[Corpora-List] CfP: "Compiling and Using Learner Corpora ...", Conference (Padua, May 2013)

[Erik Castello]

< Apologies for cross-postings >

Dear colleagues,
Please find attached the Call for Papers for a conference that will take 
place in Padua (Italy) in May 2013. Feel free to disseminate this call to
interested colleagues and students. 
Thank you for your attention.
Best wishes,
Erik Castello


[ http://www.maldura.unipd.it/DISLL/appuntamenti/convegni/lcpd2013/
]http://www.maldura.unipd.it/DISLL/appuntamenti/convegni/lcpd2013/


*CONFERENCE – May 16-17, 2013*

*Compiling and Using Learner Corpora to Teach and Assess Productive and
Interactive Skills in Foreign Languages at University Level*
University of Padua, Italy


*CALL FOR PAPERS*
Research involving the compilation and analysis of learner corpora, that 
is electronic collections of authentic Foreign/Second Language textual 
data (Granger 2002), is now widespread. Such research has been conducted 
with a wide variety of aims, for example, so as to target needs of 
specific groups of language learners and evaluate their performances 
more precisely. Yet various theoretical and methodological aspects of 
this recent brand of research still need to be investigated, especially 
in view of the successful application of the findings to the target 
contexts.

The conference aims to provide a forum for the discussion of issues 
related to the use of learner corpora, thus giving researchers and 
practitioners the opportunity to share their experiences of using 
learner corpora and to explore the language produced by their learners 
and the research they have conducted on them. The case studies and the 
research findings presented during the conference may be based on either 
written or spoken learner data which have been elicited by means of 
productive or interactive tasks in university contexts. Priority will be 
given to English as a foreign language, but proposals for contributions 
on other foreign languages are also welcome.

The topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:
- Learner corpora and language teaching;
- Learner corpora and language testing;
- Spoken learner corpora and the evaluation of interactive skills;
- Learner corpus data and the CEFR descriptors;
- Learner corpora and the development of Self-Access Courseware;
- Computer-Mediated-Communication (CMC) and language teaching and 
assessment.


Presenters are allocated 30 minutes: 20 minutes for the presentation and 
10 minutes for discussion.
The language of the conference is English.
*Invited speakers*
Marcus Callies (University of Bremen, Germany)
Maria Belén Díez-Bedmar (University of Jaén, Spain)

*Abstracts*

Please send your abstract (in English) as an RTF attachment to 
<*[
https://webmail.unipd.it/squirrelmail/src/compose.php?send_to=learnerc.pd2013%40gmail.com
]learnerc.pd2013 at gmail.com*> before 14^th January 2013. In the Subject 
heading, please write “/Learner Corpora, Teaching and Assessment 
/conference - abstract” and in the e-mail please specify your name and 
affiliation. The abstracts should be no more than 500 words (including 
references). Acceptance will be notified by 24^th February 2013.

**

*Organising committee*
Erik Castello (University of Padua)
Francesca Coccetta (University Cà  Foscari of Venice)
Silvia Samiolo (University of Padua)
Marta Guarda (University of Padua)

*Scientific commettee*
Erik Castello (University of Padua)
Francesca Coccetta (University Cà  Foscari of Venice)
Silvia Samiolo (University of Padua)
Katherine Ackerley (University of Padua)
Marta Guarda (University of Padua)
Gillian Davies (University of Padua)
Marcus Callies (University of Bremen, Germany)
Maria Belén Diez-Bedmar (University of Jaén, Spain)


*Important dates*
Deadline for abstract submission: 14th January 2013.
Notification of acceptance: 24^th February 2013.

Registration begins & programme published: March 2013.

For further information please contact /[
https://webmail.unipd.it/squirrelmail/src/compose.php?send_to=erik.castello%40unipd.it
]erik.castello at unipd.it/.
Proceedings: Accepted papers will subsequently be published in a volume
based on the conference. Precise information about the submission of the
papers will be provided during the conference.

*Registration*
Conference fees for participants: 40 €
Students and staff at the University of Padua: free


*IMPORTANT DATES*
Call for papers: end of October 2012
Deadline for abstract submission: 14^th January 2013(Abstract in English)
Notification of acceptance: 24^th February 2013.
Registration: from March 2013
Conference: May 16-17, 2013



Erik Castello
Università degli Studi di Padova
Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Letterari
Via Beldomandi, 1
35137 Padova
Tel. +39 049 8278692 Fax. +39 049 8278679


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