Corpus linguistics, applied linguistics & technology in language education
Doug Biber; Jesse Egbert; Mark Davies Panel: A linguistic taxonomy of registers on the searchable web: Distribution, linguistic descriptions, and automatic register identification Abstract book pp 52-54 Doug Biber Oral-literate dimensions & Narrative dimension remain constant in all MDA across languages and registers Oral-literate dimensions 3 dimensions here Pronouns & questions, verbs, dependent clauses crucial in … Read more
The European Journal of Applied Linguistics (EuJAL) focuses on the particular concerns of applied linguistics in European contexts, both by addressing problems that are typically relevant for the linguistic situation in Europe, from those on the level of the EU as a pan-national body down to the level of the individual, and by examining topics … Read more
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Provisional Book Title: Learner Autonomy and Web 2.0 Call for Abstracts The 2017 CALICO Monograph, published by Equinox, aims to explore how the notion of learner autonomy is being reshaped within Web 2.0 environments. In early definitions, dating from the 1980s,learner autonomy was largely conceived of in terms of individuals working in ‘self-access’ mode, selecting the learning … Read more
Through the AESLA mail list ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Workshop on Future and Emerging Trends in Language Technologies Universidad de Sevilla, 19-20 November 2015 http://www.glc.us.es/fetlt2015/ The Workshop ‘Future and Emerging Trends in Language Technology‘ has been conceived as a meeting point where experts and professionals in the fields of language technologies and other converging areas will discuss the … Read more
Through the AESLA mail-list :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: CALL FOR PAPERS International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism: Special Issue 2017 As guest editors (Yolanda Ruiz de Zarobe and Roy Lyster) of a Special Issue of the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, we invite you to submit proposals on the following topic: Instructional practices and teacher … Read more