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IRAAL Annual conference 2017, university of limerick
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Dé Sathairn an 18 Samhain 2017
Saturday 18 November 2017
AGM:
The 2016 IRAAL Annual General meeting took place in the Neill Theatre of the Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin, at 6.30pm on Saturday 19 November.
The 2016 IRAAL Annual General meeting took place in the Neill Theatre of the Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin, at 6.30pm on Saturday 19 November.
| AGM Notice & Agenda |
| 2016 Conference booklet |
| Conference schedule (as of 18/11/16) |
The IRAAL annual conference aims to bring together all sectors of applied linguistics in Ireland. In light of this year’s conference theme, we encourage submissions that deal with contemporary and emerging theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of first and second language acquisition, second and foreign language learning, language teaching, policy, curricula and assessment, e-learning and CALL.
Féachann comhdháil bhliantúil CTF le hearnálacha uile na teageolaíochta feidhmí in Éirinn a thabhairt le chéile. Ag teacht le téama na bliana seo, fáilteoimid roimh aighneachtaí a bhaineann le cur chuigí modheolaíochta agus teoiriciúla atá ag teacht chun cinn i ndáil le staidéar a dhéanamh ar shealbhú an chéad agus an dara teanga, an dara teanga agus teanga iasachta a fhoghlaim, múineadh teanga, beartas, curaclaim agus measúnú, ríomhfhoghlaim agus CALL.
In association with the School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences, Trinity College Dublin.
Plenary Speaker: Professor Françoise Blin, Associate Professor and Head of the School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies, Dublin City University.
Plenary Abstract: Researching Second Language Acquisition and Learning in the digital age: still in search of new paradigms*?
Since the beginning of the 21st Century, a formidable shift has taken place in the ways language learning and language use take place across multiple sites and multiple timescales. As ‘computers’ (i.e., not only desktop computers but also laptops, tablets, smartphones, the Internet of things, etc.) have become ubiquitous, “technology has come to mediate all manner of professional, recreational, interpersonal, and educational activity” (Thorne, 2016: 241), and the physical classroom is no longer the primary site for second/foreign language learning and language use. While new digital spaces offer new affordances to language teachers and learners, they also increase the complexity of language teaching and learning. They also increase the complexity of researching second language acquisition/development. Over the last two decades, and in response to the cognitive-social debate triggered by Firth’s and Warner’s (1997) call for a better integration of “both the social and cognitive dimensions of S/FL use and acquisition”, ecological perspectives (Kramsch, 2002; van Lier, 2004), have attracted considerable interest within the SLA and CALL communities. Dynamic systems theory/complexity theory, ecological psychology, cultural historical activity theory (CHAT), to mention but a few, provide conceptual and methodological tools that can be called upon to investigate the complex language learning ecosystems that now provide the context for language learners’ “mediated and non-mediated cognitive and communicative activity” (Thorne, 2016: 244). In parallel, technology has provided us with new tools and techniques that allow us “to collect, organize and analyse [Learner Computer Interactions] LCI data in cutting-edge ways” (Caws & Hamel, 2016: 5). Together with more traditional methods (e.g., classroom observation, discourse analysis, conversation analysis, etc.), eye-tracking, video screen capture, multimodal transcriptions and analysis of learner interactions, learner modelling, etc., enable us to gain richer insights into the complex and dynamic processes that characterise second language development in the digital age. In this presentation, I will first explore the changing landscape of second/foreign language teaching and learning. I will then discuss how an ecological perspective on language learning and technology, together with new methods to elicit, collect, and analyse language learner data can help us define a research agenda that will “[open] up radically new approaches to language teaching and learning” (Garrett, 2009: 733).
* The title of this presentation is a nod to Carol Chapelle’s (1997) seminal article: CALL in the year 2000: Still in search of research paradigms?
References
Caws, C. & Hamel, M.-J. (eds.) (2016). Language-Learner Computer Interactions: Theory, methodology and CALL applications. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
Chapelle, C. (1997). CALL in the year 2000: Still in search of research paradigms? Language Learning and Technology, 1(1), 19-43. http://llt.msu.edu/vol1num1/chapelle/default.html
Firth, A. & Wagner, J. (1997). On Discourse, Communication, and (Some) Fundamental Concepts in SLA Research. The Modern Language Journal, 81(3), 285–300.
Garrett, N. (2009). Computer-Assisted Language Learning Trends and Issues Revisited: Integrating Innovation. The Modern Language Journal, 93, 719–740.
Kramsch, C. (ed.). (2002). Language Acquisition and Language Socialization: Ecological Perspectives. London: Continuum.
Thorne, S.L. (2016). Afterword. In C. Caws & M.-J. Hamel (eds.), Language-Learner Computer Interactions: Theory, methodology and CALL applications. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. 241-246.
Conference Venue, Travel & Accommodation
Trinity College is located in the centre of Dublin. The venue for the IRAAL 2016 Conference is the Trinity Long Room Hub, the university’s research institute for the Arts and Humanities. A number of different accommodation options are possible, including AirBnB, hostels (e.g. Generator Hostel, Jacob's Inn, or the Dublin International Hostel) and hotels near the university. Conference participants may wish to explore the O’Callaghan Hotel Group or the Trinity City Hotel. For those of you coming from outside Ireland, Dublin Airport is situated some 10 km north of the city centre. Ryanair and Aer Lingus provide reasonably priced options between most European cities and Dublin, in addition to the other European airlines. The city centre is easy to navigate on foot, and the university is in the heart of the city retail and tourist areas. The Aircoach shuttle bus runs 24/7 from outside the airport terminal, and provides a direct journey to the city centre and beyond, stopping beside Trinity College on Lower Grafton Street. Dublin Bus run a regular Airlink bus service from the airport to the city centre. There are also regular city buses which will take you from the airport to the city centre; these serve all bus stops, and will take longer. Details of these routes are at bottom of the Dublin Bus URL mentioned earlier. A taxi from the airport to the city centre will cost approximately €35 and takes about 30 minutes, although it may take longer depending on traffic (ask for a printed receipt when you pay).
Registration
Conference registration will open after 14 October 2016, fees payable via PayPal:
Presentation Guidelines
Féachann comhdháil bhliantúil CTF le hearnálacha uile na teageolaíochta feidhmí in Éirinn a thabhairt le chéile. Ag teacht le téama na bliana seo, fáilteoimid roimh aighneachtaí a bhaineann le cur chuigí modheolaíochta agus teoiriciúla atá ag teacht chun cinn i ndáil le staidéar a dhéanamh ar shealbhú an chéad agus an dara teanga, an dara teanga agus teanga iasachta a fhoghlaim, múineadh teanga, beartas, curaclaim agus measúnú, ríomhfhoghlaim agus CALL.
In association with the School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences, Trinity College Dublin.
Plenary Speaker: Professor Françoise Blin, Associate Professor and Head of the School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies, Dublin City University.
Plenary Abstract: Researching Second Language Acquisition and Learning in the digital age: still in search of new paradigms*?
Since the beginning of the 21st Century, a formidable shift has taken place in the ways language learning and language use take place across multiple sites and multiple timescales. As ‘computers’ (i.e., not only desktop computers but also laptops, tablets, smartphones, the Internet of things, etc.) have become ubiquitous, “technology has come to mediate all manner of professional, recreational, interpersonal, and educational activity” (Thorne, 2016: 241), and the physical classroom is no longer the primary site for second/foreign language learning and language use. While new digital spaces offer new affordances to language teachers and learners, they also increase the complexity of language teaching and learning. They also increase the complexity of researching second language acquisition/development. Over the last two decades, and in response to the cognitive-social debate triggered by Firth’s and Warner’s (1997) call for a better integration of “both the social and cognitive dimensions of S/FL use and acquisition”, ecological perspectives (Kramsch, 2002; van Lier, 2004), have attracted considerable interest within the SLA and CALL communities. Dynamic systems theory/complexity theory, ecological psychology, cultural historical activity theory (CHAT), to mention but a few, provide conceptual and methodological tools that can be called upon to investigate the complex language learning ecosystems that now provide the context for language learners’ “mediated and non-mediated cognitive and communicative activity” (Thorne, 2016: 244). In parallel, technology has provided us with new tools and techniques that allow us “to collect, organize and analyse [Learner Computer Interactions] LCI data in cutting-edge ways” (Caws & Hamel, 2016: 5). Together with more traditional methods (e.g., classroom observation, discourse analysis, conversation analysis, etc.), eye-tracking, video screen capture, multimodal transcriptions and analysis of learner interactions, learner modelling, etc., enable us to gain richer insights into the complex and dynamic processes that characterise second language development in the digital age. In this presentation, I will first explore the changing landscape of second/foreign language teaching and learning. I will then discuss how an ecological perspective on language learning and technology, together with new methods to elicit, collect, and analyse language learner data can help us define a research agenda that will “[open] up radically new approaches to language teaching and learning” (Garrett, 2009: 733).
* The title of this presentation is a nod to Carol Chapelle’s (1997) seminal article: CALL in the year 2000: Still in search of research paradigms?
References
Caws, C. & Hamel, M.-J. (eds.) (2016). Language-Learner Computer Interactions: Theory, methodology and CALL applications. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
Chapelle, C. (1997). CALL in the year 2000: Still in search of research paradigms? Language Learning and Technology, 1(1), 19-43. http://llt.msu.edu/vol1num1/chapelle/default.html
Firth, A. & Wagner, J. (1997). On Discourse, Communication, and (Some) Fundamental Concepts in SLA Research. The Modern Language Journal, 81(3), 285–300.
Garrett, N. (2009). Computer-Assisted Language Learning Trends and Issues Revisited: Integrating Innovation. The Modern Language Journal, 93, 719–740.
Kramsch, C. (ed.). (2002). Language Acquisition and Language Socialization: Ecological Perspectives. London: Continuum.
Thorne, S.L. (2016). Afterword. In C. Caws & M.-J. Hamel (eds.), Language-Learner Computer Interactions: Theory, methodology and CALL applications. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. 241-246.
Conference Venue, Travel & Accommodation
Trinity College is located in the centre of Dublin. The venue for the IRAAL 2016 Conference is the Trinity Long Room Hub, the university’s research institute for the Arts and Humanities. A number of different accommodation options are possible, including AirBnB, hostels (e.g. Generator Hostel, Jacob's Inn, or the Dublin International Hostel) and hotels near the university. Conference participants may wish to explore the O’Callaghan Hotel Group or the Trinity City Hotel. For those of you coming from outside Ireland, Dublin Airport is situated some 10 km north of the city centre. Ryanair and Aer Lingus provide reasonably priced options between most European cities and Dublin, in addition to the other European airlines. The city centre is easy to navigate on foot, and the university is in the heart of the city retail and tourist areas. The Aircoach shuttle bus runs 24/7 from outside the airport terminal, and provides a direct journey to the city centre and beyond, stopping beside Trinity College on Lower Grafton Street. Dublin Bus run a regular Airlink bus service from the airport to the city centre. There are also regular city buses which will take you from the airport to the city centre; these serve all bus stops, and will take longer. Details of these routes are at bottom of the Dublin Bus URL mentioned earlier. A taxi from the airport to the city centre will cost approximately €35 and takes about 30 minutes, although it may take longer depending on traffic (ask for a printed receipt when you pay).
Registration
Conference registration will open after 14 October 2016, fees payable via PayPal:
- €25 Euro for IRAAL members
- €15 Euro for IRAAL members who are full-time students, retired or unwaged
- €65 Euro for non-IRAAL members
- €35 Euro for other full-time students, retired or unwaged.
Presentation Guidelines
- Paper presentations are formal presentations on original research by one or more authors. Presenters are asked to prepare a talk of 20 minutes. There will be a short question & answer directly after each talk. The paper presentations will be grouped by theme into parallel sessions of two/three papers.
- Presenters are asked to keep within the allotted time so that there may be time for discussion and to ensure the smooth running of each session.
- Rooms have a computer (PC) and projector, speakers, and internet connection. We ask presenters to bring their presentation on a USB drive, to arrive promptly for their session and to load their presentations at the beginning of their session.
- All participants are encouraged, where possible, to remain for the whole session to avoid disruption.
- Lightning talks will be held in front of the full conference audience. Presenters will inspire the audience on issues and practices in applied linguistics and language teaching, with a focus on the future. These talks follow a ‘TED-talk’ format and should last between 5 to 7 minutes maximum. Talks will be strictly timed. There will be an opportunity for questions and answers following the lightning talks.
Conference Registration
Click on the relevant option in the dropdown menu below to pay your registration fee either through PayPal or by using your debit/credit note (you do not need to have a PayPal account to use this payment method). There is a reduced fee for IRAAL members, full-time students, the unwaged and retired. Please note that conference registration closes on 1 November 2016.
Click on the relevant option in the dropdown menu below to pay your registration fee either through PayPal or by using your debit/credit note (you do not need to have a PayPal account to use this payment method). There is a reduced fee for IRAAL members, full-time students, the unwaged and retired. Please note that conference registration closes on 1 November 2016.
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events archive
Below is an archive of event announcements from 2002-present. Event abstracts and slides can be downloaded using the blue buttons to the right of the descriptions.
2016
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16 June 2016, 6.30 pm
Dr. Martin Howard, Head, Department of French, University College Cork Study Abroad Research and Second Language Acquisition: Perspectives from the Past, Directions for the Future Room 1.23, O'Rahilly Building, University College Cork 9th March Máire Mhic Mhathúna M.Ed., Ph.D. Assistant Head of School of Languages, Law and Social Sciences/Leascheann Scoile, Scoil na dTeangacha, an Dlí agus na nEolaíochtaí Sóisialta, Dublin Institute of Technology Early Childhood Education for Applied Linguists |
2015
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21st November
Forward thinking in Applied Linguistics hosted by Trinity College Dublin, Ireland The IRAAL 40th anniversary conference brought together all sectors of applied linguistics in Ireland to celebrate 4o years of our association’s academic activity. March 9th
Jim McKinley, Graduate School of Languages and Linguistics, Sophia University, Tokyo Making the most of written assessment |
2014
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November 12th
Rióna Ní Fhrighil, Roinn na Gaeilge, NUI, Galway Implementing a new Irish Language Syllabus at Third-Level – the work of An Mheitheal um Theagasc na Gaeilge ar an Tríú Leibhéal April 3rd
Jennifer Bruen, School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies, Dublin City University ‘Ambitious teaching’ and ‘transformational learning’? Using Structured Academic Controversy in the language classroom and in preparation for study abroad March 12th
Conny Opitz, Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies, Trinity College Dublin ‘What language do you think in?’ Adult bilinguals’ language repertoires after a long period of living abroad. February 5th
Máirín Nic Eoin, Department of Irish, St. Patrick's College & John Walsh, Department of Irish, NUI Galway Irish Language Syllabus Development at Third-Level – the work of An Mheitheal um Theagasc na Gaeilge ar an Tríú Leibhéal |
2013
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October 2nd
Fiona Farr, Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Limerick Interactions in Language Teacher Education: Some of the Whats & Hows (handout) |
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May 1st
Peter Howarth, The Language Centre, University of Leeds Promoting foreign languages in formal education in a time of reform: a UK perspective |
2012
2011
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May 9th
Lorna Carson, Centre for Language and Communication Studies Trinity College Dublin Multilingualism in Dublin (report) |
2010
November 9th
Barry O’Sullivan, Director of the Centre for Language Assessment Research, Roehampton University
Interpreting Standards in Language Testing
October 14th
Thomas Vogel, Director of the Foreign Language Centre at the Viadrina European University Frankfurt (Oder)
Languages in European higher education: the future agenda (slides)
October 1st
Postgraduate Symposium, Dennis Preston (plenary), Oklahoma State University
When real people talk, linguists should do more than listen: pragmatic and discoursal approaches to folk linguistic data
June 17th
Karen Ruddock, National Co-ordinator of Post-Primary Languages Initiative
[Seminar] The Challenges of Diversification: An introduction to the work of the Post-Primary Languages Initiative (PPLI)
May 6th
Michael Grenfell, Professor of Education Trinity College Dublin
The European Language Teacher: Vision or Mirage?
March 19th
Norbert Schmitt, School of English Studies University of Nottingham
Researching Vocabulary: Important but Neglected Issues
2007
June 15th
Máire Ní Annracháin, School of Irish, NUI Maynooth
Scottish Gaelic and Irish speakers: linguistic and political challenges
May 10th
James Wickham, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin
Mobile Ireland: emigration, immigration, migration?
February 23rd
Robert Moore, NUI Maynooth/Department of Linguistics, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Economies of scarcity and abundance in a Native North American language-maintenance project
2006
September 7th-9th
BAAL-IRAAL Conference, University College Cork
(conference abstracts)
March 24th
The New Languages of Ireland Conference, NUI Maynooth
(list of presenters)
March 2nd
Dirk Geeraerts, University of Leuven
Measuring convergence and divergence between language varieties
2005
Merrill Swain, April 5th
Collaborative Dialogue and Second Language Learning
1st IRAAL Conference, January 28th-29th
'Languages in Crisis', and Postgraduate Symposium
Annick de Houwer, January 19th
How to raise healthy bilingual children
2004
Jim McCloskey, December 7th
Language: Unravelling the Threads
IRAAL Postgraduate Symposium, January 17th
Sponsored by Authentik Language Learning Resources
2003
Orlaith Tunney & Rhona Sherry, December 3rd
Transferable Skills in Third Level Modern Languages Curricula
Paul Fletcher, September 22nd
Early vocabulary development in children: An alternative method and some results
2002
Jeffrey Kallen, October 15th
Hiberno-English in a Post-modern world
Helen Ó Murchú, February 7th
The European Charter and Minority Languages
November 9th
Barry O’Sullivan, Director of the Centre for Language Assessment Research, Roehampton University
Interpreting Standards in Language Testing
October 14th
Thomas Vogel, Director of the Foreign Language Centre at the Viadrina European University Frankfurt (Oder)
Languages in European higher education: the future agenda (slides)
October 1st
Postgraduate Symposium, Dennis Preston (plenary), Oklahoma State University
When real people talk, linguists should do more than listen: pragmatic and discoursal approaches to folk linguistic data
June 17th
Karen Ruddock, National Co-ordinator of Post-Primary Languages Initiative
[Seminar] The Challenges of Diversification: An introduction to the work of the Post-Primary Languages Initiative (PPLI)
May 6th
Michael Grenfell, Professor of Education Trinity College Dublin
The European Language Teacher: Vision or Mirage?
March 19th
Norbert Schmitt, School of English Studies University of Nottingham
Researching Vocabulary: Important but Neglected Issues
2007
June 15th
Máire Ní Annracháin, School of Irish, NUI Maynooth
Scottish Gaelic and Irish speakers: linguistic and political challenges
May 10th
James Wickham, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin
Mobile Ireland: emigration, immigration, migration?
February 23rd
Robert Moore, NUI Maynooth/Department of Linguistics, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Economies of scarcity and abundance in a Native North American language-maintenance project
2006
September 7th-9th
BAAL-IRAAL Conference, University College Cork
(conference abstracts)
March 24th
The New Languages of Ireland Conference, NUI Maynooth
(list of presenters)
March 2nd
Dirk Geeraerts, University of Leuven
Measuring convergence and divergence between language varieties
2005
Merrill Swain, April 5th
Collaborative Dialogue and Second Language Learning
1st IRAAL Conference, January 28th-29th
'Languages in Crisis', and Postgraduate Symposium
Annick de Houwer, January 19th
How to raise healthy bilingual children
2004
Jim McCloskey, December 7th
Language: Unravelling the Threads
IRAAL Postgraduate Symposium, January 17th
Sponsored by Authentik Language Learning Resources
2003
Orlaith Tunney & Rhona Sherry, December 3rd
Transferable Skills in Third Level Modern Languages Curricula
Paul Fletcher, September 22nd
Early vocabulary development in children: An alternative method and some results
2002
Jeffrey Kallen, October 15th
Hiberno-English in a Post-modern world
Helen Ó Murchú, February 7th
The European Charter and Minority Languages
