33.1861, Calls: Applied Ling, Disc Analysis, Lang Acquisition, Pragmatics, Socioling/France

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Subject: 33.1861, Calls: Applied Ling, Disc Analysis, Lang Acquisition, Pragmatics, Socioling/France

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Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 20:59:12
From: Teppo Jakonen [teppo.jakonen at utu.fi]
Subject: Applied Linguistics Perspectives on Human-robot Interaction in Language Education: possibilities and challenges

Full Title: Applied Linguistics perspectives on human-robot interaction in language education: possibilities and challenges 

Date: 17-Jul-2023 - 21-Jul-2023
Location: Lyon/Online, France 
Contact Person: Teppo Jakonen
Meeting Email: teppo.jakonen at utu.fi
Web Site: https://aila2023.sciencesconf.org/397665 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Language Acquisition; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 26-Jun-2022 

Meeting Description:

Dear colleagues,

We would like to invite submissions for our symposium “Applied Linguistics
perspectives on human-robot interaction in language education: possibilities
and challenges”, which will be organised at the 20th AILA World Congress in
Lyon, France (between 17–21 July 2023). 

Our symposium aims at bringing together researchers interested in exploring
robots and language(s) to discuss how Applied Linguistics can help to identify
possibilities and challenges related to robots and robotic technology in the
context of language education, broadly defined. We invite presentations that
address topics related to language use, learning and teaching in contexts
where some kind of robot is used, such as (but not limited to) social robots
Nao and Pepper or telepresence robots such as Double, Ohmni and Ava. We
welcome a diverse range of language education contexts, ranging from formal
environments such as classrooms to non-formal and informal settings.

The symposium will be organised as a hybrid event, which enables both on-site
and online participation. The full description of the symposium is available
at https://aila2023.sciencesconf.org/397665. Abstract submission deadline is
26 June 2022. 

The submission platform for abstracts will be launched shortly. More
information about the conference and abstract submission can be found at
https://aila2023.fr/call-for-papers/. 

We look forward to receiving your abstracts. If you have any questions about
the symposium, please don’t hesitate to contact us. 

Best regards,

Teppo Jakonen teppo.jakonen at utu.fi 
Marjut Johansson marjut.johansson at utu.fi

Call for Papers:

Applied Linguistics perspectives on human-robot interaction in language
education: possibilities and challenges

In recent years, digital technology has in many corners of the world shaped
practices, contexts, and purposes of language use and learning. Along with
technological development, social robots are increasingly commonly used as
interactive tutors or guides in formal educational environments such as
classrooms as well as in non-formal or informal settings such as museums (e.g.
Belpame et al., 2018; Pitsch, 2020; Rollet & Clavel, 2020). Social robots,
chatbots and virtual assistants like Siri have also made human-machine
interaction a more visible part of our lives, one that may challenge our
conceptualisation of language and participation.

As a field, Applied Linguistics is characterized by an analytical interest in
the relationship between language(s) and real-life concerns, and a drive to
contribute societally by identifying solutions to such concerns. This
symposium aims at bringing together researchers interested in exploring robots
and language(s) to discuss how Applied Linguistics can help to identify
possibilities and challenges related to robots and robotic technology in
everyday educational contexts. We invite presentations that report on on-going
empirical work that addresses topics related to language use, learning and
teaching in contexts where robots are used.

Today’s robots come in many different forms, ranging from autonomous and
programmable social robots such as Nao and Pepper to telepresence robots used
as mobile video-conferencing devices such as Double, Ohmni and Ava. Interest
in using robots such as these as tools in language education is steadily
growing, as can be seen in the accumulation of studies in the field of
Robot-assisted language learning (RALL) since the early 2000s. Existing RALL
studies have explored a variety of topics(for an overview, see e.g. Randall,
2019), among other things, effectiveness of RALL (Kanda 2004; Lee et al.
2011), the use of robot tutors in L2 oral skills training (Vogt et al. 2019),
and practices for resolving troubles in child-robot interaction (Honkalammi et
al. 2022) and robot-mediated videoconferencing (Jakonen & Jauni, 2021; Liao et
al. 2019). However, many research gaps still remain.

We welcome contributions focusing on a broad range of topics related to
possibilities and challenges in using robots for language teaching and
learning purposes. Individual presentations may focus on (but are not limited
to) social, interactional and multimodal practices of robot use, users’ and
stakeholders’ experiences and emotional responses to robots, learning outcomes
from RALL activities, issues related to materials and curriculum design,
ethical considerations, and theoretical Applied Linguistics perspectives on
human-machine interaction.

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