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: talc98@oucs.ox.ac.uk.
For further information about submitting proposals, please see
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~talc98/proposals.html
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