INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTER LEARNER CORPORA, SECOND LANGUAGE
ACQUISITION AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
14-16 December, 1998
First circular
We are pleased to announce an international symposium on computer learner
corpora (CLC) to be held in Hong Kong from 14-16 December, 1998. The
symposium is intended as a multi-disciplinary forum for discussion and
presentation of research on CLCs. Particular importance will be attached to
examining its links with second language acquisition theory and foreign
language teaching.
Computer learner corpora: a new source of data for SLA and FL Teaching
Interest in computer learner corpora is growing fast and there is a
widespread acknowledgement among SLA specialists and foreign language
teaching professionals of their theoretical and practical value. Several
large computer learner corpora representing a range of mediums and genres
either have been or are currently being compiled. The symposium will be an
ideal opportunity to review progress and set new research goals.
The programme of papers, poster presentations and software demonstrations
will cover six broad topic areas:
1. Contribution of computer learner corpora (CLC) to second language
acquisition research
2. Learner corpus building
3. Software tools for learner corpus analysis
4. CLC methodology
5. CLC-based studies of learner grammar, lexis and discourse
6. Computer learner corpora and language teaching: tools and methodology
Although much of the current research up to the present has been carried
out on English as a Foreign/Second Language, papers reporting on CLC
research into different learner languages will also be welcome.
Symposium organizers
Professor Joseph Hung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Professor Sylviane Granger, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Organizational aspects
- Opening: Monday 14 December, 1998, 9 am
- Closing: Wednesday 16 December, 1998, 5 pm
- max. 80 participants (first come, first served)
- Symposium fee (including coffee breaks and meals): 200 US dollars
- Accommodation: 80 rooms available on/off CUHK campus: 60-90 US dollars
for a twin room and 50-70 for a single room
- A multi-media centre will house the software demonstrations
- Post-symposium tours of China and Macau will be organized.
Deadlines
- Submission of preliminary notice of participation (see attached form): 28
February 1998
- Submission of 1 page (A4) abstract: 31 March 1998. Electronic submission
as a Word file is encouraged, but a hard copy should be mailed or faxed to
the local organizer
- Notification of acceptance/rejection: 30 April 1998
- Registration and transfer of room deposit: 31 May 1998
- Submission of an extended abstract (c. 1,500 words) to be included in the
symposium proceedings: 30 September 1998
Language
The symposium working language (including abstracts and presentations) will
be English.
Address
All enquiries, requests and submissions should be directed to the local
organizer, J. Hung, preferably by email <josephhung@cuhk.edu.hk> with an
electronic copy to S. Granger <granger@etan.ucl.ac.be>.
Professor J. Hung Professor Sylviane Granger
English Department Université Catholique de Louvain
The Chinese University of HK Centre for English Corpus Linguistics
Shatin, New Territories Place Blaise Pascal 1
Hong Kong 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Tel: +852 2609-7004 Belgium
Fax: +852 2603-5270 Tel: + 32 10 474947; 32 10474034
Email: josephhung@cuhk.edu.hk Fax: + 32 10472579
Email: granger@etan.ucl.ac.be
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INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTER LEARNER CORPORA, SECOND LANGUAGE
ACQUISITION AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING
Preliminary notice of participation
() I wish to participate in the International Symposium on computer learner
corpora
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() I wish to demonstrate software
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Please note that the deadline for submissions is 28 February 1998. Upon
receipt, the organizers will send further information.
Professor Sylviane Granger
Université Catholique de Louvain
Centre for English Corpus Linguistics
Collège Erasme
Place Blaise Pascal 1
B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Belgium