30.440, Calls: English; Applied Ling, Disc Analysis, Text/Corpus Ling/Italy

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Subject: 30.440, Calls: English; Applied Ling, Disc Analysis, Text/Corpus Ling/Italy

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Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 17:52:08
From: Belinda Crawford Camiciottoli [clavier2019 at fileli.unipi.it]
Subject: CLAVIER 2019 - Knowledge Dissemination and Multimodal Literacy: Research Perspectives on ESP in a Digital Age

Full Title: CLAVIER 2019 - Knowledge Dissemination and Multimodal Literacy: Research Perspectives on ESP in a Digital Age 
Short Title: CLAVIER 2019 

Date: 28-Nov-2019 - 29-Nov-2019
Location: Pisa, Italy 
Contact Person: Belinda Crawford Camiciottoli
Meeting Email: clavier2019 at fileli.unipi.it
Web Site: https://clavier2019.fileli.unipi.it 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Call Deadline: 31-May-2019 

Meeting Description:

Ongoing developments in digital technologies offer an ever-increasing array of
new media forms that we now leverage to communicate and interact with others
in all walks of life. This trend also clearly emerges in educational settings,
where traditional approaches to learning have undergone profound changes that
make use of new media resources, such as websites, blogs/forums, social
networking sites, OpenCourseWare lectures, TED Talks, as well as digitally
available films/TV series, documentaries, and docu-tours. To effectively
engage with these resources, learners need to acquire specific competences
related to the ability to construct meanings from the multiple semiotic modes
(e.g., verbal, visual, aural, spatial, and gestural) that are highly
characteristic of texts accessed on digital platforms.

In language teaching, the multimodal approach means helping students become
aware of and learn to exploit semiotic modes beyond verbal language in order
to cope more effectively with the linguistic, discursive, pragmatic,
culture-related, and ideological challenges of the target language, while also
acquiring specialized knowledge about a given topic. Linguists working with
multimodal and multimedia texts for use in ESP instructional settings are
called upon to explore strategies that take into account how multiple semiotic
resources contribute to meanings, which can then be implemented to enhance
linguistic competence and promote knowledge dissemination among ESP learners.
The selection and preparation of materials to be used for these purposes can
thus benefit from research that highlights their multimodal/multimedia
dimension from various theoretical and analytical perspectives, including
multimodal social semiotics, multimodal discourse analysis, multimodal
critical discourse analysis, multimodal interaction analysis, as well as the
challenges of compiling and analyzing multimodal/multimedia corpora.

The conference intends to provide a platform for research that incorporates
innovative approaches and methods for analyzing and applying multimodal and
multimedia texts in the context of ESP in higher education settings.

Call for Papers:

We welcome proposals related to the following themes:

Fostering multimodal literacy in ESP
Research-informed analyses of multimodal/multimedia genres for ESP
Corpus-assisted approaches to multimodal discourse analysis for ESP
Multimodal corpora for ESP: design, methods, applications
Multimodal critical discourse analysis for ESP
Innovative multimodal ESP materials/methodologies for professional and
linguistic development
Multimodality and task authenticity in ESP teaching
Perceptions/attitudes towards multimodal/multimedia resources

Guidelines for Proposals:

The proposed abstracts will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

Original topic of relevance to conference theme(s)
Appropriate theoretical background and references
Clearly articulated aim(s) and methodological approach
Presentation of findings (or preliminary findings)
Well-structured, coherent, and clearly written

Individual Papers:

Abstracts should be no longer than 250 words + max 5 references.
Presentation format is 20 minutes followed by 5 minutes for discussion.
We have created a template for your convenience (please download from the
conference website).

Panels:

Panels should feature 3-5 speakers. Panel proposals must include 200-250 words
of general presentation, followed by individual abstracts (no longer than 250
words + max 5 references).
Presentation format is 20 minutes per individual paper, with 10 minutes for
discussion at the conclusion of the panel.
We have created a template for your convenience (please download from the
conference website).

Submissions:

Abstracts should be submitted to http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/clavier2019
in .docx format specifying the relevant conference theme(s). Please download
and use the appropriate template available on the conference website.

All abstracts will be submitted to a double-blind review process. Important:
do not indicate author name(s) and affiliation(s) on the abstract file.

Important Dates:

May 31, 2019: deadline for submitting abstracts
June 30, 2019: notification of abstract acceptance

Contact Information:

For information, please write to clavier2019 at fileli.unipi.it

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