Corpus linguistics, applied linguistics & technology in language education
perezparedes Bernardette Holmes Speak to the future website Born Global www Project introduction Interim report Some preliminary questions How languages are used in professional contexts? How language needs are met Employer attitudes towards language skills Recruitment and remuneration behaviours Expectations of language competence and use “The new normal is multilinguism” Mismatch between demand and supply … Read more
Through the Corpora list ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: The Windows program Collocate 1.0 is available for download at michaelbarlow.com. The software extracts collocations in various ways (including n-grams) and provides scores based on MI, t-score and Log Likelihood. This version of the software is now free. If you want to simply check out the functionality of the … Read more
Multilingualism Research Group lunchtime seminar Cambridge Language Sciences November 19, 13.00-14.30 GR05, Faculty of English DTAL ‘s ‘EMMA’ corpus: a resource for research and teaching Dr Edith Esch (University of Cambridge) This session will be a presentation of the EMMA corpus, which was recorded between July 1982 and July 1983 in the studio of theLinguistics … Read more
Call for Papers for the forthcoming Young language Learners Symposium to be held in July 2016, at the University of Oxford. Young Language Learners (YLL) Symposium 2016 Department of Education, University of Oxford University July 6th – 8th, 2016 Email: YLL2016@education.ox.ac.uk Call for Papers The organizing committee of the YLL Symposium 2016 invites the … Read more
PhD studentships in Psychology and Education x 2 (Fixed Term) Closing date: 02 December 2015 We invite applications for two fully-funded PhD studentships, supported by the LEGO Foundation and the University of Cambridge, commencing in October 2016. The three-year PhD projects will focus on learning through play and development in early childhood. The research … Read more
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