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computing-services.oxford.ac.uk>T A L C 98 Teaching And Language Corpora 1998 Keble College, Oxford, 24 - 27 July 1998 Call for Proposals The use of large computer-held corpora of real language, no longer novel in linguistic research, is increasingly a focus of attention for language teachers. Experiments in data driven learning and corpus-based methods are beginning to bear fruit in a wide range of language teaching environments. This international conference will bring together practitioners and theorists with a common interest in the usability of corpus data for such purposes as: * language teaching and learning * student-centred learning and investigation * cross-linguistic comparison * cultural and historical studies Following the highly successful TALC94 and TALC96 conferences at Lancaster University, TALC98 invites proposals for position papers, reports of work in progress, case-histories of successful corpus applications, and introductions to relevant new resources. In addition, we welcome proposals for introductory tutorials or technical workshops. Suitable topics include (but are not limited to) 1. software for corpus based language and linguistics learning 2. design and implementation of corpora for teaching purposes. 3. development and evaluation of corpus based teaching and learning materials Further details are available from the conference web site: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~talc98/ Timetable Abstracts (500 - 1000 words) should be submitted to arrive before 1 March 1998. Workshop Proposals should be submitted to arrive before 1 February 1998. All proposals will be reviewed. Authors of those accepted for inclusion will be notified by 15 March 1998. The programme will be finalised during April 1998. Full papers (up to 5000 words) must be received by 15 May for inclusion in the conference pre-print volume. The conference will run from lunchtime on Friday 24 July to lunchtime on Monday July 27th, with a single strand of presentations. There will be a book and software exhibit in parallel. Venue Keble College is located in the heart of Oxford, one of the most beautiful University cities in Europe, which is easily accessible by road, rail, or air from most major cities. All delegates will be accomodated in modern fully-equipped study-bedrooms within a few minutes walk of the conference centre and all facilities. Organizing Committee Guy Aston (Bologna); Geoff Barnbrook (Birmingham); Lou Burnard (HCU); Mike Fraser (CTI Centre for Textual Studies); Michael Hoey (Liverpool); Bernhard Kettermann (Graz); Tony McEnery (Lancaster); June Thompson (CTI Centre for Languages); Chris Tribble (Warsaw); Claire Warwick (Oxford). How to submit a proposal Proposals for papers should include the following * Authors full name and affiliation * Title of proposal * Contact details (Email, URL, phone, fax, postal) * 500 to 1000 words description of the proposed presentation The conference email address is: talc98Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue