23.2225, Calls: Applied Linguistics, Text/Corpus Linguistics/ ReCALL (Jrnl)

Wed May 9 14:48:25 UTC 2012

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Subject: 23.2225, Calls: Applied Linguistics, Text/Corpus Linguistics/ ReCALL (Jrnl)

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Date: Wed, 09 May 2012 10:48:20
From: Alex Boulton [alex.boulton at univ-lorraine.fr]
Subject: ReCALL

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Full Title: ReCALL 

Call Deadline: 30-Nov-2012 

ReCALL Journal Special Issue: Call for Papers

Researching uses of corpora for language teaching and learning

Submission deadline: 30 November 2012
Publication date: May 2014

Guest editors:
Pascual Pérez-Paredes
English Department
Universidad de Murcia
Campus de la Merced
30071 Murcia
SPAIN
pascualf at um.es

Alex Boulton
CRAPEL - ATILF / CNRS, Nancy-Université
BP 3397
54015 Nancy cedex
FRANCE
alex.boulton at univ-nancy2.fr

Corpus linguistics has revolutionised many fields of language study, and 
represents the epitome of empirical research in language description. Corpora 
can even be used as a learning tool or reference resource by learners and 
teachers, as well as other native and non-native language users, in what has 
come to be known as 'data-driven learning' (DDL). However, it is frequently 
claimed that there is a dearth of empirical research in the field of DDL - 
especially outside the restricted environment of higher education. Such 
research is essential to afford further insight into both the possibilities and 
limitations of using language corpora in a variety of contexts, whether in 
mainstream practice among 'ordinary' teachers and learners, or for more 
innovative or specialised uses.

Proposals are invited for qualitative and quantitative empirical studies 
investigating various aspects of corpus use in language teaching and 
learning, from individual case studies to large-scale quantitative statistical 
studies, from short-term acquisition to long-term outcomes and changes in 
learner behaviour.

We are especially interested in new populations of potential corpus users, 
such as:
· younger learners in primary and secondary education;
· adult learners in continuing education and language schools;
· trainee teachers and practising teachers (pre-service or in-service);
· academic users in fields from translation to literature, civilisation and other 
disciplines;
· non-academic users in professional contexts.

Innovative practice in terms of corpus use for new environments and new 
activities is also welcomed:
· in class, in computer rooms, on line, and in blended or distance 
programmes;
· in directed instruction as well as in more autonomous conditions;
· using paper-based materials, hands-on consultation, or integrating corpora 
into other software;
· showing innovative uses of corpora beyond traditional concordancing;
· based on new types of corpora, from the Internet to disposable corpora to 
multimodal corpora;
· involving learners at other levels of corpus use, e.g. in building their own 
corpora;
· using learner corpora to feed back into teaching and learning practices;
· etc.

This special issue of ReCALL marks over two decades of data-driven learning 
since the publication of the seminal Classroom Concordancing (Johns & King 
1991), and is dedicated to the ground-breaking but ever practical work of the 
late Tim Johns.

Papers, to a maximum of 8000 words, should be submitted electronically to 
June Thompson, d.j.thompson at hull.ac.uk no later than 30 Nov 2012. Please 
use the published ReCALL guidelines at http://www.eurocall-
languages.org/recall/contribnotes.html when preparing your paper.

ReCALL is the journal of EUROCALL, an international journal published by 
Cambridge University Press and listed in the major abstracting and indexing 
services.

www.eurocall-languages.org/recall/index.html
www.journals.cambridge.org/jid_REC

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