LINGUIST List 27.2920
Mon Jul 11 2016
Summer Schools: GAL Research School ''Elicitation methods in multilingualism research''/''Elizitationsverfahren in der Mehrsprachigkeitsforschung''/Germany
Editor for this issue: Ashley Parker <ashleylinguistlist.org>
Date: 08-Jul-2016
From: Katharina König <researchschool
uni-muenster.de>
Subject: GAL Research School ''Elicitation methods in multilingualism research''/''Elizitationsverfahren in der Mehrsprachigkeitsforschung''/Germany
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Coordinating Institution: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Website: http://www.uni-muenster.de/Germanistik/tagungen_sprachdidaktik/GALresearchschool/
Dates: 08-Mar-2017 - 10-Mar-2017
Location: Münster, Germany
Focus: The GAL research school aims at introducing junior researchers who have just started their research projects to a wide range of elicitation methods in multiligualism research. Participants will be able to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of observation and experimental elicitation methods with experienced researchers in this field.
Minimum Education Level: MA
Description:
Applied multilingualism research comprises topics such as first, second and foreign language acquisition, language attitudes, or language biographies. There are various approaches to data collection in this field of study among which elicitation methods play a central role. In this methodological framework, study participants are explicitly asked to produce data. Depending on how strong the researcher's influence is, the data can be characterised as natural or experimental to varying degrees.
Observation and experiments can be conceived of as the two opposite extremes of a continuum. Depending on the extent of monitoring by the researcher, elicitation methods can be closer to the pole of (nearly) uncontrolled observation or closer to the pole of highly controlled experimental methods. Elicited data always have to be distinguished from naturally occurring or spontaneous data; however, they also include experimental data.
The GAL research school aims at introducing junior researchers who have just started their research projects to a wide range of elicitation methods. Participants will be able to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of observation and experimental elicitation methods. Moreover, the following methodological issues can be debated as well:
- Extent to which the researcher monitors data elicitation
- Extent to which the elicitation method is based on natural interactions
- Kinds of data (oral/written, productive/receptive)
- Possible ways of data evaluation (interpretive/statistical data analysis)
- Aims of the research project (generate or test hypotheses)
- Number of participants
- Study design (longitudinal/cross section)
For different levels of linguistic analysis (phonetics/phonology, morphology, lexis, syntax, discourse, cognitive capabilities), there will be a plenary with a subsequent workshop in which two junior researchers have the opportunity to give a 20 minute talk about their projects and discuss methodological questions. All other projects can be presented in a poster session. Moreover, there will be three additional plenary talks and a panel discussion. Conference languages are German and English.
Abstract submission is open from the 15 of July until the 15 of October 2016. Please refer to our website for details.
Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
Language Acquisition
Psycholinguistics
Text/Corpus Linguistics
Tuition: 30 EUR
Registration: 15-Jul-2016 to 15-Oct-2016
Contact Person: Katharina König
Email: researchschool
uni-muenster.de
Apply on the web: http://www.uni-muenster.de/Germanistik/tagungen_sprachdidaktik/GALresearchschool/callforpapers.html
Registration Instructions:
For your application, please submit an abstract of approx. 500 words (including references) by using the conference tool you find on our website. Please specify the following aspects: - Your positioning within the field of multilingualism (e.g. type of language acquisition, investigated languages, theoretical framework) - Detailed research questions - Research methods or first ideas about possible research methods (type of data, elicitation method(s), oral/written etc.) - Possible subjects of discussion for the workshop The research school is explicitly aimed at junior researchers who have just started their research projects (PhD or post-doc). A presentation of results is therefore not expected. The organisers will decide which projects will be presented in a workshop or in the poster session.
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