Conference Mi 8 9 April 2010
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The document summarizes an upcoming two-day conference on recent research in English Applied Linguistics and its implications for teaching English. The conference will explore three main areas of research: Second Language Acquisition, Corpus Linguistics, and Language Teaching. On the first day, talks will cover Second Language Acquisition research and Corpus Linguistics research. The second day will focus on Language Teaching research and implications for teaching English based on current research findings. Attendance is limited to around 100 participants, so early registration is advised.
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Conference Mi 8 9 April 2010
- 1. Although a relatively young discipline, English Applied Linguistics has made great Registration: strides in the last few decades, with new Facolt di Lettere e Filosofia areas of enquiry acquiring prominence, http://www.istruzione.lombardia.it/iscrizioni/ Dipartimento di Scienze del Linguaggio e such as Second Language Acquisition and 0809apr10/index.php Letterature Straniere Comparate Corpus Linguistics. Many of the findings N.B.: Due to space constraints, attendance must be from recent research in these areas carry limited to around 100 participants. Early registration is important implications for the learning and strongly advised. Conference the teaching of English as a foreign language. The aim of this two-day event, organized by the English linguistics section of the Department of Language Studies and Compared Literature, Universit degli Studi di Milano, is to provide a forum for researchers and teachers to illustrate and discuss what recent research in English Applied Linguistics has to say for the learning and teaching of English. Three In collaboration with: main areas of research will be explored in the conference: Second Language Acquisi- Scuola Interuniversitaria Lombarda di tion, Corpus Linguistics and Language Specializzazione per lInsegnamento Teaching. Secondario (SILSIS-MI, Universit degli Studi di Milano) Learning and teaching English: Scientific Committee: Giovanni Iamartino, Andrea Nava, Luciana Pedrazzini, Laura Pinnavaia and what the research in English Maria Cecilia Rizzardi. Applied Linguistics has to say Organization and Information Giovanni Iamartino, giovanni.iamartino@unimi.it Milan, 8-9 April 2010 Luciana Pedrazzini, luciana.pedrazzini@unimi.it Sala Napoleonica, Via S. Antonio 10, Andrea Nava, andrea.nava@unimi.it Area multilinguismo e internazionalizzazione Aula Crociera Alta, Via Festa del Perdono 7 Tel.: 555-555 5555
- 2. 8 April 2010 9 April 2010 9 April 2010 Sala Napoleonica Aula Crociera Alta Aula Crociera Alta 14.30-15.00 9.00-12.00 14.00- 17.00 Welcome and Conference opening Corpus Linguistics Research Language Teaching Research Emilia Perassi (Head of Department, University of Milan) Chair: Giovanni Iamartino (University of Milan) Chair: Gisella Lang辿 (Inspector, Ministry of Education, Lombardy Education Authority) Giovanni Iamartino (Director of SILSIS-MI, University of Milan) Maria Teresa Prat Zagrebelsky (University of Turin) Maria Cecilia Rizzardi (University of Milan) 15.00-18.00 Using corpora to explore language and learner Second Language Acquisition Research The Council of Europes Common European language Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) Chair: Gianfranco Porcelli and its implications for the Italian language teacher (Emeritus Professor of English Linguistics) Laura Pinnavaia (University of Milan) Carmel Mary Coonan (University of Venice) Diane Larsen Freeman Learning idioms with corpora: the case of food and drink Language issues in the CLIL classroom: focus on (English Language Institute, the pupils University of Michigan) A New Theory of SLA: Emergentism Barbara Berti (University of Milan) Luciano Mariani Paola Giunchi Bilingual dictionaries as a source of collocations? (Teacher trainer and writer, Milan) (University of Rome La Sapienza) The evidence from three English-Italian dictionaries Researching learners and teachers beliefs and attitudes Imitation and the Second Language Acquisition System Julia Harrison (Cambridge University Press) Katalin Dor坦, Miroslaw Pawlak The English Profile Programme: building a corpus for (University of Szeged, Hungary) (University Adam Mickiewicz, Poland) English Profile research The importance of vocabulary teaching for Researching grammar learning strategies: advanced English learners State of the art Andrea Nava and Luciana Pedrazzini Discussion (University of Milan) Discussion and conference closing SLA in action: an experiential approach to raising Italian EFL teachers awareness of SLA research Discussion