vTEM IV - Virtual Training in Experimental Methods

Host Institution: Universidade de Lisboa
Coordinating Institution: Universidade de Lisboa
Website: http://labfon.letras.ulisboa.pt/virtualschool/2025/en/index.html

Dates: 01-Apr-2025 - 26-May-2025
Location: Online, ----------------

Minimum Education Level: N/A

Focus: The main focus of the Virtual School is in applied knowledge about experimental methodologies to study voice, speech, language and behaviour, following a hands-on approach.

Description:

This is the fourth edition of vTEM (Virtual Training in Experimental Methods), an online training program in current methods in experimental linguistics, phonetics and psycholinguistics, organized by the Phonetics and Phonology Laboratory and Lisbon Baby Lab.

vTEM is directed at undergraduate and graduate students, researchers interested in voice, speech, language and language related areas
(including language development and language impairments), as well as professionals (educators, teachers, psychologists, audiologists, speech therapists, among others).

vTEM takes a hands-on training approach and covers the following topics/methods:

Course I - Praat and acoustic analysis
Course II - Advanced Praat
Course III - ELAN
Course IV - Advanced ELAN
Course V - Studying perception: SuperLab
Course VI - Studying perception: E-Prime
Course VII - Studying perception: Open Sesame
Course VIII - Studying perception: Online tools

vTEM IV offers two different modalities: (i) with hands-on session (available for some courses);
(ii) without hands-on session

Modality (i):
Contact hours: 10h
2h: technical support for software installation
6h: hands-on session
2h: evaluation (optional)
Total hours per course: 56h

Modality (ii):
Video tutorials and other materials are made available over each course duration. The team will provide technical support (if needed) for each course.

Courses are taught in English.

Tuition: EUR
Tuition Explanation: Fees vary with the modality chosen:

Modality (i):
Per course: € 70
Full-registration: € 320

Accreditation/evaluation (optional): adds €20/course

Modality (ii):
€35 per course

For both modalities:
*Students of the School of Arts and Humanities (University of Lisbon) have a discount of 30%
*Other students from ULisboa have a discount of 20%

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
Phonetics
Phonology
Psycholinguistics

Registration: 21-Mar-2025 to 31-Mar-2025

Contact Person: Marisa Cruz
Email: [email protected]

Apply on the web: http://labfon.letras.ulisboa.pt/virtualschool/2025/en/program.html

Registration Instructions:
Register online at the vTEM IV website:
http://labfon.letras.ulisboa.pt/virtualschool/2025/en/program.html

A confirmation email will be sent.