[PN] Language Learning & Technology e-journal (5 Jan. 2004)

[Steve McCarty]

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* Tokyo Learner Corpora conference call for abstracts

An International Symposium on Learner Corpora in Asia
13-March-2004 - 14-March-2004, Tokyo, JAPAN
Linguistic Sub-field: Corpus Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition
Call Deadline: 1-Feb-2004
"This international symposium on learner corpora aims
to gather those involved in designing, compiling and using
corpora of second language learners for the purpose of
studying interlanguage features, second language acquisition,
and language teaching and learning, especially in Asian
contexts. The target language can be any language as long as
it is a corpus of L2 (second language) learners. We hope to
provide an opportunity among participants to share technical
and professional expertise they have in learner corpus
research in order to promote this exciting research
methodology for SLA researchers in English and other languages."
Sent by Prof. Kojiro Asao, Ritsumeikan University
Provisional Program:
March 13 (Sat): hands-on tutorials
a) Using MonoConc & ParaConc for learner corpora
   by Michael Barlow (Auckland, NZ)
b) TagEditor: a supporting tool for transcription and error tagging
   by Emi Izumi (CRL, JAPAN)
c) How to use XML for error tagging
   by Knut Hofland (NCCH, Norway)
March 14 (Sun): paper presentation & colloquium
 10:00 - 15:00 Invited lectures & individual papers
 15:30 - 17:30 Colloquium
Call for Abstracts:
You are invited to submit proposals on any of the following topics:
- design issues of learner corpora
- annotations (including error tagging) of learner corpora
- error analysis and learner corpora
- using learner corpora for verifying SLA theories
- using learner corpora for describing interlanguage
- using learner corpora for language teaching
- tools for learner corpus creation & exploitation
Abstracts (200 - 300 words, including your name, affiliation,
contact address, email address) should be sent by email to
Yukio Tono: y.tono@meikai.ac.jp
Important Dates:
Call deadline: February 1st 2004
Notice of acceptance: February 10th 2004
Deadline of extended abstract for the proceedings: February 29, 2004
Registration: details will appear on our dedicated website
(Official Language - English):
http://www.eng.ritsumei.ac.jp/icle-j/symposium/

* Reference Websites

Language Learning & Technology, Volume 8, Number 1
http://llt.msu.edu
"Please visit the LLT Web site and be sure to enter your free
subscription if you have not already done so. Also, we welcome your
contributions for future issues. Check our guidelines for submission at
http://llt.msu.edu/contrib.html
Sincerely, Dorothy Chun and Irene Thompson, Editors"
***Feature Articles***
1 Generalization of Computer Assisted Prosody Training:
Quantitative and Qualitative Findings
by Debra M. Hardison (Michigan State University)
2  Composition Medium Comparability in a Direct Writing
Assessment of Non-Native English Speakers
by Edward W. Wolfe and Jonathan R. Manalo (Michigan State University)
3 Towards an Effective Use of Audio Conferencing in Distance Language
Courses
by Regine Hampel and Mirjam Hauck (The Open University, United Kingdom)
4 Learners' Perspectives on Networked Collaborative Interaction
With Native Speakers of Spanish in the US
by Lina Lee (University of New Hampshire)
***Columns***
>From the Editors
by Dorothy Chun, Irene Thompson, and Pamela DaGrossa
On the Net
ICT4LT - Information and Communications Technology for Language Teachers
by Jean LeLoup and Robert Ponterio
Emerging Technologies
Making the Web Dynamic: DOM and DAV
by Robert Godwin-Jones
***Reviews***
Edited by Rafael Salaberry
1 Conversation and Technology by Ian Hutchby
Reviewed by Jean E. Conacher
2 Connected Speech by Protea Textware Pty Ltd
Reviewed by Joy Egbert
3 Business English: Meetings
by English Language Centre, University of Victoria
Reviewed by Pamela Couch

* Periodical articles

UK IN DANGER OF LOSING INTERNATIONAL STUDY APPEAL
by Bernadette McNulty, The Guardian, December 18, 2003
"The British Council is warning government and universities that unless
they change their attitudes to international students and the way they
deliver courses, the UK may lose its reputation as the most popular
place to study.
http://www.learningchannel.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/75567/1787/910

Uncensored Gore Vidal
By Marc Cooper, LA Weekly, AlterNet, December 30, 2003
[Vidal compares America's founders with today's despotic
administration and economically corrupt leading citizens - Ed]
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=17442

The Incomparable Judy Steinberg Dean
By Mary Lynn Jones, AlterNet, December 26, 2003
[Howard Dean says that his wife, who is continuing her career
as a doctor, would be "a real role model for America - a woman
who doesn't depend on her husband's career, and that's a majority
of women these days." - Ed.]
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=17441

Best wishes to peacemakers in 2004!

Collegially, Steve McCarty, Professor, Kagawa JC, Japan
Online library: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/epublist.html
E-mail (including items for Papyrus News): steve_mc@kagawa-jc.ac.jp