8.1763, Confs: Teaching and Language Corpora

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-8-1763. Mon Dec 8 1997. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 8.1763, Confs: Teaching and Language Corpora

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Date:  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 13:54:04 +0000 (GMT)
From:  Lou Burnard <talc98 at computing-services.oxford.ac.uk>
Subject:  Teaching and Language Corpora: First Call for Participation

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Date:  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 13:54:04 +0000 (GMT)
From:  Lou Burnard <talc98 at computing-services.oxford.ac.uk>
Subject:  Teaching and Language Corpora: First Call for Participation



                                T A L C 98

                     Teaching And Language Corpora 1998

                  Keble College, Oxford, 24 - 27 July 1998

                             Call for Proposals

   The use of large computer-held corpora of real language, no longer
   novel in linguistic research, is increasingly a focus of attention for
   language teachers. Experiments in data driven learning and
   corpus-based methods are beginning to bear fruit in a wide range of
   language teaching environments. This international conference will
   bring together practitioners and theorists with a common interest in
   the usability of corpus data for such purposes as:
     * language teaching and learning
     * student-centred learning and investigation
     * cross-linguistic comparison
     * cultural and historical studies

   Following the highly successful TALC94 and TALC96 conferences at
   Lancaster University, TALC98 invites proposals for position papers,
   reports of work in progress, case-histories of successful corpus
   applications, and introductions to relevant new resources. In
   addition, we welcome proposals for introductory tutorials or
   technical workshops.

   Suitable topics include (but are not limited to)
    1. software for corpus based language and linguistics learning
    2. design and implementation of corpora for teaching purposes.
    3. development and evaluation of corpus based teaching and learning
       materials

   Further details are available from the conference web site:
   http://users.ox.ac.uk/~talc98/

                                 Timetable

   Abstracts (500 - 1000 words) should be submitted to arrive before 1
   March 1998. Workshop Proposals should be submitted to arrive before 1
   February 1998.

   All proposals will be reviewed. Authors of those accepted for
   inclusion will be notified by 15 March 1998. The programme will be
   finalised during April 1998. Full papers (up to 5000 words) must be
   received by 15 May for inclusion in the conference pre-print volume.

   The conference will run from lunchtime on Friday 24 July to lunchtime
   on Monday July 27th, with a single strand of presentations. There will
   be a book and software exhibit in parallel.

                                   Venue

   Keble College is located in the heart of Oxford, one of the most
   beautiful University cities in Europe, which is easily accessible by
   road, rail, or air from most major cities.

   All delegates will be accomodated in modern fully-equipped
   study-bedrooms within a few minutes walk of the conference centre and
   all facilities.

                            Organizing Committee

   Guy Aston (Bologna); Geoff Barnbrook (Birmingham); Lou Burnard (HCU);
   Mike Fraser (CTI Centre for Textual Studies); Michael Hoey (Liverpool);
   Bernhard Kettermann (Graz); Tony McEnery (Lancaster); June Thompson
   (CTI Centre for Languages); Chris Tribble (Warsaw); Claire Warwick (Oxford).

                          How to submit a proposal

   Proposals for papers should include the following
     * Authors full name and affiliation
     * Title of proposal
     * Contact details (Email, URL, phone, fax, postal)
     * 500 to 1000 words description of the proposed presentation

   The conference email address is: talc98 at oucs.ox.ac.uk.
   For further information about submitting proposals, please see

           http://users.ox.ac.uk/~talc98/proposals.html



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