BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk// X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Native speaker and learner language data in Applied Linguistics: w hat's next? - Dr Pascual Pérez-Paredes\, University of Cambridge DTSTART:20160208T170000Z DTEND:20160208T183000Z UID:TALK60734@talks.cam.ac.uk CONTACT:Lucian Stephenson DESCRIPTION:The use of corpus data is becoming increasingly popular in app lied linguistics research and\, particularly\, with Second Language Acquis ition (SLA) researchers. It is precisely now 10 years that Florence Myles published a seminal paper that called for the need to develop corpus resou rces that could meet the research needs of those in the field of SLA. Sinc e then\, a more fruitful dialogue has emerged between SLA researchers and corpus linguists.\n\nIn essence\, corpora are principled collections of te xts gathered with some clear purpose in mind\, typically language research . A corpus is always motivated and its design principles are robust\, whic h excludes the idea that any set of texts may qualify as a corpus.\n\nIn t his talk I will deal with some guiding principles in corpus design and use and\, in particular\, will discuss the uses of both native and learner co rpora in different research scenarios. In doing so\, I would like to envis age future uses and developments at the crossroads of corpus and applied l inguistics.\n\n*Bio*\n\nPascual Pérez-Paredes completed his PhD in Applie d Linguistics in 1999 after a research stay at The University of Texas at Austin and got a permanent position as Tenured lecturer with the English D epartment at UM in 2004. He is now a University Lecturer with the Faculty of Education\, University of Cambridge (Research in Second Language Educat ion).\n\nHis main interests are quantitative research of register variatio n\, the compilation and use of language corpora and the implementation of Information and Communication Technologies in Foreign Language Teaching/Le arning. He has been project coordinator of ERASMUS+ TELL-OP (Transforming European Learner Language into Learning Opportunities)\, SACODEYL a MINERV A initiative funded by the European Commission (http://www.um.es/sacodeyl) \; coordinator in Spain of Corpora for Content & Language Integrated Learn ing [BACKBONE]\, a LLP K2 Transversal programme project\, co-responsable f or the Spanish EFL component of the Louvain International Database of Spok en English Interlanguage(UCL) and research member of the The International Corpus of Crosslinguistic Interlanguage (TUFS\, Japan).\n\nSome of his m ost recent publications include Researching Specilized Languages\,co-edite d with V. Bhatia and P. Sánchez\, John Benjamins\, which received the 201 3 AELFE research award\; the co-edition of Software-aided analysis of lan guage\, with Mike Scott and P. Sánchez\; or research papers on JCR-index ed journals such as the International Journal of Corpus Linguistics\, Sys tem\, Language\, Learning and Technology or CALL\, all of them dealing wit h the interplay of language corpora\, language analysis and language educa tion. In 2009 and 2010\, he was a Research Fellow with the English Depart ment in Northern ArizonaUniversity\, developing research with Douglas Bibe r and Randi Reppen. He has co-edited a special issue for ReCALL journal (C ambridge University Press) entitled “Researching new uses of corpora for language teaching and learning”.\n\nHe is also a qualified Official Tra nslator appointed by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Pascual is\, among others\, a member of the Scientific Committee of The EUROCALL Revie w and Research in Corpus Linguistics\, and has acted as a reviewer\, among others\, for the Journal of Second language Writing (Elsevier)\, System ( Elsevier)\, Language Teaching (CUP)\, ReCALL (CUP) and Computer Assisted L anguage Learning (CALL) (Taylor & Francis). Pascual Pérez-Paredes is an u ndergraduate computer scientist and passionate for digital culture and com puters. LOCATION: Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, Ro om GS4 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR