[Corpora-List] Seminar on using corpus evidence in the classroom: invitation to participate (Birmingham, UK)

[Paul Thompson]

B.A.A.L. / Cambridge University Press Seminar Programme 2010
"Using corpus evidence in the classroom: working with teachers and learners"
University of Birmingham UK
June 24th - 25th 2010

Invitation to participate

This two day event, sponsored by the British Association for Applied 
Linguistics and Cambridge University Press, will bring together 
researchers and practitioners who have experience and interest in the 
use of corpus approaches with language learners and teachers.

The principal aims of the event are:
1. To facilitate dialogue between researchers and practitioners who have 
experience and interest in the use of corpus approaches with language 
learners and teachers.
2. To share insights from research and experience, identifying shared 
and contrasting approaches, successes and challenges.
3. To consolidate shared awareness of existing findings from research 
and identify areas for further investigation, and the potential for 
collaboration in undertaking such research.
4. To identify the kind(s) of publication which would be of most benefit 
to this constituency, and explore how such publications may be developed.

Cost: Participants will contribute a small fee for attendance at the 
seminar (£50, with a reduced fee for students and unemployed of £25), 
which includes daytime subsistence (i.e. lunch and tea/coffee) but not 
the one evening meal. Participants will also need to arrange their own 
travel and overnight accommodation. Details of options for accommodation 
and eating will be available soon on the website.

Programme:

Details are still to be finalised, but the programme includes 
presentations by:
• Paul Thompson, Nick Groom and Alison Sealey (University of Birmingham)
• Julie Blake and Tim Shortis (educational consultants and Visiting 
Research Associates at King’s College, London)
• Chris Warren (Teachit Education Development Manager)
• Alex Boulton (Nancy Université)
• Ana Frankenberg-Garcia (ISLA-Lisboa)

and:

Vincent Benet Putting paper-based DDL into practice: teacher and student 
views
Nigel Bruce Corpus consultation: the only viable approach to developing 
ESL students’ disciplinary literacy
Maggie Charles ‘Proper vocabulary and juicy collocations’: EAP students 
evaluate do-it-yourself corpus-building
Dan Clayton From I.C.E. to V.L.E.
Gill Francis & Jane Bradbury Lesson openers for language awareness
Clare O'Donoghue 10 years of using student corpus investigation in the 
ELT classroom
Kuei-Ju Tsai Mediating collocation learning with a data-driven approach
Renata Zanin Language learning with corpora in a multilingual working 
environment

Places are limited, so to apply for a place please complete and return 
the application form which is available to download at 
http://www.corpus.bham.ac.uk/conference/baalcup2010.shtml, to arrive by 
15th April.

Further details are available at the same URL.



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Dr Paul Thompson
Director, Centre for Corpus Research
Department of English
University of Birmingham
Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Phone: +44 121 4145688

Co-Editor, Journal of English for Academic Purposes
URL: www.elsevier.com/locate/jeap
Hon. Secretary of the British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL)
URL: www.baal.org.uk
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