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<h1 class="title"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Joint 6th
NLP4CALL and 2nd NLP4LA, Nodalida 2017</span></h1>
<h3><a href="http://nodalida2017.se/">NODALIDA</a> workshop,
Gothenburg, Sweden, 22 May, 2017</h3>
<b>Description of the workshop</b> <br>
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<div>Workshop website: <a
href="https://spraakbanken.gu.se/eng/icall/joint6thNLP4CALL-2ndNLP4LA2017"
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href="https://spraakbanken.gu.se/eng/icall/joint6thNLP4CALL-2ndNLP4LA2017">https://spraakbanken.gu.se/eng/icall/joint6thNLP4CALL-2ndNLP4LA2017</a></div>
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<p align="justify">For the second year in a row we are
bringing two related themes of NLP for CALL and NLP for LA
together. The goal of the joint workshop is to provide a
meeting place for researchers working on language learning
issues including both <i>empirical and experimental
studies</i> and <i>NLP-based applications</i>.</p>
<p align="justify">The <b>theme on Natural Language
Processing (NLP) for Computer-Assisted Language Learning
(NLP4CALL) </b>iis a meeting place for researchers
working on the integration of Natural Language Processing
and Speech Technologies in CALL systems and exploring the
theoretical and methodological issues arising in this
connection. </p>
<p align="justify">The intersection of Natural Language
Processing and Speech/Dialogue Technology with
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) brings
“understanding” of language to CALL tools, thus making
CALL intelligent. This fact has given the name for this
area of research – Intelligent CALL, ICALL. As the
definition suggests, apart from having excellent knowledge
of Natural Language Processing and/or Speech/Dialogue
Technology, ICALL researchers need good insights into the
second language acquisition (SLA) theories and practices,
as well as knowledge of second language pedagogy and
didactics. This workshop invites therefore all
ICALL-relevant research, including studies where
NLP-enriched tools are used for testing SLA and
pedagogical theories, and vice versa, where SLA
theories/pedagogical practices are modeled in ICALL tools.
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<p align="justify">The <b>workshop on Natural Language
Processing (NLP) for Research in Language Acquisition
(NLP4LA)</b> broadens the scope of this year’s joint
workshop to also include theoretical, empirical, and
experimental investigation of first, second and bilingual
language acquisition.</p>
<p align="justify">We believe that this field will benefit
from collaboration between the NLP, linguistics,
psychology and cognitive science communities. The workshop
is targeted at anyone interested in the relevance of
computational techniques for first, second and bilingual
language acquisition. Therefore, our aim is to bring
together researchers from different fields with a shared
interest in language acquisition.</p>
<p align="justify">The NLP4CALL&LA workshop series is
aimed at bringing together competences from these areas
for sharing experiences and brainstorming the future of
the field.</p>
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<p><b>For the two tracks we welcome papers: </b></p>
<ul>
<li align="justify">that describe research directly aimed
at ICALL</li>
<li align="justify">that demonstrate actual or discuss the
potential use of existing Speech Technologies, NLP tools
or resources for language learning</li>
<li align="justify">that describe the ongoing development
of resources and tools with potential usage in ICALL,
either directly in interactive applications, or
indirectly in materials, application or curriculum
development, e.g. collecting and annotating
ICALL-relevant corpora; developing tools and algorithms
for readability analysis, selecting optimal corpus
examples, etc.</li>
<li align="justify">that discuss challenges and/or
research agenda for ICALL</li>
<li align="justify">that describe empirical studies on
language learner data</li>
<li align="justify">that describe computational models of
first, second and bilingual language acquisition</li>
<li align="justify">that describe empirical or
experimental studies, or computational models of various
aspects of language and their effect in language
comprehension and acquisition</li>
<li align="justify">that demonstrate actual or discuss the
potential use of Speech Technologies, NLP tools or
resources for investigating language acquisition</li>
<li align="justify">that describe psycholinguistic and
socio-linguistic investigations on first, second and
bilingual language acquisition</li>
</ul>
<p>We especially invite submissions describing the
above-mentioned themes for the Nordic languages; and
papers that focus on different age groups, cultures, and
language variation. We are also interested in software
demonstrations.</p>
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<b>Submission information</b> <br>
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<p align="justify">We will be using <a
href="http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/%7Ebea/nodalida17/">
Nodalida 2017 template</a> for the workshop this year.
Authors are invited to submit long papers (8-12 pages)
alternatively short papers (4-7 pages), page count not
including references. Only pdf files will be accepted.
Submissions will be managed through the electronic
conference management system <a
href="https://spraakbanken.gu.se/eng/icall/joint6thNLP4CALL-2ndNLP4LA2017">EasyChair</a>.
Final camera-ready versions of accepted papers will be
given an additional page to address reviewer comments.</p>
<p align="justify">Papers should describe original
unpublished work or work-in-progress. Every paper will be
reviewed by at least 2 members of the program committee.
As reviewing will be blind, please ensure that papers are
anonymous. Self-references that reveal the author's
identity, e.g., "We previously showed (Smith, 1991) ...",
should be avoided. Instead, use citations such as "Smith
previously showed (Smith, 1991) ...". Submissions will be
judged on appropriateness, clarity,
originality/innovativeness, correctness/soundness,
meaningful comparison, significance and impact of ideas or
results. </p>
<p align="justify">All accepted papers will be collected
into a proceedings volume to be submitted for publication
in the NEALT Proceeding Series (Linköping Electronic
Conference Proceedings) and, additionally,
double-published through ACL anthology, following
experiences from previous workshops, e.g. the <a
href="http://aclanthology.info/events/ws-2015#W15-19">
3rd NLP4CALL</a>.</p>
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<b>Important dates: </b><br>
<ul>
<li><b>13 January</b>, Friday: first call for papers</li>
<li><b>15 February</b>, Wednesday: second call for papers</li>
<li><b>6 March</b>, Monday: third call for papers</li>
<li><b>20 March</b>, Monday: paper submission deadline
(short and long)</li>
<li><b>6 April</b>, Thursday: notification of acceptance</li>
<li><b>13 April</b>, Thursday: camera-ready papers for
publication</li>
<li><b>4 May</b>, Thursday: call for participation</li>
<li><b>22 May</b>, Monday: workshop date</li>
</ul>
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<p>For further information, see workshop website: </p>
<div>Workshop website: <a
href="https://spraakbanken.gu.se/eng/icall/joint6thNLP4CALL-2ndNLP4LA2017"
class="OWAAutoLink">
</a><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://spraakbanken.gu.se/eng/icall/joint6thNLP4CALL-2ndNLP4LA2017">https://spraakbanken.gu.se/eng/icall/joint6thNLP4CALL-2ndNLP4LA2017</a></div>
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