LINGUIST List 17.2859

Mon Oct 02 2006

FYI: Corpus Escrito del Español L2 (CEDEL2)

Editor for this issue: Amy Renaud <renaudlinguistlist.org>

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Directory         1.    Cristóbal Lozano, Corpus Escrito del Español L2 (CEDEL2)

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Message 1: Corpus Escrito del Español L2 (CEDEL2)
Date: 02-Oct-2006
From: Cristóbal Lozano <cristobal.lozanouam.es>
Subject: Corpus Escrito del Español L2 (CEDEL2)


CALL FOR PARTICIPATION IN ''CEDEL2''

WHAT'S ''CEDEL2''?---------------- CEDEL2 (Corpus Escrito del Español L2) is a research project at theUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain).- We are investigating how English-speaking people learn Spanish.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?--------------------- Learners of Spanish who have English as their mother tongue: any level(beginner, intermediate, advanced).

HOW CAN YOU PARTICIPATE?------------------------- You are requested to fill in three online and anonymous forms at:http://www.uam.es/woslac/start.htm- First form: your learning background.- Second form: a brief composition in Spanish. No books or grammars required.- Third form: questions about Spanish language. This is NOT an exam, butsimply a short test to check your level of Spanish.

WHAT CAN YOU GET FROM IT?--------------------------- We will email you the Spanish grammar test results, so you can know yourlevel of Spanish grammar.- We will send you by post a certificate (stamped by the UniversidadAutónoma de Madrid) stating that you have participated in our project.

WHO HAS ALREADY PARTICIPATED?-----------------------------So far, we have received data from different institutions all over theworld, e.g.,:- USA: Georgia State University, University of Wisconsin at Madison, BostonUniversity, Skidmore Collegue, Rutgers University, George WashingtonUniversity.- UK: Open University, Cambridge University UK, Essex University,University of Hertfordshire, St Paul's School London.- SPAIN: Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, St Louis University at Madrid,Fundacion Ortega y Gasset at Madrid and Toledo, Escuela Oficial de Idiomas,British Council Spain, Universidad de Cantabria.

REMEMBER:---------- This is NOT an exam.- You will NOT be assessed.- We are simply interested in your SPONTANEOUS written Spanish language.- All information is ANONYMOUS and CONFIDENTIAL.

PARTICIPATE NOW in CEDEL2: http://www.uam.es/woslac/start.htm

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