The organisers welcome the submission of research papers/posters dealing with technology-supported LSP (Language for Specific Purposes), teaching/learning and processing. Topics relevant to TISLID14 include (but are not limited to):
-Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL)
-New Trends: Ubiquity, Gamification, etc.
-Interaction design, Usability and Accessibility
-Language Massive Open Online Courses (LMOOCs)
-Open Courseware (OCW) / Open Educational Resources (OERs) for Languages
-E-learning and Languages in Primary/Secondary/Tertiary Education
-Computerised Language Testing and Assessment
-ICTs for Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
-Distance and Lifelong Language Teaching/Learning
-ICTs and Languages for Specific Purposes (LSPs)
-Computational Linguistics and Corpora
-Technological Innovation in Terminology and Translation
-Audiovisual Translation
All accepted abstracts will be published in the conference electronic proceedings (provided that their author/s send a 2500-3000 version of the paper within the deadline, which will be announced in due time). In addition, a selection of the best papers will be published as a separate research book with an international publisher. The authors in question will be required to submit an extended version of their paper (5000-7000 words) after the conference.
Important dates:
-Abstract submission deadline: December 15, 2013.
-Paper acceptance notification: January 31, 2014.
-Early Bird Registration: March 31, 2014.
-Full paper submission (proceedings): April 21, 2014.
-Conference dates: May 7-9, 2014.
Contacto:
Ana Ibañez Moreno
Correo e.: aibanez@flog.uned.es
TISLID’14 will be hosted by the ATLAS research group (//atlas.uned.es) at the University of Salamanca’s campus in Ávila (Spain), 7th – 9th May 2014. This event will include keynotes, workshops, paper presentations, posters and roundtable debates, including a EUROCALL Special Interest Group (SIG) session on MALL (Mobile Assisted Language Learning). The following experts have confirmed their participation as keynote speakers:-Jozef Colpaert (Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium) – Designing for personalization and contextualization-Gavin Dudeney (The Consultants-E, Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom) – Digital Literacies: Teachers & Learners-John Traxler (University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom) - Language, Literacy and MobilesThe following experts will run workshops on a number of relevant topics:-Mª Dolores Castrillo (UNED, Madrid, Spain) & Jorge Arús (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain) – Building a MOOC for language learning: a research-oriented workshop-Nicky Hockly (The Consultants-E, Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom) – Teaching with mobile devices: choices and challenges-Isabel Pérez (Consejería de Educación de Andalucía, Spain) – Designing CLIL materials using open educational resources and ICT tools-Stravroula Sokoli (Hellenic Open University, Patrai, Greece) – Audiovisual Translation for Foreign Language Learning: new multimodal resources
