29.2247, Summer Schools: MultiLing Summer School 2018: Experimental approaches to multilingualism/Norway

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Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 12:13:22
From: Malene Boyum [malene.boyum at iln.uio.no]
Subject: MultiLing Summer School 2018: Experimental approaches to multilingualism/Norway

 

MultiLing Summer School 2018: Experimental approaches to multilingualism

Host Institution: University of Oslo
Website: http://www.hf.uio.no/multiling/english/news-and-events/events/phd-seminars/2018/multiling-summer-school-2018/index.html

Dates: 10-Sep-2018 - 14-Sep-2018
Location: Oslo, Norway

Focus: The MultiLing Summer School 2018 will take place from 10–14 September 2018. This year, we will explore experimental approaches to multilingualism. Instructors will be Janet van Hell (Pennsylvania State University) and Barbara Mertins (Dortmund Technical University).
Minimum Education Level: MA


Special Qualifications:
The participants must be enrolled in a PhD program in linguistics or a related field of study.


Description:
The world’s linguistic map is rapidly changing because of demographic trends,
new technologies, and international communication. One of the consequences is
that the majority of people now speak more than one language. The recognition
that more of the world’s speakers are bilingual rather than monolingual has
led to a dramatic increase in research on second language learning and
bilingual language processing. This course will focus on the use of different
methods for investigating these topics in the field of experimental
(psycho)linguistics. Two renowned and experienced researchers within the field
will present opportunities and challenges of different experimental methods
such as eye-tracking and Event-Related brain Potentials (ERPs), with examples
from their own empirical research.

Professor Barbara Mertins will start by addressing more general questions
related to empirical research such as what pitfalls one may come across when
designing an experimental study or what makes an empirical study ecologically
valid. She will also introduce a system for classifying empirical methods and
look into their overall advantages and disadvantages. Finally, she will also
have a more informal workshop in which the participants can bring up their own
practical questions concerning their own empirical work.

Professor Janet van Hell will discuss experimental methods to study second
language (L2) learning and bilingual/multilingual language processing. She
will specifically focus on the use of electrophysiological techniques, such as
ERPs, and how these techniques are used to study the timing and degree of
neural activation associated with vocabulary learning, lexical processing,
sentence processing, and codeswitching in L2 learners and
bilinguals/multilinguals.


Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                      Cognitive Science
                      General Linguistics
                      Language Acquisition
                      Psycholinguistics

Tuition Explanation: There is no course fee, but participants will have to cover their own travel
and accommodation expenses.


Registration: 23-May-2018 to 15-Jun-2018

Contact Person: Malene Bøyum
                Email: malene.boyum at iln.uio.no

Apply on the web: http://www.hf.uio.no/multiling/english/news-and-events/events/phd-seminars/2018/multiling-summer-school-2018/index.html

Registration Instructions:
Please note that in addition to the application form we also require that your
supervisor sends us a brief recommendation for your attendance at the summer
school. This should be emailed to Malene Bøyum (malene.boyum at iln.uio.no) by
the application deadline.




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