26.3964, Calls: Applied Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Psycholinguistics/Finland

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Subject: 26.3964, Calls: Applied Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Psycholinguistics/Finland

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Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2015 19:37:50
From: Terhi Paakkinen [terhi.paakkinen at jyu.fi]
Subject: Individuals in Contexts: Psychology of Language Learning 2

Full Title: Individuals in Contexts: Psychology of Language Learning 2 

Date: 22-Aug-2016 - 24-Aug-2016
Location: Jyväskylä, Finland 
Contact Person: Paula Kalaja
Meeting Email: pll2016 at jyu.fi
Web Site: https://www.jyu.fi/en/congress/pll2016/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics 

Call Deadline: 15-Mar-2016 

Meeting Description:

The first international conference ''Matters of the Mind: Psychology and Language Learning'' was held in Graz, Austria, in May 2014. It was organized on the initiative of Dr Sarah Mercer, and it was a highly successful event.

We have taken up the challenge, and will be organising the second international conference with the title ''Individuals in Contexts: Psychology of Language Learning 2'' to be held in Jyväskylä, Finland, August 22 - 24, 2016. The idea is to bring together scholars from all over the world interested in the role of psychology in learning and teaching languages (irrespective of their status).

The conference will address among other things such key issues in the field as:

- Learners and teachers as individuals with all their characteristics, including self-concept, motivation, identities, beliefs, agency, emotions, strategies, styles, etc.
- The learning process and its outcomes
- The diversity of contexts

As part of the conference we are proud to announce three plenary speakers:

- Phil Benson, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
- Maggie Kubanyiova, University of Birmingham, UK
- Sarah Mercer, University of Graz, Austria

In addition to the plenary sessions, the programme will consist of workshops, colloquia, parallel paper sessions and poster sessions.

Call for Papers/Proposals:

Individuals in Contexts: Psychology of Language Learning 2 (or PLL2)
Monday, August 22 – Wednesday, August 24, 2016
University of Jyväskylä, Finland

We are now inviting proposals for presentations in this international conference, organized for the second time. The first one was held in Graz, Austria in May 2014.

Conference Theme:

The conference will focus on the role of psychology in learning and teaching languages and address among other things such key issues in the field as:

- learners and teachers as individuals with various aspects of their psychology involved, including self-concept, motivation, identities, beliefs, agency, emotions, strategies, styles, etc., 
- the learning process and its outcomes, and 
- the diversity of contexts where the learning and teaching of languages takes place these days.

Academic Programme:

In addition to the talks delivered by plenary speakers, the programme will consist of paper and poster sessions, colloquia and workshops.

Talks by plenary speakers (https://www.jyu.fi/en/congress/pll2016/programme)
- Phil Benson, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
- Maggie Kubanyiova, University of Birmingham, UK
- Sarah Mercer, University of Graz, Austria

Presentations by conference participants

The submission of proposals opens on February 1, 2016 (see https://www.jyu.fi/en/congress/pll2016), and closes on March 15, 2016. This is done by filling out an online form.

- Types of presentations: 1) paper, 2) poster, 3) colloquium (with thematically related papers, discussion and audience participation), and 4) workshop (with hands-on  activities based on some data or a specific topic)
- Length of abstracts: paper or poster (300 words, max., including references), colloquium (500 words, max., including titles of papers but no mention of presenters by name; and if a proposal is accepted, an abstract will be requested for each paper, 300 words, max.); workshop (500 words, max.)
- Length of presentations in the conference: paper (20 min. and 10 min. for questions and answers), poster (size AO, max.), colloquium (90 or 180 min.), workshop (90 min.)
- Language policy: The language of the conference is English. If a presentation is based on data in any other language, use of multilingual material (e.g. in Power Point slides, handouts) is recommended.

The proposals for any type of presentation will be evaluated anonymously by at least two members of the PLL Scientific Committee (https://www.jyu.fi/en/congress/pll2016/scientific-committee) and the Organizing Committee (https://www.jyu.fi/en/congress/pll2016/organizers), and they will be evaluated for their

- contribution to the field
- quality of content 
- thematic relevance
- quality of abstract (organization, clarity of expression)
- for colloquia/workshops: clear schedule of activities, discussion and/or audience participation

Presentation acceptances will be sent out by early May 2016 (for further Important Dates, see https://www.jyu.fi/en/congress/pll2016/important-dates).

The conference is organized back-to-back with/in cooperation with the 26th annual conference of the European Second Language Association (EUROSLA) Wednesday, August 24 – Saturday, August 27, 2016, see https://www.jyu.fi/en/congress/eurosla26. Both events are organized in Jyväskylä, Finland.

For any queries, please email: pll2016 at jyu.fi.

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