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TESL Canada Journal: Call for proposals for special topic issue 2016

The TESL Canada Journal (http://www.teslcanadajournal.ca) is soliciting proposals from prospective guest editors for the 2016 Special Issue. The TESL Canada Journal is an open access, refereed journal for practicing teachers, teacher educators, graduate students, and researchers. As the federally funded flagship journal of the TESL Canada Foundation, its mandate is to publish articles that contribute … Continue reading TESL Canada Journal: Call for proposals for special topic issue 2016

Bienvenue to Eurosla 25 ! Bienvenue à Aix-en-Provence!

From August 26 to August 29 2015, Aix-en-Provence and Université d’Aix-Marseille will play host to EuroSLA 25. Preparations are underway to make this silver jubilee conference a memorable and pleasant momen ! 301 proposals for oral presentations have been received by the Conference organisers. 168 have been accepted. 53 proposals were submitted for the poster … Continue reading Bienvenue to Eurosla 25 ! Bienvenue à Aix-en-Provence!

The Role of Attrition and Input in Heritage Language Development – Deadline extended

The deadline for abstract submission has been extended to June 30th for our  two-day workshop on Heritage Language Bilingualism to be held at the University of Reading, UK, in conjunction with the First Language Attrition Seminar Series, sponsored by ESRC, and led by Monika Schmid (Essex). Lost in Transmission? The Role of Attrition and Input … Continue reading The Role of Attrition and Input in Heritage Language Development – Deadline extended

EuroSLA Executive Committee elections: Call for nominations

Elections for officers and members of the Executive Committee will take place at the annual Eurosla conference in Aix-en-Provence this year. Nominations are now open for all of the positions on the committee and will stay open until the AGM in Aix. Please keep the following in mind when making nominations: 1) The composition of … Continue reading EuroSLA Executive Committee elections: Call for nominations

Call for papers: 2nd Conference on Tense, Aspect and Modality in L2 (TAML2)

Call for Papers Tense, Aspect and Modality in L2 (TAML2) 20-21st June, 2016 www.york.ac.uk/education/taml2 Hosted by the Centre for Research in Language Learning and Use, Department of Education, University of York We are pleased to announce the 2nd Conference on Tense, Aspect and Modality in L2 (TAML2). You are invited to submit abstracts for papers … Continue reading Call for papers: 2nd Conference on Tense, Aspect and Modality in L2 (TAML2)

Eurosla 25: Silver Jubilee – send us your pictures!

Dear Eurosla member, friend etc. The organizing committee of Eurosla 25 would like to mark the 25th anniversary of Eurosla Conferences by issuing a small album of significant pictures of the past Eurosla Conferences. This booklet will be included in the conference bag for every delegate, associated possibly to a specific website. The organizing committee … Continue reading Eurosla 25: Silver Jubilee – send us your pictures!

International Journal of Learner Corpus Research: call for papers

The International Journal of Learner Corpus Research (IJLCR) is a forum for researchers who collect, annotate, and analyse computer learner corpora and/or use them to investigate topics in Second Language Acquisition and linguistic theory in general, inform foreign language teaching, develop learner-corpus-informed tools (e.g. courseware, proficiency tests, dictionaries and grammars) or conduct natural language processing … Continue reading International Journal of Learner Corpus Research: call for papers

Call for Papers: Language Assessment in Canada

Call for Papers – Special Issue of TESL Canada Journal, Fall 2015: Language Assessment in Canada: Critical Issues and Research Agenda DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JUNE 1, 2015 Guest Editor: Liying Cheng, PhD, Professor of Language Assessment and Evaluation Assessment plays a central role in schooling, postsecondary education, workplace, and professional certification. Assessment results are utilized … Continue reading Call for Papers: Language Assessment in Canada