LINGUIST List 8.611

Sun Apr 27 1997

FYI: Information Retrieval, Summer courses

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  • David Lewis, Information Retrieval
  • Bruce Mannheim, Summer courses in Quechua and Ayamara

    Message 1: Information Retrieval

     Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 19:16:11 -0400 (EDT)
    From: David Lewis <lewisresearch.att.com>
    Subject: Information Retrieval


    [This announcement has been posted to several mailing lists. Apologies if you receive multiple copies.]

    SIGIR97: 20th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval

    DoubleTree Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, USA July 27 -- July 31, 1997

    SUMMARY PROGRAM

    (For complete program and registration details, see the SIGIR '97 home page at: http://www.acm.org/sigir/conferences/sigir97/index.html or write sigir97nist.gov)

    Saturday, July 26: Pre-conference workshop on curricula for IR and digital libraries. (Held in conjunction with Digital Libraries '97.)

    Sunday, July 27: Morning and afternoon tutorials. Salton Award presentation and evening reception.

    Monday, July 28: Newcomers' breakfast. Opening remarks. Keynote address. Technical paper sessions. Demonstrations and posters session. Reception.

    Tuesday, July 29: Technical paper sessions. Panel on real world issues in IR. Banquet at Franklin Institute Science Museum.

    Wednesday, July 30: Technical paper sessions. ACM SIGIR Annual Meeting and Lunch. Close of conference.

    Thursday, July 31: Post-conference workshops on networked IR, summarization and visualization for IR, crosslingual IR, and semantic relations in IR.

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    SIGIR '97 is collocated with DL '97, the Second ACM International Conference on Digital Libraries, which will be held July 23-26, 1997 in Philadelphia.

    SIGIR '97 is being held in cooperation with BCS-IRSG (UK), GI (Germany), and IPSJ (Japan).

    The sponsorship of the following companies is gratefully acknowledged: AT&T Labs - Research IBM Infonautics Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Lexis-Nexis West Information Publishing Group

    Message 2: Summer courses in Quechua and Ayamara

     Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 20:16:47 -0400 (EDT)
    From: Bruce Mannheim <mannheimumich.edu>
    Subject: Summer courses in Quechua and Ayamara


    SUMMER LANGUAGE COURSES IN CUZCO - 1997

    QUECHUA, AYMARA AND SPANISH Cuzco-PERU, 1 July - 15 August 1997

    Colegio Universitario Andino, cbc

    INTRODUCTION The Program of the University Andean College of the Bartolome de Las Casas Center offers intensive language courses of Quechua, Aimara and Spanish. Quechua and Aimara languages are spoken by millions of people in the Andean space and involve a millenary historical past. At present, these languages deserve a new social space and have presence in the cities, schools and other centers of study, as well as in the means of communication and in the writing level in general terms. Therefore, it is important to promote the learning and use of these Andean languages. Spanish is a language that each time acquires more international importance, and is one of the most common languages in the world. Its presence is specially significant in Latin America, where it coexists with Quechua, Aymara and other Amerindian languages. Foreigners, specially the ones interested in Andean and Latin American subjects, will find in our courses the communicative tools they need. Through language teaching, the University Andean College seeks to develop the communicative aptitudes of the students in order to break the linguistic barriers and motivate the equitable exchange among individuals and human groups.

    DESCRIPTION

    GENERAL OBJECTIVE The courses have as general objective the development of communicative and linguistic abilities of comprehension and expression, at oral and written level. Return

    LEVELS The differentiation of levels allows a gradual and dosed advance in teaching and learning. The basic level introduces the participants of the course in the main communicative interactions enabling them to linguistically locate themselves in space and time, and to dialogue with their interlocutors. The intermediate level consolidates what is learned in a basic level and implies more abilities in the interpretation and in the production of the oral tradition and literature. The advanced level leads to a fluent and correct use of the various types of discourse by stimulating conversation and text analysis of oral tradition and literature. Return

    INTENSIVE MODE The courses are intensive. Classes are given from Monday to Friday, 4 hours per day, that makes a total of 20 hours per week and 140 hours during the whole cycle. Besides the teaching hours, each participant shall carry out activities and exercises. Return

    ADDRESSEES The courses of Quechua and Aymara are addressed to professionals, graduated people, agents of development, researchers, and everyone interested in the acquisition of competence in said languages. The course of Spanish language is oriented to the foreign language speakers, specially professionals, graduated students or researchers. Return

    TEACHERS The Quechua, Aymara and Spanish teachers, besides their complete dominion of the language which is their mother tongue, have received a specialized training and experience in language teaching. Return

    METHODOLOGY The departure point is a motivating subject, posed by a suggesting communicative situation. A series of exercises is generated leading to the comprehension of the message and the acquisition of the grammar structures and procedures. Therefore, our teaching methodology involves the following moments: - communicative situations, favoring the active participation of the students; - reinforcing of the competence acquired through the practices and exercises; - offering of the grammar principles and mechanisms of the language use Individual and group work spaces have been programmed. We use as pedagogic resources audiovisual material, songs, dramatizations and games.

    CULTURAL ACTIVITIES Language is related to culture and society, therefore, language learning shall be complemented with extension activities. We have also organized conferences about archaeology, art and culture of the Andean societies, visits to archaeological sites, museums, social activities and popular festivities.



    SCHEDULE

    QUECHUA: Basic and Intermediate Levels Cuzco, 1 july - 15 august

    AIMARA: Basic Level Cuzco, 1 july - 15 august

    SPANISH: Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Levels Cuzco, 1 july - 15 august

    INTENSIVE COURSE OF QUECHUA Date: From July 1st to August 15th 1997 Levels: Basic or Intermediate Duration: 7 weeks Hours: 20 hours per week Place: University Andean College, Av. Tullumayo 465, Cusco

    INTENSIVE COURSE OF AIMARA Date: From July 1st to August 15th 1997 Levels: Basic Duration: 7 weeks Hours: 20 hours per week Place: University Andean College, Av. Tullumayo 465, Cusco

    INTENSIVE COURSE OF SPANISH Date: From July 1st to August 15th 1997 Levels: Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Hours: 20 hours per week Place: University Andean College

    REGISTRATION The registration date is open. Time terms: QUECHUA until May 2nd 1997 AIMARA: until May 2nd 1997 SPANISH: until May 2nd 1997

    ADMISSION The academic direction of the University Andean College will examine the admission applications and will transmit its decision to the applicants.

    CERTIFICATE The University Andean College will grant a certificate of attendance and approval of the course to the participants.

    COST OF THE COURSES

    QUECHUA: US$ 1200 AIMARA: US$1200 SPANISH: US$1500

    LIBRARY, DOCUMENTATION AND OTHER SERVICES The students that participate in the language courses have access to the library of the Bartolome de Las Casas Center and its documentation. This library is specialized in Andean subjects and human sciences in general. The cost of the course includes the access to the library and to the documentation services.

    LODGING AND FOOD The University Andean College has a locale for the lodging of the participants of the courses; nevertheless, the spaces are limited. The expenses of complete pension in the University Andean College (lodging and food) are $1000.

    SCHOLARSHIPS The Andean College is analyzing the possibility of granting, in exceptional cases, partial scholarships to students proceeding from Latin America. When requesting the admission to the course, the postulant can request a scholarship.

    Registration Form LANGUAGES COURSES / CUSCO - 1997

    1. Choose the course

    QUECHUA (July 1st - August 15th) AIMARA (July 1st - August 15th) SPANISH (July 1st - August 15th)

    2. Personal data Names and surnames Date and place of birth Marital status Profession Address Postal address Telephone Fax E-mail

    3. Institutional data Institution where you work or study Address Postal address Telephone Fax E-mail

    4. University education Specialty University Place

    5. University Degrees or titles Degree or title Specialty Place Year Last page and countercover page

    ASK FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AT:

    Cursos de Idiomas Colegio Universitario Andino Av. Tullumayo 465, Cuzco Telf: 51. 84. 233472 Fax: 51.84. 241319 E Mail: laebcoland.edu.pe