Corpora: NAACLT'2000 Call for Papers

Richard Sutcliffe (richard.sutcliffe@ul.ie)
Tue, 23 Nov 99 16:58:32 GMT

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CALL FOR PAPERS

6th Annual Conference of the
North American Association for Celtic Language Teachers

Theme: "The Information Age, Celtic Languages and the New Millennium"

University of Limerick, Ireland

22-25 June 2000

Web: www.csis.ul.ie/naaclt2000
Email: naaclt2000@ul.ie

Conference Chair
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Gerry O' Ne'ill, University of Limerick

Keynote Speaker
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Caoimhi'n O' Donnaile, University of the Highlands and Islands

Programme Committee
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Paul Birt, University of Ottawa
Emyr Davies, Coleg y Drindod Caerfyrddin
Francis Favereau, Universite' de Rennes 2 Haute-Bretagne
Ken George, Cornish Language Board
Josette Gwegenn, Kelenn, Kemper
Phil Kelly, Rheynn Ynsee, Ellan Vannin
Marion MacDonald, Co'rais Teileamaitic Scairbhe, Gaillimh
Annie Macsween, Lews Castle College, Stornoway
Annette McElligott, University of Limerick
U'na Nic E'inri', Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
Ken Nilsen, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish
Teresa O'Doherty, University of Limerick
Tadhg O' hIfearna'in, University of Limerick
Muiris O' Laoire, Institute of Technology at Tralee
Helen O' Murchu', Comhar na Mu'inteoiri' Gaeilge
Gerry O' Ne'ill, University of Limerick
Catriona Parsons, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish
A G Boyd Robertson, University of Strathclyde
Nancy Stenson, University of Minnesota (Chair)
Marta Weingartner Diaz, Indiana University - Bloomington
Cen Williams, Prifysgol Cymru Bangor

Pre-Conference Workshops
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Celtic Software Internationalisation
Chair: Annette McElligott

Language Teaching and Curriculum Design
Chair: Teresa O'Doherty

Linguistic Corpora in Language Studies
Chair: Tadhg O' hIfearna'in

About the Conference
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Celtic languages form a branch of the Indo-European family and include Breton,
Cornish, Irish, Manx, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh.

The North American Association for Celtic Language Teachers exists to permit
instructors to exchange ideas and research through meetings and an annual
publication, to increase links of Celtic language teachers with those of other
languages and other umbrella organizations, and to increase opportunities for
Celtic language teachers.

NAACLT has held a highly successful annual conference in North America since
1995. Previous events took place in Glendale Community College, California,
University of Pennsylvania, St. Francis Xavier University, University of
Minnesota and University of Ottawa. This year the conference comes to Europe
for the first time, presenting an ideal opportunity for Celtic language
speakers, teachers and related researchers in the US to renew their links with
colleagues in European areas such as Brittany, Cornwall, Ireland, Isle of Man,
Scotland and Wales.

NAACLT'2000 is aimed at teachers of Celtic languages, learners of such
languages, and researchers in related fields such as Celtic Studies,
Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Psychology and Sociology. It will
comprise a workshop day, two conference days and an excursion day.

Call for Papers
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Paper submissions for the conference are solicited in all areas of Celtic
language teaching and related research, including but not limited to the
following areas:

* Teaching methods for Celtic languages and experiences with them

* Experiences and studies of second language learners and their teachers

* Historical studies of Celtic language teaching

* Dialect choice in language learning

* Celtic language acquisition

* Sociolinguistic, psycological and psycholinguistic studies relating to Celtic
languages

* Linguistic comparions between Celtic languages

* Celtic languages and gender

* Language learning materials

* Qualifications and accreditation of Celtic language teachers

* Language policy and planning

* Syllabus design

* Assessment and examination

* The application of computer technology to Celtic language teaching

* Celtic language learning and the World-Wide Web

* The design, evaluation and use of Computer Assisted Language Learning
packages for Celtic languages

* The provision and evaluation of tools such as lexical analysers, spelling
checkers, part-of-speech taggers, parsers, grammar and style checkers, and
word-sense disambiguators for Celtic languages

* Computational lexicography and lexicology

* The preparation and use of machine-readable corpora of Celtic languages
especially for teaching

* Speech recognition and synthesis for Celtic languages

* The localisation of software into Celtic languages

Submissions in English comprising four or five pages of A4 text (1600-2000
words approx.) should be prepared in an electronic template (Word or RTF)
available from the NAACLT'2000 website and sent by email to the Conference
Email (naaclt2000@ul.ie) by the due deadline (see below). The main text should
be in English while the abstract can be in English or a Celtic language.

Those making submissions from North America are requested to set the page size
of their word processors to A4 when working on their papers to ensure that they
are the right length. The number of pages is crucial while the number of words
is not.

All submissions will be acknowledged.

Submissions from those unable to use the electronic template are welcome.
Please contact the organisers (naaclt2000@ul.ie).

Accepted papers will be published in full in the printed proceedings available
at the conference. They may also be published subsequently in book form.

The editors of the proceedings reserve the right to alter papers which do not
conform to the template or which are more than five A4 pages in length.

During NAACLT, each author will be asked to make a 25 minute presentation
describing the key ideas contained in their paper, with five further minutes
being reserved for questions.

Schedule of Dates
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Fri 18 Feb 2000 Deadline for submissions
Fri 31 Mar 2000 Acceptance notification
Thu 22 Jun 2000 Workshop Day
Fri 23 Jun 2000 Conference Day One
Sat 24 Jun 2000 Conference Day Two
Sun 25 Jun 2000 Excursion

About the Venue
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The University of Limerick is situated on rolling parkland beside the historic
River Shannon. The tranquil red brick campus is complemented by lakes,
fountains and sculptures.

The conference will be based in the new Informatics Building, home of the
Computer Science and Information Systems Department, an airy and majestic
structure incorporating lecture theatres, meeting rooms, computer laboratories
and research centres, all equipped to the highest standards.

The Shannon Region is especially beautiful in summer, and there are many sights
worth visiting: The Aran Islands, Bunratty Castle, the thousand foot high
Cliffs of Moher, Rock of Cashel, King John's Castle and Aillwee Caves are all
close by. In addition there is Loch Derg, teeming with wildlife on its many
islands and surrounded by blue-green hills and lofty mountains.

The University is easily reached - Shannon International Airport is only 12
Miles (20 Km) away, with regular direct flights to London, New York, and many
other cities.

Organising Committee
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Rita Gallagher
Annette McElligott
Teresa O'Doherty
Tadhg O' hIfearna'in
Gerry O' Ne'ill
Gemma Ryan
Dermot Shinners-Kennedy
Richard Sutcliffe

Further Information
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For further details regarding paper submission, conference registration, travel
etc, please see the NAACLT'2000 Website as below or contact the Conference
Organisers:

NAACLT'2000
Department of Computer Science
and Information Systems
University of Limerick
Limerick, Ireland

+353 61 202783 Tel
+353 61 330876 Fax
naaclt2000@ul.ie Email
www.csis.ul.ie/naaclt2000 URL

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