference on Teaching and Language Corpora</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=+1>
English Department, University of Graz, Austria</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=+1>
July 19-23, 2000</FONT></B>
<BR>
<P>Large corpora of authentic language together with sophisticated concordancing
<BR>software for analysis provide a new paradigm not only for linguistic
research
<BR>but also for many forms of language teaching. Teachers and students
no longer
<BR>have to rely on the intuitions of prescriptive theorists but with the
help of
<BR>corpora can inductively draw their own conclusions: a highly desirable
goal in
<BR>the age of "learner autonomy". This international conference will bring
together
<BR>practitioners and theorists with a common interest in the use of corpus
tools
<BR>for such purposes as:
<P> * language teaching/language learning
<BR> * language awareness raising
<BR> * teaching languages for specific purposes
<BR> * student-centered linguistic investigation
<BR> * translation studies
<BR> * teaching literature
<BR> * cultural and historical studies
<P>Following the previous three highly successful TaLC conferences in Lancaster
<BR>1994 and 1996 and Oxford 1998, TaLC 2000 invites proposals for position
papers,
<BR>reports of work in progress, case-histories of successful corpus applications,
<BR>and introductions to relevant new resources. In addition, we welcome
proposals
<BR>for introductory tutorials or workshops.
<P>Abstracts (500 words) should be submitted to arrive before 15
March 2000.
<BR>Workshop Proposals should be submitted to arrive before 15 February
2000. All
<BR>proposals will be reviewed. Authors of those accepted for inclusion
will be
<BR>notified by 15 April 2000. The programme will be finalised during May
2000.
<P>The official language of the conference is English. As the aim of TaLC2000
is
<BR>communication between linguists from various cultural backgrounds,
English
<BR>seemed the best choice as lingua franca.
<BR>
<P>Organising Committee
<P>Guy Aston (Bologna); Norbert Berger (Graz); Lou Burnard (Oxford HCU);
Bernhard
<BR>Kettemann (Graz); Tony McEnery (Lancaster); Barbara Seidlhofer (Vienna),
<BR>Chistopher Tribble (Sri Lanka)
<BR>
<BR>
<P>Programme
<P>The conference will run from Thursday morning 20 July to Saturday night
22 July
<BR>with a single strand of presentations and a poster session. There will
be
<BR>workshops and a book and software exhibit in parallel.
<P>Presentations include keynote speeches by:
<P> * Tim Johns (Birmingham, Opening keynote): "On Corpus-based learning"
<BR> * Antoinette Renouf (Liverpool)
<BR> * Christian Mair (Freiburg), "Empowering advanced learners and
non-native
<BR> speakers: The hidden surplus-value of corpora in continental
<BR> English departments"
<BR> * Tony McEnery (Lancaster)
<BR> * Sylviane Granger (Louvain)
<BR> * Mike Scott (Liverpool)
<BR> * Lou Burnard (Oxford)
<BR> * Guy Aston (Bologna)
<BR> * Dieter Mindt (Berlin)
<P>Workshops include (preliminary):
<BR> * Sylviane Granger: "Interlanguage/learner corpora and ELT"
<BR> * Chris Tribble: "Using BNC on PC - Workshop for language learners"
<BR> * Michael Barlow: "Introduction to corpus analysis using MonoConc
and
<BR> MonoConc Pro (for the extraction of syntactic, semantic, and
<BR> cultural information from a corpus)"
<BR> * Angela Hahn/Josef Schmied: "Introducing a corpus-based Internet
grammar"
<BR>
<BR>
<P>Venue
<P>TaLC 2000 will be held at Karl-Franzens-University of Graz, in the recently
<BR>completed award-winning building of the faculties of law and economics
(RESOWI
<BR>Zentrum), which represents a modern counterpoint to the generally neo-classical
<BR>style of the University, which was founded in 1585 and whose main buildings
date
<BR>back to the last century.
<P>The campus is situated near the charming Renaissance and Baroque city
centre,
<BR>nestling under the picturesque hill (Schlossberg) with its famous clock
tower.
<BR>Graz, though still a well kept secret among mass tourists, is attracting
more
<BR>and more attention, not least because of the presence of a thriving
cultural
<BR>scene in the summer months.
<P>All participants will be accommodated in modern fully-equipped study
bedrooms
<BR>within a few minutes' walk of the RESOWI Zentrum or in hotels in the
city
<BR>centre. The city centre is within walking distance and can also be
reached by
<BR>bus.
<BR>
<BR>
<P>How to get to Graz
<P>By air: Graz has an international airport with several
daily connections to
<BR>and from Frankfurt, Zurich and Vienna. There is an infrequent shuttle
bus
<BR>service to the railway station. But you can also take a taxi directly
to your
<BR>hotel (this will cost approx. œ12).
<P>By train: There are many direct train services from all
over Austria to Graz.
<BR>If you arrive at Vienna International Airport, there is a regular shuttle
bus
<BR>service to the S?dbahnhof (Southern Station). There is a regular direct
service
<BR>(every two hours) from there to Graz (travelling time approx. 2 1/2
hours).
<P>By road: Graz is ideally located at the hub of Central Europe's
road network.
<BR>Venice, Budapest and Munich are all about five hours' drive away. Graz
can
<BR>easily be reached by motorway from Vienna, Linz, Salzburg, Villach,
and
<BR>Klagenfurt.
<BR>
<BR>
<P>Rates
<P>All-inclusive rates for participants are 320Pounds/535$/6800ATS/495Euros.
<BR>These rates include conference fees, accommodation (four nights), meals,
and
<BR>outing. All-inclusive rates for accompanying persons are
<BR>160Pounds/270$/3400ATS/250Euros.
<BR>
<BR>
<P>Submit a Proposal
<P>Proposals for papers should include the following
<BR> * Authors' full name and affiliation
<BR> * Title of proposal
<BR> * Contact details (Email, URL, phone, fax, postal address)
<BR> * 500 word description of the proposed presentation
<BR>
<BR>
<P>Registration and further information
<P>Proposals and registrations should be submitted using the conference
web site
<BR><A HREF="http://www-gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at/talc2000">http://www-gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at/talc2000</A>, or should be sent to the
following
<BR>address <A HREF="mailto:talc2000@gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at">mailto:talc2000@gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at</A>
<BR>
<P>For further details, see the conference web site
<BR><A HREF="http://www-gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at/talc2000">http://www-gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at/talc2000</A>
<BR>or contact us at: <A HREF="mailto:talc2000@gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at">mailto:talc2000@gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at</A>
<BR>
<P>Univ. Prof. Mag. Dr. Bernhard Kettemann
<BR>Institut fuer Anglistik der Universitaet Graz
<BR>A-8010 Graz, Heinrichstrasse 36, Austria
<BR>Tel.: +43/316/380-2488, 2487, 2474
<BR>Fax: +43/316/380-9765
<BR>Email: <A HREF="mailto:bernhard.kettemann@kfunigraz.ac.at">mailto:bernhard.kettemann@kfunigraz.ac.at</A>
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<P>Useful links
<P>Steiermark <A HREF="http://www.Steiermark.com">http://www.Steiermark.com</A>
<BR>Graz <A HREF="http://www.graztourismus.at">http://www.graztourismus.at</A>
<BR><A HREF="http://www.graz.at">http://www.graz.at</A>
<P>Graz University <A HREF="http://www.kfunigraz.ac.at">http://www.kfunigraz.ac.at</A>
<BR>GewiLab <A HREF="http://gewilab.kfunigraz.ac.at">http://gewilab.kfunigraz.ac.at</A>
<BR>English Department <A HREF="http://www-gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at/ed/">http://www-gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at/ed/</A>
<BR>RESOWI Zentrum <A HREF="http://www.kfunigraz.ac.at/8.11./plan.html">http://www.kfunigraz.ac.at/8.11./plan.html</A>
<P>Previous conference websites:
<BR>TALC 94 <A HREF="http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/research/ucrel/talc94.html">http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/research/ucrel/talc94.html</A>
<BR>TALC 96 <A HREF="http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/research/ucrel/talc">http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/research/ucrel/talc</A>
<BR>TALC 98 <A HREF="http://users.ox.ac.uk/~talc98">http://users.ox.ac.uk/~talc98</A>
<P>ICAME <A HREF="http://www.hd.uib.no/icame.html">http://www.hd.uib.no/icame.html</A>
<BR>UCREL <A HREF="http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/research/ucrel">http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/research/ucrel</A>
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