19.1059, FYI: Seeking Collaborators for the Language Assessment Project (LAP)

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Subject: 19.1059, FYI: Seeking Collaborators for the Language Assessment  Project (LAP)

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Date: 31-Mar-2008
From: Alfred Griffin < agriffin at i-e-institute.org >
Subject: Seeking Collaborators for the Language Assessment Project (LAP)

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Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:42:32
From: Alfred Griffin [agriffin at i-e-institute.org]
Subject: Seeking Collaborators for the Language Assessment Project (LAP)
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The International Exchange Institute is seeking language professors and or
graduate students to collaborate in developing the Language Assessment
Project (LAP). The LAP, when fully implemented, will be an online
assessment tool for all to access via the Internet. In addition, any data
sets resulting from the LAP will be available first to the collaborating
partner(s) for scholarly research. 

It is our intention to produce scholarly work from the project on an annual
basis as well as publish an annual report on the findings to the academic
community and the public. This project has applications and implications
over various aspects of linguistics including but not limited to pedagogy,
applied linguistics, language research, and the creation of language
resources. 

We are currently looking for language collaborators in the Least and Less
Commonly Taught Languages as well as the Commonly Taught Languages. If you
are interested in collaborating in this project, please feel free to
contact Alfred Griffin at lap at i-e-institute.org. Please indicate which
language you are interested in collaborating on and a CV or resume, if
available. 

Please note, although there is currently no funding for this project, any
and all research resulting from the project as well as other benefits will
be shared with and credited to the collaborating partner(s). 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Discipline of Linguistics
                     General Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition
                     Lexicography





 




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