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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>
            <br>
            <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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            <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.
            </p>
            <p align="justify"><br>
            </p>
            <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>
            <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>
            <br>
            <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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