15th Teaching and Language Corpora (TaLC) Conference 

13th – 16th July 2022 

University of Limerick, Ireland

Call for Papers

The proposal submission deadline for the 15th biennial Teaching and Language Corpora (TaLC) Conference is 7th February 2022 at 11pm UTC.  The abstract submission portal is now closed.

However, late submissions may be considered at the discretion of the academic committee.  To request a late submission, please email: academicTALC2022@ul.ie

Full Call for Papers can be viewed here: https://tinyurl.com/talc22-downloads

Plenary speakers for the conference are: Mike McCarthy, Fanny Meunier, Shelley Staples and Henry Tyne (further details on the Plenary Speaker page of this website).

The programme will consist of full papers, pre-conference workshops, poster sessions, software demonstrations, as well as invited plenary talks. Papers related to the use of corpora for the learning of any language are welcome.

Topics that are within the scope of TaLC include, but are not necessarily limited to, corpus-based approaches to language learning, teaching and assessment in the following areas:

  • Teaching first and second languages (including data-driven learning materials and student-centred linguistic investigation)
  • Research on second language acquisition and learner corpus research
  • Teaching languages for specific purposes, professional purposes, workplaces, business etc
  • Using corpora across the curriculum (including all pedagogic contexts such as further, professional and other types of education)
  • Teaching interpreting and translation 
  • Teaching literature, culture and history 
  • Teaching intercultural communication 
  • Developing pedagogic grammars and learner dictionaries
  • Developing corpora/tools/resources for language learning and teaching
  • Teacher education
  • Teaching of corpus methods to students and researchers in linguistics (and other areas of inquiry)
  • Mobile language learning/teaching and corpora.

Paper presentations

Abstract submissions for paper presentations will be 400-500 words (not counting the reference list, which should be limited to a maximum of 5 items, if included). Paper presentations will consist of a 20-minute talk followed by 5 minutes for questions[1]. Papers reporting on empirical research should represent either completed work or work in progress where some results can be reported. Presentations that take the form of a software demonstration are also welcome.

Posters

Abstract submissions for poster presentations will be 300-400 words (not counting references, which should be limited to a maximum of 5 items, if included). Generally, we suggest submitting an abstract for a poster rather than a paper presentation for (a) reports on research in its very early phases with no intermediate or final results to report or (b) reports on new corpus data resources.

Abstracts should be submitted through our online submission system not later than 7th February 2022 at 11pm UTC, 

TaLC 2022 Abstract Submission Portal:  https://tinyurl.com/talc22‑submission

Notifications of acceptance of papers and posters will be sent out by first week in March 2022.

Registration opens on February 2022.

[1] Although this conference is envisaged as an on-campus event, the organisers reserve the right to shorten the length of papers in the event of the conference having to run online.