Google’s News Lab launched a new tool for making basic data GIFs today. While the Data GIF Maker is mostly geared toward journalists, anybody can use it to make some halfway interesting visuals based on all kinds of data. From: techcrunch.com
Here´s the link:
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Conservative party manifesto:
https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/manifesto2017/Manifesto2017.pdf
Labour party manifesto:
http://www.labour.org.uk/page/-/Images/manifesto-2017/Labour%20Manifesto%202017.pdf
Libdem party manifesto:
Wordclouds generated with http://www.wordclouds.com/
Read my research on the construction of immigrants in the UK legislation and admin informative texts:
Constructing immigrants in UK legislation and Administration informative texts: A corpus-driven study (2007–2011), Discourse & Society, 28,1,81-103
From the EUROCALL mail-list
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Symposium on Learning Analytics in Language Learning and Teaching – Call for Papers
Arising from participation in the EU-funded VITAL project (http://project-vital.eu/) the University of Central Lancashire is hosting a one-day symposium on Learning Analytics in Language Learning and Teaching on 17th July 2017 in Preston. The keynote speakers include Professor Jozef Colpaert (University of Antwerp, Belgium) and Professor Bart Rienties (Open University, UK)
Abstract submission guidelines
Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words and submitted as a word attachment to the conference email address (mthomas4@uclan.ac.uk). The submission email should contain the participant’s name, affiliation and biography (50 to 100 words). The deadline is 22nd May April 2017. All submissions will be blind peer-reviewed. Accepted abstracts will be allotted 20 minutes for presentations.
Further information on the symposium is available here:
Key dates
Abstract submission: 22nd May 2017
Notification to presenters: 5th June 2017
Conference: 17th July 2017
Publication guidelines
Presenters will also be invited to submit their papers for publication in a special edition of the peer-reviewed Journal of Second Language Teaching and Research.
Conference Address
Scholars Suite, School of Language and Global Studies, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2HE.
Participant Registration
Please register as a conference participant by following the link below. This event is free and light refreshments will be provided:
The VITAL project has been funded with support from the European Commission (Project number: 2015-BE02-KA203-012317).
