27.2920, Summer Schools: GAL Research School ''Elicitation methods in multilingualism research''/''Elizitationsverfahren in der Mehrsprachigkeitsforschung''/Germany

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Subject: 27.2920, Summer Schools: GAL Research School ''Elicitation methods in multilingualism research''/''Elizitationsverfahren in der Mehrsprachigkeitsforschung''/Germany

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Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:39:46
From: Katharina König [researchschool at uni-muenster.de]
Subject: GAL Research School ''Elicitation methods in multilingualism research''/''Elizitationsverfahren in der Mehrsprachigkeitsforschung''/Germany

GAL Research School "Elicitation methods in multilingualism research"/"Elizitationsverfahren in der Mehrsprachigkeitsforschung"/Germany

Host Institution: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Coordinating Institution: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Website: http://www.uni-muenster.de/Germanistik/tagungen_sprachdidaktik/GALresearchschool/

Dates: 08-Mar-2017 - 10-Mar-2017
Location: Münster, Germany

Focus: The GAL research school aims at introducing junior researchers who have just started their research projects to a wide range of elicitation methods in multiligualism research. Participants will be able to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of observation and experimental elicitation methods with experienced researchers in this field.
Minimum Education Level: MA

Description:
Applied multilingualism research comprises topics such as first, second and
foreign language acquisition, language attitudes, or language biographies.
There are various approaches to data collection in this field of study among
which elicitation methods play a central role. In this methodological
framework, study participants are explicitly asked to produce data. Depending
on how strong the researcher's influence is, the data can be characterised as
natural or experimental to varying degrees. 

Observation and experiments can be conceived of as the two opposite extremes
of a continuum. Depending on the extent of monitoring by the researcher,
elicitation methods can be closer to the pole of (nearly) uncontrolled
observation or closer to the pole of highly controlled experimental methods.
Elicited data always have to be distinguished from naturally occurring or
spontaneous data; however, they also include experimental data.

The GAL research school aims at introducing junior researchers who have just
started their research projects to a wide range of elicitation methods.
Participants will be able to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of
observation and experimental elicitation methods. Moreover, the following
methodological issues can be debated as well: 

- Extent to which the researcher monitors data elicitation
- Extent to which the elicitation method is based on natural interactions
- Kinds of data (oral/written, productive/receptive)
- Possible ways of data evaluation (interpretive/statistical data analysis)
- Aims of the research project (generate or test hypotheses)
- Number of participants
- Study design (longitudinal/cross section)

For different levels of linguistic analysis (phonetics/phonology, morphology,
lexis, syntax, discourse, cognitive capabilities), there will be a plenary
with a subsequent workshop in which two junior researchers have the
opportunity to give a 20 minute talk about their projects and discuss
methodological questions. All other projects can be presented in a poster
session. Moreover, there will be three additional plenary talks and a panel
discussion. Conference languages are German and English.

Abstract submission is open from the 15 of July until the 15 of October 2016.
Please refer to our website for details.

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                      Language Acquisition
                      Psycholinguistics
                      Text/Corpus Linguistics

Tuition: 30 EUR

Tuition Explanation: There will be a general conference fee of 20 Euros and an additional fee of 10
Euros for coffee breaks.

Registration: 15-Jul-2016 to 15-Oct-2016

Contact Person: Katharina König
                Email: researchschool at uni-muenster.de

Apply on the web: http://www.uni-muenster.de/Germanistik/tagungen_sprachdidaktik/GALresearchschool/callforpapers.html

Registration Instructions:
For your application, please submit an abstract of approx. 500 words
(including references) by using the conference tool you find on our website.
Please specify the following aspects: 

- Your positioning within the field of multilingualism (e.g. type of language
acquisition, investigated languages, theoretical framework) 
- Detailed research questions
- Research methods or first ideas about possible research methods (type of
data, elicitation method(s), oral/written etc.)
- Possible subjects of discussion for the workshop

The research school is explicitly aimed at junior researchers who have just
started their research projects (PhD or post-doc). A presentation of results
is therefore not expected. The organisers will decide which projects will be
presented in a workshop or in the poster session.

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