--- Forwarded Message from Mark Richard Lauersdorf <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2006 18:50:57 -0400 >From: Mark Richard Lauersdorf <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Macintosh/20060909) >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Call for Papers - Language Technology at the KFLC Hello all, If you missed last year's inaugural event, here is your opportunity to join us for the second year of language technology in the Bluegrass! I hope to hear from you. Mark Lauersdorf P.S. I can send out a .pdf version of this Call for Papers for you to share with your colleagues in the language programs who may not be on LLTI. Just let me know. ************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS $E2Ai Language Technology Language Technology is now in its second year as an official section of the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference! After last year$E2Aos successful inaugural run of 24 papers and 2 special sessions, Language Technology is back for the 60th anniversary of the KFLC. The conference will take place 19-21 April 2007 on the campus of the University of Kentucky in Lexington. Abstracts are invited in all areas and aspects of technology and language including, but certainly not limited to: - using tech tools and techniques for language instruction in all skills and on all levels - integrating technology into literature, culture and linguistics classrooms - employing technology-based research and publication in language scholarship - guiding language educators toward optimal use of technology in their teaching and research - managing language technology in an academic setting In addition to individual abstracts, proposals will be considered for complete panels of five papers organized around a common theme. The KFLC has a tradition of attracting scholars from a broad range of languages and specializations. This year's conference will have sessions in Arabic, French, German, Italian, Luso-Brazilian, Slavic, and Spanish studies, as well as Language for the Professions. We would also like to see this broad range represented in the Language Technology sessions, to encourage cross-pollination of ideas among the individual languages and disciplines working to integrate technology into their teaching and research programs, and to encourage participants from the various literature, culture and linguistics sessions to join us in our discussions. Abstracts should be no more than one page in length and should include author's name, affiliation and contact coordinates. Panel proposals should include on a single sheet the theme of the panel, the organizer's name and contact information, and the names and affiliations of the panel participants (all abstracts should be assembled by the panel organizer and submitted with the panel proposal). In view of the multi-language audience that we hope to attract to all IT sessions, the recommended language of presentation is English. Deadline for submission of abstracts and panel proposals is 15 November 2006. All proposed abstracts and panels will be considered for inclusion in the KFLC program. Acceptance of a paper or complete panel implies a commitment on the part of the participant(s) to register and attend the conference. All presenters must pay the appropriate registration fee by 15 February 2007 to be included in the program. For more information on conference logistics, please visit http://www.uky.edu/as/kflc/. For specific information on the Language Technology sessions and to submit LT abstracts and panel proposals, contact the LT section leader at the coordinates listed below. We look forward to seeing you in beautiful springtime Kentucky for the continuation of an exciting new addition to the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference! Mark Lauersdorf ----------------------------------- Dr. Mark Richard Lauersdorf KFLC -- Language Technology section leader Associate Professor of Languages and Linguistics Director of Language Technology Department of Modern & Classical Languages Department of Hispanic Studies 1055 Patterson Office Tower University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0027, USA phone: ++ 859.257.7101 fax: ++ 859.257.3743 e-mail: [log in to unmask] *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************