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Title: February 2016 Issue of Language Learning & Technology
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From http://llt.msu.edu/
Volume 20 Number 1 of the online journal Language Learning & Technology is available at http://llt.msu.edu/issues/february2016/index.html. This is a special issue on Digital Literacies and Language Learning
Articles in this issue:
Becoming Little Scientists: Technologically-Enhanced Project-Based Language Learning
Melinda Dooly and Randall Sadler
Effects of Web-Based Collaborative Writing on Individual L2 Writing Development
Dawn Bikowski and Ramyadarshanie Vithanage
Type and Amount of Input-Based Practice in CALI: The Revelations of a Triangulated Research Design
Luis Cerezo
Language Learning Through Social Networks: Perceptions and Reality
Chin-Hsi Lin, Mark Warschauer, and Robert Blake
The Effects of Item Preview on Video-Based Multiple-Choice Listening Assessments
Dennis Koyama, Angela Sun, and Gary J. Ockey
Twitter-Based EFL Pronunciation Instruction
José Antonio Mompean and Jonás Fouz-González
Learning to Express Gratitude in Mandarin Chinese Through Web-Based Instruction
Li Yang
Concordancers and Dictionaries as Problem-Solving Tools for ESL Academic Writing
Choongil Yoon
Plus announcements, columns, and reviews.
Source: Michigan State University
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Title: Book: Innovation in Methodology and Practice in Language Learning
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From http://www.cambridgescholars.com/innovation-in-methodology-and-practice-in-language-learning
Innovation in Methodology and Practice in Language Learning: Experiences and Proposals for University Language Centres
Edited by Christopher Williams
This volume is composed of 24 papers originally presented as talks at the VIII National Conference of the Italian Association of University Language Centres (Associazione Italiana dei Centri Linguistici Universitari: AICLU), held at the University of Foggia, Italy, between 30 May and 1st June 2013.
The contributions fall into five sections: 1) keynote addresses from plenary speakers; 2) innovative challenges for language centres; 3) new developments in teaching language for specific purposes; 4) proposals and case studies in Content and Language Integrated Learning; and 5) the use of new technologies in language learning.
The volume represents the ‘state of the art’ in the field of language teaching and theory in university language centres not only in Italy, but also in other parts of Europe and the Mediterranean, and testifies to the rich variety of ways in which these centres are adapting and thriving in rapidly changing times.
Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.cambridgescholars.com/innovation-in-methodology-and-practice-in-language-learning
Source: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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Title: Book: Lexical Issues in L2 Writing
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Lexical Issues in L2 Writing
Edited by Päivi Pietilä, Katalin Doró, and Renata Pípalová
Published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Research into lexical issues has been one of the most rapidly growing areas of second language acquisition studies in recent years, and understandably so: the importance of vocabulary can hardly be denied. This volume concentrates on vocabulary in written language, mostly in academic settings. The target language (L2) in the studies reported in the volume is English, except in one study on the lexical competence of multilingual learners of French. Each chapter constitutes an independent unit, but together the studies reported in them give the reader a varied and extensive picture of lexical issues in L2 writing. The authors approach their topics from different perspectives and use diverse research methods, adding to the multifaceted nature of the volume. The book will be of interest to researchers, educators and students of second language acquisition and applied linguistics.
Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.cambridgescholars.com/lexical-issues-in-l2-writing
Source: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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Title: Book: Interaction and Second Language Development
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From http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-320.html
Interaction and Second Language Development: A Vygotskian perspective
By Rémi A. van Compernolle
Published by John Benjamins Publishing Company
This volume addresses the role of communicative interaction in driving various dimensions of second language development from the perspective of Vygotskian sociocultural psychology. Emphasizing the dialectical relationship between the external-social world and individual mental functioning, the chapters delve into a wide range of topics illustrating how the social and the individual are united in interaction. Themes include psychological and human mediation, joint action, negotiation for meaning, the role of first language use, embodied and nonverbal behaviors, and interactional competencies. Theoretical discussions and key concepts are reinforced and illustrated with detailed qualitative analyses of interaction in a variety of second language contexts. Each chapter also includes pedagogical recommendations. Supplemental materials or ‘data sessions’ that engage the readers with the themes presented in the book through sample analytic exercises are included, while videos have been made available online.
Visit the publisher’s website at https://benjamins.com/catalog/lllt.44
Source: LINGUIST List
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Title: Call for Proposals: 2017 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
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2017 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
Performance + Proficiency = Possibilities
March 9 - 11, 2017
Chicago, IL
Conference Highlights
- Explore ways to help students succeed in a global society
- Learn about colleagues' languages
- Discuss, debate, and learn about methodologies, cultures, and communities
- Share solutions to problems
- Investigate modes of assessment
- Explore uses of technology
- Learn techniques to motivate and stretch language proficiency
- Generate excitement about language learning
- Energize language educator
Proposals are due April 15, 2016.
View the call for proposals at http://csctfl.wildapricot.org/event-2134263
Source: CSCTFL
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Title: Call for Papers: Midwest Association of Language Testers Conference
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From http://www.purdue.edu/oepp/MwALT2016/Papers.html
18th MwALT conference
Policy and Practice in Language Testing and Assessment
Saturday, October 1, 2016
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Proposal Submission Due Date: June 13, 2016
View the full call for papers at http://www.purdue.edu/oepp/MwALT2016/Papers.html
Source: Purdue University
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Title: Call for Submissions: Explorations: Graduate Journal of Southeast Asia Studies
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From http://www.cseashawaii.org/students/explorations/papers/
Explorations is edited and published by graduate students at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa with administrative support provided by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS). The journal provides a peer-reviewed forum for graduate scholarship on Southeast Asia. Submissions are welcomed from students worldwide in all disciplines, however the author must be currently enrolled in an academic program or a recent graduate (within the last year). The journal is produced through a blind review process, by volunteer editors with the guidance of a faculty advisor. Explorations is published electronically and in hard copy, and is distributed to Southeast Asian Studies programs, centers, and university libraries both nationally and internationally.
DEADLINE FOR 2016 Issue: February 12, 2016
View the full call for submissions at http://www.cseashawaii.org/students/explorations/papers/
Source: UH CSEAS
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Title: Call for Papers: XVI International Congress of Slavists
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From http://slavic.fas.harvard.edu/pages/xv-international-congress-slavists
The American Committee of Slavists (ACS) issues a call for papers for the XVI International Congress of Slavists in Belgrade, Serbia, August 20–27, 2018, to determine the composition of the American delegation.
Eligibility. To be considered, an applicant must, without exception, have
1) a regular (not occasional) academic position (including emeritus status) in an American college or university;
2) a Ph.D. in hand by May 1, 2016, the deadline date for the submission of the abstract.
Qualified applicants must submit an application form by March 1, 2016, and an abstract by May 1, 2016.
For full details go to http://slavic.fas.harvard.edu/acs-call-for-papers
Source: Harvard University
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Title: Mini-Conference: Conversations in Immersion
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Conversations in Immersion/ Conversations en immersion
April 21-22, 2016
Lafayette
This mini-conference includes keynote addresses by leading immersion researchers, Tara Fortune and Mimi Met. In addition, conference attendees will get to participate in question/answer conversations with these same immersion researchers. The conference will have break-out sessions created by immersion teachers for immersion teachers showing best practices in their classrooms. On Friday there will be an information session panel discussion about the benefits of and roadblocks to immersion. The panel is designed for anyone who is interested in language immersion education and will also include a question/answer component. The panel will include Dr. Met, an immersion administrator, a Louisiana Department of Education representative, and a community member.
For full details and to register go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/conversations-in-immersion-conversations-en-immersion-tickets-19582977212
Source: Louisiana Consortium of Immersion Schools
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Title: Symposium: Promoting Spanish Language Development for Emergent Bilinguals
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Promoting Spanish Language Development for Emergent Bilinguals
A Collaborative Symposium by the Center for Applied Linguistics and WIDA
April 14 - 15, 2016 in Washington, DC
Summer 2016 in Madison, WI
Join the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) and WIDA in Washington, DC or Madison, WI for an engaging and interactive two-day Symposium designed to promote Spanish language development in a variety of bilingual and dual language settings, including one-way and two-way 90-10 or 50-50 program models.
Participants must be proficient in Spanish and have a working knowledge of English to fully participate in all aspects of the Symposium.
For full details go to http://www.cal.org/solutions/cal-wida-events.html
Source: CAL
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