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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="background-repeat:initial initial">Associazione Italiana di Linguistica Applicata (</span><span lang="EN-US">AItLA; the AILA affiliated Italian
Association of Applied Linguistics</span><span style="background-repeat:initial initial">) is pleased to announce its 15<sup>th<span> </span></sup>International Conference, which
will take place at the University of Salento, Lecce, Italy, from 19<sup>th</sup> to 21<sup>st</sup> February
2015 </span><span lang="EN-US">(starting Thu. at 2 pm, and ending Sat. at
1 pm)</span><span style="background-repeat:initial initial">.<span> Conference title:</span></span><span style="background-repeat:initial initial"> <span lang="EN-US"></span></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-repeat:initial initial"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">"Language and Technology: </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-repeat:initial initial"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">methods, tools and new environments </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-repeat:initial initial"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">for language learning and applied linguistics"</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-repeat:initial initial"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">The conference
aims to highlight the links between most recent technologies (software,<span style="color:black"> ICT, imaging tools)
and applied linguistics, including computational and corpus approaches. We
invite the submission of abstracts about any of the following areas:</span></font></span></p>
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<p><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">A)<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%">The impact and relevance of new technologies in
applied linguistics</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%;color:black"></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:35.85pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%;color:black">-<span style="line-height:normal">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%">Research
methods, including those for the definition of theoretical constructs, for data
collection, and data analysis. This also includes instrumental and experimental
approaches to the study of language and language learning (e.g., biomedical
techniques such as EMA, EPG and UTI for the study of spoken language, and MRI
and EEG for the study of the processing of linguistic information);<span style="color:black"></span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:35.85pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%;color:black">-<span style="line-height:normal">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%">Models
for linguistic analysis (e.g., with reference to phonetics and phonology,
morphosyntax, semantics);<span style="color:black"></span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:35.85pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%;color:black">-<span style="line-height:normal">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%">Techniques
of automated analysis and statistical validation of data in applied
linguistics, including corpus creation, annotation and analysis.<span style="color:black"></span></span></font></p>
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<p><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%">B)<span style="line-height:normal">
</span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%">Relations between information and
communication technologies, and linguistic and metalinguistic learning</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%"></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:35.85pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:115%;color:black">-<span style="line-height:normal">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%">Learning contexts where the access to resources and
knowledge is </span><span style="line-height:115%">favoured </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%">by the use of multimedia and internet
tools (e.g., </span><span style="line-height:115%">critical
reflections on <i>e-learning</i> or MOOC
courses);</span><span style="line-height:115%"></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:35.85pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%;color:black">-<span style="line-height:normal">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%">Forms of “virtual mobility” aimed at offering students
the possibility to study a language or acquire knowledge about a language in an
international environment (e.g., video-conferencing, virtual reality, telecollaborative
language learning programmes and use of <i>Second
Life</i>).</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%"></span></font></p>
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<p><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%">C)<span style="line-height:normal">
</span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%">Features of computer-mediated communication</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%"></span></font></p>
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</span></span><span style="line-height:115%">Analysis
of communicative processes and products (e.g., lexical, syntactic and pragmatic
features in interpersonal communication) in written, aural or signed form,
performed by means of ICT technologies.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">The conference </span>programme <span lang="EN-US">will include
(a) 5 invited plenary speakers (Prof. </span></font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Harald Baayen,</span><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></font><span style="font-size:12.727272033691406px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Prof. Barbara Gili Fivela, Prof. Mirko Grimaldi</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">, Prof. Marie-Noelle Lamy, Prof. </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Tommaso Minerva)</span></font><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">and (b) papers and posters selected by the
Scientific Commettee among the abstract received. </span><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Papers will be of 20
minute duration, followed by 10 minutes for discussion; posters will first be
presented in 5 minute plenary sessions and then exposed in a dedicated space. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">AItLA welcomes
submissions in Italian, English, French, German, Portuguese
and Spanish. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Please send your paper or poster abstract of
600-1000 words to <span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:congresso@aitla.it" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:windowtext">congresso@aitla.it</span></a></span> by <b><span style="color:black">7<sup>th</sup> July 2014</span></b>, indicating the
type of presentation (paper or poster) and the author(s) name(s) and
affiliation(s). The abstracts will be reviewed anonymously and selected
according to the following criteria: (1) quality of theoretical orientation;
(2) quality of research design, if applicable; (3) significance of findings.
Acceptance of <span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">proposals</span> will be notified by
<b>15<sup>th</sup> August 2014</b>. Presenters who are
interested in having their work published in a conference volume of selected
papers should send their full and final texts to <span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:congresso@aitla.it" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:windowtext">congresso@aitla.it</span></a></span> by <b>23<sup>th</sup> March 2015</b>. The selection will be based on the criteria
above. <span lang="EN-US" style="background-repeat:initial initial">Papers will be accepted<span> </span>in Italian, English, French, German, Portuguese
and Spanish. They will be published in Italian.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">For further
information on AItLA or the Conference, please refer to <span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.aitla.it/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB">www.aitla.it</span></a></span>.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.2pt;text-align:center"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><i><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11pt">Scientific
Committee</span></i><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11pt"></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm;line-height:13.5pt"><span lang="IT"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Francesca Bianchi, Raffaella Bombi, Paola Leone, Lorenzo Spreafico </font></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 14.2pt;text-align:center"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><i><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11pt">Local
Organising </span></i><i><span style="font-size:11pt">Committee </span></i><i><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11pt"></span></i></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.45pt"><span lang="IT"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Francesca Bianchi, Paola Leone, Carlo Tafuro</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="IT"> </span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Paola Leone<div>Professore Aggregato</div><div>Didattica Lingue Moderne</div><div>Dipartimento Studi Umanistici</div>
<div>Università del Salento</div><div>Lecce</div></div>
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