28.1276, Summer Schools: Summer School in Machine Learning for Digital English Language Teaching

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Subject: 28.1276, Summer Schools: Summer School in Machine Learning for Digital English Language Teaching

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Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 12:34:37
From: Helen Yannakoudakis [hy260 at cam.ac.uk]
Subject: Summer School in Machine Learning for Digital English Language Teaching

 

Summer School in Machine Learning for Digital English Language Teaching

Host Institution: University of Cambridge
Website: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~hy260/ALTA-Summer-School-Chania-2017/

Dates: 03-Jul-2017 - 07-Jul-2017
Location: Agia Marina, Chania, Crete, Greece

Focus: Machine Learning for Digital English Language Teaching
Minimum Education Level: Undergraduate


Description:
We are delighted to announce the first summer school in Machine Learning for
Digital English Language Teaching (ELT), to be held 3-7 July 2017, in Chania,
Crete, Greece, organised by the Automated Language Teaching and Assessment
Institute, University of Cambridge.

The effectiveness of the next generation of educational technology to support
English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners will depend on the quality of the
guided instruction and automated feedback that can be provided for learners
and their teachers online. To date, most automated feedback in digital
products for ELT has been limited to multi-choice questions and
closed-question gap-fills. The Summer School will teach participants the core
principles and methods from the fields of Machine Learning, Natural Language
Processing, and Psychometrics that underpin summative assessment of free-text
answers to prompts, formative feedback on writing quality, and psychometric
profiling to support personalised adaptive learning.

The Summer School would suit technically-minded ELT professionals from all
spheres who want to better understand the technology behind and capabilities
of such products as Cambridge English Write & Improve, and the Oxford
Vocabulary Trainer App, and/or would like to integrate these capabilities into
language teaching syllabuses or courseware. No in-depth technical knowledge is
required as informal hands-on sessions will be guided by software developers.

Important Dates

Discounted accommodation at venue deadline: March 31, 2017
Registration deadline: June 30, 2017
Summer school dates: July 3-7, 2017


Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics
                      Language Acquisition


Subject Languages: English

Tuition: 300 GBP

Registration: 01-Mar-2017 to 30-Jun-2017

Contact Person: ALTA Summer School
                Email: alta.summer.school at gmail.com


Registration Instructions:
We will be limiting attendee numbers to a maximum of 35 to ensure that they
can interact with each other and us in a relaxed environment. In the first
instance, potential participants should email alta.summer.school at gmail.com and
explain why in not more than 300 words they would like to attend and what
relevant qualifications and experience they have. Accepted participants will
be sent a confirmation email, together with registration and accommodation
details.




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