Corpus linguistics, applied linguistics & technology in language education
Call for papers for a special issue in Writing & Pedagogy (Equinox), (Winter 2017, 9:2) titled “Multimodality in electronic feedback on writing”. It can be found under the following link: https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/WAP/announcement/view/130
Freeman Centre, University of Sussex, 27 February 2016 Some of the presentations ____________________ Lee Oakley, University of Birmingham Some challenges when analysing a Census Corpus The SexEd Corpus: a census corpus 1950-2014 93,202 words 11-16 year olds Teenage readership How are different sexualities presented to British teenagers? Methodological approach to more qualitative analyses All … Read more
There is a fast-moving worldwide shift from English being taught as a foreign language (EFL) to English being the medium of instruction (EMI) for academic subjects” (Dearden, 2014, p. 2). Dearden, J. (2014). English as a medium of instruction-a growing global phenomenon: Phase 1. London: British Council.
CLS12 will take place on Saturday 2 April 2016 at Edge Hill University. The focus of CLS12 is the interaction of lexis and grammar. The focus is influenced by Halliday’s view of lexis and grammar as “complementary perspectives” (1991: 32), and his conception of the two as notional ends of a continuum (lexicogrammar), in that … Read more
Source: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Foreign_language_learning_statistics Data extracted in January 2016. Most recent data: Further Eurostat information, Main tables and Database. Planned article update: January 2017.
CALL FOR PAPERS BAAL / Cambridge University Press Applied Linguistics Seminar Programme 2015-2016 and COST Action IS1306 New Speakers in a Multilingual Europe: Opportunities and Challenges New plurilingual pathways for integration: Immigrants and language learning in the 21st Century Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 26th & 27th May 2016 The 21st Century is witnessing increased discussions … Read more