17.2494, Calls: Applied Ling/Finland; Syntax/Germany

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Subject: 17.2494, Calls: Applied Ling/Finland; Syntax/Germany

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1)
Date: 06-Sep-2006
From: Eija Suomela-Salmi < eisusa at utu.fi >
Subject: Assessing Language and (Inter-)Cultural Competences in Higher Education 

2)
Date: 05-Sep-2006
From: Artemis Alexiadou < artemis at ifla.uni-stuttgart.de >
Subject: 22nd Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop 

	
-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 11:28:09
From: Eija Suomela-Salmi < eisusa at utu.fi >
Subject: Assessing Language and (Inter-)Cultural Competences in Higher Education 
 


Full Title: Assessing Language and (Inter-)Cultural Competences in Higher Education 

Date: 30-Aug-2007 - 01-Sep-2007
Location: Turku, Finland 
Contact Person: Eija Suomela-Salmi
Meeting Email: eisusa at utu.fi
Web Site: http://users.utu.fi/freder/ASSESSMENT/Intro.htm 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 15-Feb-2007 

Meeting Description:

The main aim of the conference is to provide a forum for discussing
concepts and methods related to assessment of foreign language learning in
higher education, with an emphasis on:

- Linguistic competences;

- Pragmatic and discursive competences in interaction;

- (Inter-)cultural competences. 

Target audience:

- Staff working in foreign language teaching in higher education
(Departments of foreign languages, language centres, institutes for foreign
students, etc.);
- Language and (inter-)cultural test developers for/in higher education;
- Graduate and postgraduate students interested in foreign language
teaching/learning in higher education;
- Teacher trainers/trainees;
- Intercultural trainers involved in language teaching;
- Researchers in language assessment.

Papers are invited on any of the following themes (among others):

- self-assessment & peer-assessment;
- representations / discourse on assessing language and (inter-)cultural  
   competences (teachers & learners);
- restraints imposed on by institutional contexts in terms assessment;
- grammar/vocabulary vs. pragmatic and discursive competences;
- impact/use of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages in
assessing competences in higher education;
- the use of new technology in assessing competences;
- opportunities for assessing (inter-)cultural competences.

Plenary speakers:

Professor Michael Byram,University of Durham, UK
Professor Liz Hamp-Lyons,University of Melbourne, Australia / University of
Hong Kong / University of Nottingham, UK
Dr. Danièle Moore, Associate Professor,Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser
University, Burnaby, Canada
Professor Christian Puren,University of Saint Etienne, France
Professor Claude Springer,University of Strasbourg, France
Professor Sauli Takala,University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Scientific Committee:

- Nathalie Auger, University of Montpellier, France
- Michael Byram, University of Durham, UK
- Fred Dervin, Department of French Studies, University of Turku, Finland
- Aleksandra Ljalikova, Department of French Studies, University of
Tallinn, Estonia
- Päivi Sihvonen, Department of Romance Languages, University of Helsinki,
Finland
- Eija Suomela-Salmi, Department of French Studies, University of Turku,
Finland


	
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Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 11:28:19
From: Artemis Alexiadou < artemis at ifla.uni-stuttgart.de >
Subject: 22nd Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop 

	

Full Title: 22nd Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop 
Short Title: CGSW 22 

Date: 08-Jun-2007 - 09-Jun-2007
Location: Stuttgart, Germany 
Contact Person: Artemis Alexiadou
Meeting Email: cgsw at ifla.uni-stuttgart.de
Web Site: http://ifla.uni-stuttgart.de/~cgsw/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Syntax 

Language Family(ies): Germanic 

Call Deadline: 01-Feb-2007 

Meeting Description:

CGSW 22 will be held at the Institute of English Linguistics, University of Stuttgart, June 8-9, 2007.

We are pleased to announce the following invited speakers:

Anna Cardinaletti, University of Venice;
Gisbert Fanselow, University of Potsdam. 

Call:
We invite abstracts for thirty-minute talks (followed by ten minutes of discussion) on any aspect of comparative Germanic syntax, including diachronic syntax and the interface between syntax and other components of the grammar.

Guidelines:
Abstracts should not exceed two pages (letter-size/A4) in total length (including data and references), with one-inch margins all around, typed in at least 11-point font. Submissions are restricted to one individual and one joint abstract per author.

Submission:
We intend to use an online form for the submission of abstracts, which will be made available on our webpage later in the Fall. The deadline for submissions is February 1, 2007, and we will send out notifications of acceptance April 1, 2007. 

If you have any questions, you can contact us at:
cgsw at ifla.uni-stuttgart.de.
 



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