29.417, Calls: Applied Ling, Comp Ling, Lang Acquisition, Text/Corpus Ling/Belgium

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LINGUIST List: Vol-29-417. Wed Jan 24 2018. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 29.417, Calls: Applied Ling, Comp Ling, Lang Acquisition, Text/Corpus Ling/Belgium

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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 17:05:16
From: Ferran Suner [ferran.suner at uclouvain.be]
Subject: Technological Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching

Full Title: Technological Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching 
Short Title: PLIN Day 2018 

Date: 18-May-2018 - 18-May-2018
Location: Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium 
Contact Person: Ferran Suñer
Meeting Email: plindayucl at uclouvain.be
Web Site: https://uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/ilc/plin/plin-linguistic-day-2018.html 

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

Call Deadline: 01-Mar-2018 

Meeting Description:

The PLIN Day is an annual one-day thematic conference hosted by the
Linguistics Research Unit of the Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium).
The conference has established itself over the years as an international forum
for the exchange of ideas among scholars and has brought together researchers
from all over the world. The 2018 PLIN Day is devoted to “Technological
innovation in language learning and teaching”; it offers academics,
professionals, undergraduate and postgraduate students an excellent
opportunity to access, share and discuss cutting edge research in the field.
The following (non-exhaustive) list of themes will be covered this year:

- Applying new insights from natural language processing to enhance digital
scaffolding in language learning
- Using virtual reality and serious games to leverage task-based language
learning and other complex learning environments
- Identifying the conditions under which mobile out-of-class language learning
can produce the expected added value
- Exploring the potential of corpus linguistics for developing and
implementing tools for language learning

The core programme of the conference will consist in keynote sessions but
participants will also have the opportunity to present their most recent
research and/or work in progress during an interactive poster session. We
therefore invite researchers to submit abstracts addressing topics on new
trends in technology supported language learning (see call for posters). 

Important Dates:

15 February, 2018: Registration opens
1 March, 2018: Deadline for abstract submissions
15 March, 2018: Notification of acceptance for a poster presentation
30 April, 2018: Early bird registration closes

Keynote Speakers:

Penelope Collins, University of California at Irvine
Dana Glabasova, Lancaster University
Agnes Kukulska-Hulme, The Open University
Gérald Schlemminger, University of Education Karlsruhe
Steve Thorne, University of Portland

Call for Papers:

In addition to the keynote sessions, an interactive poster session will be
organized to enable participants to present their most recent research and/or
work in progress. We invite abstracts addressing topics on new trends in
technology supported language learning, especially those exploring the
potential of corpus linguistics and natural language processing in the
development and implementation of language learning tools and online courses.
The posters will be presented in English. Further information on the posters
will be provided in due time. The presence of the author is required as short
oral presentations of the posters will also be organised in a poster boost
session. Abstract submissions should be sent by 1 March  2018 to the following
address: plindayucl at uclouvain.be. Acceptance for posters will be notified by
15 March 2018.

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