ICNALE: The International Corpus Network of Asian Learners of English
A collection of 1.3M words of controlled essays written by English learners in 10 countries and areas in Asia.
Project Leader: Dr. Shin'ichiro Ishikawa, Kobe University, Japan

International Symposium
Learner Corpus Studies in Asia and the World (LCSAW) 2013
March 23-24, 2013 (Kobe, Japan)

Last updated 2013/03/25

The LCSAW2013 has ended in great success with approx. 160 attendees in total. Thank you very much for your participation. See you in the next LCSAW Symposium.

Flyer in Japanese

Program (2013.3.11)

Campus Guide Map (2013.3.19)

We are pleased to announce the Learner Corpus Studies in Asia and the World 2013 (LCSAW2013) to be held from 23 March to 24 March 2013 at Kobe, Japan.

This is an international symposium to commemorate the completion of the International Corpus Network of Asian Learners of English (ICNALE) Project led by Dr. Shin'ichiro Ishikawa of Kobe University. The ICNALE, a 1.3 M words of learner corpus covering 10 countries and areas in Asia, is expected to promote learner corpus studies in the region.

This symposium is supported by the MEXT's Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), 2010-2013, No. 22320104.2.

Venue, Travel, and Accommodation

Venue
Kobe University, Centennial Hall (1-2-1, Tsurukabuto, Nada-ku, Kobe, Japan 600-8234)

Travel

From Kansai International Airport to Kobe University (Approx. 60-70 Mins)
To the Centennial Hall (#37)

Accommodation

There are many hotels in the city center. It takes 15-30 minutes from the city center to the University by a train and a bus.

Several hotels for your reference
Hotel Olura Kobe
Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel
ANA Crown Plaza Kobe

Registration and Participation Fee

Registration

Registration is needed.
Please register from the Online Registration Form by February 28 (For Overseas Participants) or by March 10 (For Domestic participants)

Participation Fee

Free

Program

Download the program (2013.3.11)

Day 1 (Saturday, March 23)

10:00 Registration
10:30- Plenary 1 (Granger)
11:40-12:10 Session 1
13:00-13:30 Session 2
13:40-14:40 Keynote (Ishikawa)
14:45-15:50 Session 3
16:00-17:00 Plenary 2 (Ooi)
17:00-17:30 Discussion

Day 2 (Sunday, March 24)

9:30-10:00 Session 4
10:05-10:35 Session 5
10:40-11:10 Session 6
11:20-12:20 Plenary 3 (Krkpatrick)
13:00-13:30 Session 7
13:40-14:40 Plenary 4 (Granger)
14:50-15:50 Plenary 5 (Tono)
15:50-16:00 Closing

Publication

Ishikawa, S. (Ed.). (2013). Learner corpus studies in Asia and the world. Vol. 1. Papers from LCSAW2013 (Kobe, Japan: School of Languages & Communication, Kobe University). 300 pages.

ISSN 2187-6764

Table of Contents

Invited Plenary Speakers

Dr. Sylviane Granger (Belgium)

Dr. Sylviane Granger is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Louvain (Belgium). She is the Director of the Centre for English Corpus Linguistics where research activity is focused on the compilation and exploitation of learner corpora and multilingual corpora. Her latest publications include International Corpus of Learner English and eLexicography in the 21st century: New challenges, new applications.

Dr. Andy Kirkpatrick (Australia)

Dr.Andy Kirkpatrick is Professor in the Department of Languages and Linguistics at Griffith University and a member of the School of Education at Curtin University. He has worked in tertiary institutions across Asia, including in Burma, China, Hong Kong and Singapore. His recent publications include English as a Lingua Franca in ASEAN: A Multilingual Model, The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes, and Chinese and Rhetoric and Writing.

Dr. Vincent Ooi (Singapore)

Dr. Vincent Ooi is Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore and an editorial member of the journal Corpora: Corpus-based Language Learning, Language Processing and Linguistics. His publications are mainly in the areas of corpus-based language studies, lexicography and Asian varieties of English. More recently, he has given invited keynote/plenary addresses at international symposia on Language Education, Lexicography and L2 Teaching and Learning.

Dr. Yukio Tono (Japan)

Dr. Yukio Tono is Professor at Graduate School of Area and Culture Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. He has compiled the JEFLL Corpus. His latest publications include A Frequency Dictionary of Japanese and Corpus-based Language Studies.

Information for Presenters

Call For Papers (Ended in October 2012)

Our symposium focuses on learner corpus (LC) studies from varied perspectives.
Although submissions of the papers based on or related to the ICNALE will be particularly welcomed, we are happy to consider other submissions concerning the conference themes above. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and some of them will be considered for inclusion in the book. The LCSAW2013 Organizing Committee cordially invites potential participants to send in a 150-200 word abstract as well as your personal information via online form no later than October 15, 2012.

Paper Submission (By January 31, 2013)

Presenters need to send a full paper by the end of January.All the manuscript will be peer-reviewed.
Full paper template (for MS Word 2007/2010 and MS Word 2003).

After the review, you will be asked to send a revised camera-ready version by February 20.

Registration (By February 28, 2013)

Presenters also need to register from the online registration form.

Symposium (March 23-24)

Authors need to attend the symposium and make an oral presentation. All papers are allotted 20 minutes for presentation followed by a 10-minute discussion.

If you like to cancel your presentation, contact the organizer ASAP.
The presentation hall is equipped with a Windows 7 notebook computer . You can use the MS Powerpoint 2010 and other Office programs. Please do not forget to bring your ppt data.

VISA Documents

If you need an entry visa to Japan, please contact the organizer. You need to begin to prepare the documents well in advance.