LINGUIST List 21.4191 Thu Oct 21 2010 Calls: Applied Ling, Lang Acquisition/Germany Editor for this issue: Di Wdzenczny <dilinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.     Claudia Warth , Authentic LangLearning: Web Collaboration & Corpora Message 1: Authentic LangLearning: Web Collaboration & Corpora Date: 20-Oct-2010 From: Claudia Warth <claudia.warthuni-tuebingen.de> Subject: Authentic LangLearning: Web Collaboration & Corpora E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Authentic LangLearning: Web Collaboration & Corpora Date: 17-Feb-2011 - 19-Feb-2011 Location: Tübingen, Germany Contact Person: Kurt Kohn Meeting Email: kurt.kohnuni-tuebingen.de Web Site: http://www.ael.uni-tuebingen.de/symposium.html Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition Call Deadline: 22-Nov-2010 Meeting Description: Against the backdrop of a 'socio-constructivist' approach, this event will focus on combining web collaboration and pedagogic applications of corpora in order to facilitate and strengthen authentication in language learning and teaching. Emphasis is thus on both content and communication-based learning activities and on how computer mediated communication (CMC) and corpus methodologies can be pedagogically integrated for generating innovative synergies. Promising contexts of pedagogic application include in particular content and language integrated learning (CLIL) and language learning for intercultural communication. Our aim is to take stock of the current state of affairs in corpus and CMC- based language learning and teaching, to explore integrative pedagogic concepts and tasks, and to propose new research perspectives. Special attention will be given to the needs and purposes of 'young' researchers in the field. The symposium will take the following structure: - Pathway lectures will introduce key topics in corpus and CMC-based language learning in order to provide a research context and orientation for the paper sessions and workshops. The lectures will be delivered by Ana Frankenberg-Garcia, ISLA & Universidade Nova de Lisboa Bernd Rüschoff, University of Duisburg-Essen Steven Thorne, University of Groningen & Portland State University - Paper presentations and posters are welcome from participants to discuss their own research objectives, approaches and findings in this area. - Workshops will offer hands-on practice in pedagogic corpus processing and web collaboration in relation to relevant research perspectives and methodologies. - A round table discussion will provide a synthesis of major insights and outlooks for future activities. Call For Papers We welcome proposals for 20-minute paper presentations (plus 20 minutes discussion) or for posters focusing on using corpora and CMC to foster authentication in content and communication-based language learning and teaching. Please submit a 300 word abstract (including a title) by 22 November 2010. More information will become available on the website. Notifications of acceptance will be sent out during the week beginning 13 December 2010. We also kindly ask you to send us a short bio and a thumbnail picture of you for the website (should your abstract be accepted). Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 21-Oct-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.