17.2859, FYI: Corpus Escrito del Espa ñol L2 (CEDEL2)

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Subject: 17.2859, FYI: Corpus Escrito del Español L2 (CEDEL2)

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Date: 02-Oct-2006
From: Cristóbal Lozano < cristobal.lozano at uam.es >
Subject: Corpus Escrito del Español L2 (CEDEL2) 

	
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Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 12:42:31
From: Cristóbal Lozano < cristobal.lozano at uam.es >
Subject: Corpus Escrito del Español L2 (CEDEL2) 
 


CALL FOR PARTICIPATION IN ''CEDEL2''

WHAT'S ''CEDEL2''?
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- CEDEL2 (Corpus Escrito del Español L2) is a research project at the
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain). 
- We are investigating how English-speaking people learn Spanish.


WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
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- Learners of Spanish who have English as their mother tongue: any level
(beginner, intermediate, advanced).


HOW CAN YOU PARTICIPATE?
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- You are requested to fill in three online and anonymous forms at:
http://www.uam.es/woslac/start.htm
- First form: your learning background.
- Second form: a brief composition in Spanish. No books or grammars required.
- Third form: questions about Spanish language. This is NOT an exam, but
simply a short test to check your level of Spanish.


WHAT CAN YOU GET FROM IT?
--------------------------
- We will email you the Spanish grammar test results, so you can know your
level of Spanish grammar.
- We will send you by post a certificate (stamped by the Universidad
Autónoma de Madrid) stating that you have participated in our project.


WHO HAS ALREADY PARTICIPATED?
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So far, we have received data from different institutions all over the
world, e.g.,: 
- USA: Georgia State University, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Boston
University, Skidmore Collegue, Rutgers University, George Washington
University.     
- UK: Open University, Cambridge University UK, Essex University,
University of Hertfordshire, St Paul's School London.
- SPAIN: Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, St Louis University at Madrid,
Fundacion Ortega y Gasset at Madrid and Toledo, Escuela Oficial de Idiomas,
British Council Spain, Universidad de Cantabria.


REMEMBER:
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- This is NOT an exam.
- You will NOT be assessed.
- We are simply interested in your SPONTANEOUS written Spanish language.
- All information is ANONYMOUS and CONFIDENTIAL.


PARTICIPATE NOW in CEDEL2: http://www.uam.es/woslac/start.htm 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics





 




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