Teaching And Language Corpora 1998
Keble College, Oxford, 24 - 27 July 1998
Second Call for Proposals
* NOTE EXTENDED DEADLINE *
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.
The programme will include plenary lectures from Professor Jean
Aitchison (Oxford) and from Jeremy Clear (Cobuild). Other speakers
will include: Guy Aston (Bologna); Lou Burnard (Oxford); Prof Michael
Hoey (Liverpool); Knut Hofland (Bergen); Bernhard Kettemann (Graz);
Tony McEnery (Lancaster); Chris Tribble (Warsaw).
For further details, please read the conference web site at
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~talc98/, or send enquiries by email to
talc98@oucs.ox.ac.uk.
Timetable
Abstracts (500 - 1000 words) should be submitted to arrive by 20
March 1998. All proposals will be reviewed. Authors of accepted
papers will be notified by 10 April 1998. The programme will be
finalised during May 1998. Full papers (up to 5000 words) must be
received by 1 June 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 and cost
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. A single fee
of approximately 350 pounds will be charged, covering meals and
accomodation, registration, proceedings, and social events for the
whole conference.
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
Proposals may be sent via the web page at
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~talc98/proposals.html
or by email,fax, or post, using the form below
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REMINDER: The closing date for applications is now 20 March 1998
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* TALC98 PROPOSAL *
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Name:
Affiliation:
Title of proposal:
Email: URL:
Telephone: Fax:
Contact address:
Abstract (500 to 1000 words):
PLEASE RETURN COMPLETED FORMS TO
TALC98,
Humanities Computing Unit,
13 Banbury Rd,
Oxford OX2 6NN, UK
email: talc98@oucs.ox.ac.uk fax: +44 1865 273 275