CFP

TISLID18: Technological Innovation for Specialized Linguistic Domains 2018

Ghent University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Languages, Translation and Communication

Ghent, Belgium, May 24-26, 2018

Conference website	http://www.tislid18.ugent.be
Submission link	https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tislid18
Abstract registration deadline	January 10, 2018
Submission deadline	January 10, 2018
Early bird registration	March 31, 2018
Full paper submission (proceedings)	May 23, 2018

Topics: language technologies tell (technologically enhanced language learning) icts for multilingual communication

Call for papers TISLID 18 (see video presentation here: https://canal.uned.es/serial/index/id/5758)

The third conference on Technological Innovation for Specialized Linguistic Domains (TISLID18), Languages for Digital Lives and Cultures, is to be held at Ghent University, Belgium, 24-26 May 2018.

It will be hosted by the Ghent University-based research groups MULTIPLES (http://research.flw.ugent.be/en/multiples) and LT3 (https://www.lt3.ugent.be/), as well as by the UNED-based ATLAS research group (http://atlas.uned.es).

This event offers a great opportunity to interchange knowledge and experiences, both in a formal and informal, creative way, regarding language-based digital realities. This new forum aims to promote academic debate on digital language technologies, with a special focus on their potential for promoting communication and (lifelong) learning.

The conference will include keynotes, paper presentations, posters, a roundtable debate (on Thursday and Friday), and workshops (on Saturday).

We welcome the submission of research papers/posters dealing with any of the thematic areas shown below:

Language Technologies:
- The Semantic Web
- Ontological databases
- Computer Assisted Translation (CAT)
- Digital Lexicography
- Lexicological and Terminological applications
TELL (Technologically-enhanced Language Learning)
- Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL)
- Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
- Computer Mediated Communication (CMC)
- Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
Technologies of Interlingual and Multilingual Communication
- Languages and social practices in a mobile digital culture
- Language learning, performance support and the babel fish
- Learning and preserving minority languages in the digital era
- Multilingualism and interculturality in the digital era

Those interested in submitting a proposal should send a 300-500 word abstract (with key references) following the steps outlined in the conference website: www.tislid18.ugent.be and in Easychair itself.

All proposals will be subject to a double-peer blind review process.

Keynote speakers:

Our keynote speakers are excellent communicators and storytellers and renowned for their work, which combines research and development at the forefront of technological and didactical innovation:

Inge de Waard (Open University): MOOCs: Stuck between Realities of Informal Learning and Myths of Personalisation
Aga Palalas (University of Toronto): Mindfulness for human-centered digital learning

Workshops on Saturday are open for both academic researchers and foreign language teaching professionals:

Patrick Goethals (Ghent University): Boost your language research and teaching practice with PYTHON.
Cristina Calle (Complutense University of Madrid) & Ana Ibáñez (UNED): New technologies and their application to new trends in language learning: autonomous, collaborative, ludic.

Conference publications:

1. Proceedings: All accepted abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings (provided that their author/s send a 2500-3000 word version of the paper within the deadline, which will be announced in due course before the congress. See the last proceedings publication in Research-publishing.net: 10.14705/rpnet.2016.tislid2014.9781908416353

2. Selected papers publication. 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) in due course after the congress. See previous books:

From TISLID 10: Languages for Specific Purposes in the Digital Era, by Springer (http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319022215#otherversion=9783319378503)
From TISLID 14: Technology-Enhanced Language Learning for Specialized Domains: Practical Applications and Mobility, by Routledge (https://www.routledge.com/Technology-Enhanced-Language-Learning-for-Specialized-Domains-Practical/Martin-Monje-Elorza-Garcia-Riaza/p/book/9781138120433)

Important dates:

- Abstract submission deadline: January 10, 2018.
- Paper acceptance notification: January 31, 2018.
- Early Bird Registration: March 31, 2018.
- Full paper submission (proceedings): May 1, 2018.
- Conference dates: May 24-26, 2018.

The organizing committee is looking forward to meeting you in Ghent. For further information, please contact: tislid18@gmail.com

Main organizers

Elena Bárcena (co-chair, UNED): mbarcena@flog.uned.es

Ana Ibáñez (co-chair, UNED): aibanez@flog.uned.es

Patrick Goethals (co-chair, Ghent University): Patrick.Goethals@UGent.be

Anna Vermeulen(co-chair, Ghent University): Anna.Vermeulen@UGent.be

Honor president:

Brian Holmes, Director of the Executive Agency for Education, Audiovisual and Culture (EACEA) at the European Commission.

Extended organizing Committee

Dirk De Hertog (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, KULAK)

Marie-Aude Lefer (Université Catholique de Lovaine, UCL)

Scientific Committee

Jorge Arús Hita (University Complutense of Madrid)

Cristina Calle Martínez (University Complutense of Madrid)

Maria Dolores Castrillo (UNED)

Bernard De Clerck (Ghent University)

Liliana Cuesta Medina (University of La Sabana)

Jozef Colpaert (University of Antwerp)

Piet Desmet (University of Leuven)

María Ángeles Escobar Álvarez (UNED)

June Eyckmans (Ghent University)

Jesús García Laborda (Alcalá University)

Agnes Kukulska-Hulme (Open University)

Els Lefever (Ghent University)

Elena Martín Monje (UNED)

Salvador Montaner (UNED)

Antonio Pareja (University Complutense of Madrid)

Lourdes Pomposo (University of Camilo José Cela)

Timothy Read (UNED)

Aline Remael (University of Antwerp)

Blanca Riaza (University of Salamanca)

Beatriz Sedano (UNED)

Carola Strobl (Ghent University)

John Traxler (University of Wolverhampton)

Patricia Vanden Bulcke (Ghent University)