[Corpora-List] Colloquium on Learner Corpora for Less Commonly Taught Languages, Athens, Greece, April 8

[Maria Giagkou]

Colloquium on Learner Corpora for Less Commonly Taught Languages: Design,
processing and prospects for Second Language Acquisition and Education'

Date: 08-Apr-2014
Location: 'Kostis Palamas' Building, University of Athens, Akadimias 48 &
Sina, Athens, Greece
Contact Email: learner-corpora at ilsp.gr
Meeting URL: http://www.ilsp.gr/el/news/currentnews/221-lc-colloquium
<http://www.ilsp.gr/el/news/currentnews/221-lc-colloquium%20>

Meeting Description:

The Institute for Language and Speech Processing / 'Athena' Research Centre
is hosting a colloquium on 'Learner Corpora for less commonly taught
languages: Design, processing and prospects for Second Language Acquisition
and Education' on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 in the framework of the LangTERRA
project.
Learner corpora have been established as a valuable instrument for
detecting patterns of language development, serving, thus, as a basis for
empirical research and educational interventions. The primary goal of the
colloquium is to examine and reflect on concepts, principles and
perspectives of Learner Corpus research and applications. The colloquium
focuses on less commonly taught languages and seeks to explore best
practices and lessons drawn from research in widely spoken languages, such
as English. Recent advances will be presented by invited speakers, leading
figures in the field of Learner Corpus research:
Prof. Sylviane Granger, The Centre for English Corpus Linguistics,
Université catholique de Louvain
Prof. Detmar Meurers, Department of Linguistics, University of Tübingen
Prof. Kari Tenfjord, Department of Linguistics, University of Bergen
Dr. Jirka Hana, Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics, Charles
University Prague

Program:
9.00 - 9.30: Registration
9.30 - 10:00: Opening: Developing a learner corpus for language-minority
children | Dr Maria Tzevelekou, Research Director, ILSP/'Athena' R.C.
10:00 - 11.00: Towards more and better learner corpora for educational
applications | Prof. Sylviane Granger, CECL, UCL
11.30 - 12.30: On systematically characterizing learner language: A
computational and corpus linguistic perspective | Prof. Detmar Meurers,
Department of Linguistics, University of Tübingen
12.30 - 13.30: The ASK corpus - a learner corpus of Norwegian as a second
language; design, annotation and search interface | Prof. Kari Tenfjord,
Department of Linguistics, University of Bergen
14.30 - 15.30: Building a Learner Corpus of Czech; Lessons Learned | Dr
Jirka Hana, Researcher, Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics,
Charles University, Prague



Registration is free. To attend the colloquium please fill in the
participation form available at
http://www.ilsp.gr/el/news/currentnews/221-lc-colloquium
<http://www.ilsp.gr/el/news/currentnews/221-lc-colloquium%20>
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