LINGUIST List 14.1026

Sun Apr 6 2003

Calls: Armenian Ling/MI USA; Lang Teaching/France

Editor for this issue: Marie Klopfenstein <marielinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. vaux, Seventh International Conference on Armenian Linguistics
2. untele, Use of New Technologies in Foreign Language Teaching

Seventh International Conference on Armenian Linguistics 
Short Title: Armenian Linguistics

Date: 02-Oct-2003 - 05-Oct-2003 
Location: Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America 
Contact: Bert Vaux Contact 
Email: vauxfas.harvard.edu
Meeting URL:
http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~vaux/announcement4-5-03.htm

Linguistic Sub-field: General Linguistics 
Subject Language: Middle Armenian, Classical Armenian, Lomavren,
Armenian, Armenian Sign Language
Call Deadline: 30-Apr-2003

Meeting Description:

Seventh International Conference on Armenian Linguistics and First
International Conference on Modern Western Armenian Seventh
International Conference on Armenian Linguistics

First International Conference on Modern Western Armenian

The Armenian Studies Program and the Department of Linguistics at the
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, are pleased to announce the seventh
quadrennial International Conference on Armenian Linguistics and the
first annual conference on Modern Western Armenian, to be held jointly
in Ann Arbor, on October 2-5, 2003.

The Seventh Quadrennial International Conference on Armenian Linguistics

Papers are invited dealing with any aspect of the linguistic structure
(including but not limited to historical linguistics, dialectology,
phonology, morphology, and syntax) of any variety of Armenian. Keynote
lectures will be delivered by Anaïd Donabédian (Paris), Theo van
Lint (Oxford), and Jos Weitenberg (Leiden).

The First Annual Conference on Modern Western Armenian

Scholars and interested individuals have long been keenly aware of the
need for serious and systematic studies of Modern Western Armenian as
one of the two literary standards and as a key to modern Armenian
tradition. This annual gathering is being launched with a view to
promoting research into all phases of Modern Western Armenian language
and linguistics. Although devoted to MWA, papers on Modern Eastern
Armenian are equally enthusiastically invited. While format and
content will certainly vary, emphasis will be placed on general
linguistic and comparative approaches. Keynote lectures will be
delivered by two invited scholars in the field. Professional teachers
of Modern Armenian (both Eastern and Western) are invited to submit
papers and/or attend the conference, as we intend to form an
association of teachers of Modern Armenian.For this first gathering we
envisage approximately twelve twenty-minute papers in addition to the
two ninety-minute keynote presentations.

General information

Scholars and students of all phases of Armenian and of linguistics are
cordially invited to participate in the conference. Prospective
participants should submit a one-page abstract as soon as possible but
no later than April 30, 2003. The abstract should clearly indicate the
name and institutional affiliation of the participant, title of the
talk, document format (if sent as an attachment), should include
copies of any special fonts used, and should be sent by electronic
mail to Bert Vaux at vauxfas.harvard.edu Accepted participants will
be notified by May 30, 2003. A limited number of grants to cover
travel and lodging are available for those participants whose papers
are accepted for presentation in the MWA conference, but who are
unable to procure support from their home institutions or other
sources. For more information, please contact Julie Septrion at
septrionumich.edu, Armenian Studies Program, 1080 South University,
Suite 3663 Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA, tel. 734-764-1825, fax 734-763-9154.

We intend to publish the papers presented at the conference. All
accepted presenters will therefore be asked to submit an electronic
version of their papers at the time of the conference.

Schedule

We currently plan to have conference participants arrive on Thursday
for an opening reception in the evening. All lectures will take place
October 2-4, and on October 5 we will hold the roundtable discussions
of scholars and teachers of Modern Eastern and Western Armenian on
forming an association of teachers of Modern Armenian. Should the
number of participants exceed the expected figure, parallel sessions
will be held on Saturday. We are planning a farewell banquet for the
evening of the 4th.

Use of New Technologies in Foreign Language Teaching
UNTELE 2004 

Date: 17-Mar-2020 - 20-Mar-2020
Location: Compi�gne, France
Contact: Abdi Kazeroni
Contact Email: unteleutc.fr 
Meeting URL: http://www.utc.fr/~untele

Linguistic Sub-field: Applied Linguistics 
Call Deadline: 25-Aug-2003

Meeting Description:

The fifth Compi�gne conference on the Use of New Technologies in
Foreign Language Teaching has as its main theme: ''does autonomy help
language learning and acquisition?'' Does technology help
autonomisation? Does technology serve the teacher and/or the learner?
Has it become impossible to circumvent technology? Can technology
cater for both teacher and learner needs and expectations? What can
technology offer? L'Universit� de Technologie de Compi�gne is
organising its 5th conference on the Use of New Technologies in
Foreign Language Teaching (UNTELE 2004) 17-20 March 2004

The principal theme of the up-coming conference: ''Teacher and Learner
Autonomy vis-a-vis Information Communication Technology''

The fifth Compi�gne conference on the Use of New Technologies in
Foreign Language Teaching has as its main theme: ''does autonomy help
language learning and acquisition?'' Does technology help
autonomisation? Does technology serve the teacher and/or the learner?
Has it become impossible to circumvent technology? Can technology
cater for both teacher and learner needs and expectations? What can
technology offer? Paper proposals on the following topics are invited:
Tool design & uses:
- software development, 
- language centres, 
- on-line chat, 
- videoconferencing, 
- multi-user systems for collaborative learning (MUVE, MOO, MUD), 
- virtual reality games and simulation for collaborative learning, 
- distance education, 
- e-mail, 
- discussion forums 

Theoretical perspectives on which role for which tool?
- the implications for second language acquistion, 
- task-based language learning, 
- collaborative language learning, 
- theoretical frameworks for desiging virtual environments 

All other proposals on the use of information technology and systems
in second language teaching and learning will also be considered.