LCR 2022: 6th Learner Corpus Research Conference Department of Linguistic and Literary Studies, University of Padua Padua, Italy, September 22-24, 2022 |
Conference website | http://www.maldura.unipd.it/lcr-2022/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lcr2022 |
Abstract registration deadline | January 23, 2022 |
Submission deadline | January 23, 2022 |
The International Conference for Learner Corpus Research (LCR 2022) will be held at the University of Padua (Italy), at the Department of Linguistic and Literary Studies (www.disll.unipd.it) on 22-24 September, 2022.
Its aim is to bring together researchers, language teachers and software developers with a common interest in the use of learner corpora for research on second language acquisition, as well as for the enhancement of language pedagogy and language assessment. The LCR2022 Conference aims to showcase the latest developments in the field of learner corpus research regarding the description of learner language and the design of innovative methods and tools to analyse it.
The conference will feature keynote lectures, full paper presentations, work in progress reports, poster presentations, corpus/software demonstrations and a book exhibition. The language of the conference is English.
N.B: The deadline for submissions has been extended until 3 February 2022!!
Submission Guidelines
There will be four different categories of presentation:
- Full paper (20 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion)
- Work in Progress (WiP) report (10 minutes + 5 minutes for discussion)
- Corpus/software demonstration
- Poster
The WiP reports and posters are intended to present research still at a preliminary stage and on which researchers would like to get feedback.
Abstracts, written in English, should be between 600 and 700 words (excluding a list of references) and should provide the following:
- the category of presentation you intend to present: “Full Paper”, “WiP”, “Corpus/software demonstration” OR “Poster”;
- clearly articulated research question(s) and its/their relevance;
- the most important details about research approach, data and methods;
- (preliminary) results and their interpretation
To facilitate the review process, please copy your abstract and paste it in the Abstract field in Easychair. No file should be uploaded. Do not include your name or affiliation in the abstract.
Abstracts should be submitted by 3 February 2022 23 January 2022.
Competitions
There will be a competition for the best single-authored full paper given by a PhD student. If you are both a PhD student and an LCA member, and if you're presenting a single-authored full paper, you can participate in the competition. Remember to indicate that you are interested when submitting your abstract in EasyChair. Click here for details of how to become an LCA member.
All poster presenters will have the opportunity to take part in our best poster competition. Remember to indicate that you are interested when submitting your abstract in EasyChair.
Further information is available at our webpage: www.maldura.unipd.it/lcr-2022/
List of Topics
All topics related to learner corpus research based on any language are welcome. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Language for Academic Purposes;
- Language for Specific Purposes;
- Language Teaching, Assessment and Testing;
- Learner corpus-based SLA studies;
- Corpora as pedagogical resources;
- Multimodal learner corpora;
- Software for learner corpus analysis;
- Corpus-based translation studies;
- English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI);
- English as a Lingua Franca (ELF);
- Data mining and other explorative approaches to learner corpora;
- Statistical methods in learner corpus studies.
Committees
Organizing committee
- Erik Castello (University of Padua)
- Katherine Ackerley (University of Padua)
- Caroline Clark (University of Padua)
- Francesca Coccetta (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
- Marta Guarda (Eurac Research, Bolzano)
- Carla Quinci (University of Padua)
- María Belén Díez Bedmar (Universidad de Jaén)
Invited Speakers
The following keynote speakers have confirmed their participation in the conference:
- Silvia Bernardini (Università di Bologna, Italy)
- Anke Lüdeling (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany)
- Hilary Nesi (Coventry University, England)
Venue
The conference will be held at the University of Padua,
Department of Linguistic and Literary Studies
via E. Vendramini, 35137,
Padua, Italy
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to