[Corpora-List] FW: International MATSDA/ACELS Conference- Call for participation

[Stephanie.O'Riordan]

International MATSDA/ACELS Conference

26-27th January, 2008

 

MATSDA, the Materials Development Association, in association with ACELS, the Advisory Council for English Language Schools, and the University of Limerick, in Ireland, is running a conference: entitled 'Developing Materials to Satisfy Needs and Wants' on January 26th - 27th 2008, at the University of Limerick.

 

The theme of the conference is the developing of language learning materials to satisfy the needs and wants of multifarious learning communities and contexts. This will draw together a broad range of disciplines - ranging from ESOL to corpus linguistics - currently influencing language learning materials development.

 

Invited plenary speakers include: Kris Van den Branden on task-based learning, Annie Hughes, on teaching young learners, Mike Baynham on ESOL materials development, a joint plenary by Angela Chambers, Fiona Farr & Stéphanie O'Riordan on corpus linguistics and language learning, and Brian Tomlinson, chair of MATSDA. Workshops will be given by all the plenary speakers, as well as other practitioners in the field, such as Mario Rinvolucri. For further information see:www.matsda.org.uk <http://www.matsda.org.uk/>  or contact: freda.mishan at ul.ie or matsdaconference at ul.ie

 

See you in Limerick!

 

 

Stéphanie O'Riordan

IRCHSS Government of Ireland Scholar

Centre for Applied Language Studies

Language and Cultural Studies

University of Limerick

Limerick

Ireland

Mél: stephanie.oriordan at ul.ie

 

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