Are you a PhD candidate or a young researcher at an Arqus university? Do you use Applied Linguistics methods in your research, or would you like to know more about it? Are you looking for an international forum to present your method and discuss it with peers? If so, we invite you to apply as a presenter for AL4ALL.
Main information
In today's globalized and digitalized world, when striving for more relevant research outcomes, it is vital to seek multiperspectivity in research. This can be fostered via interdisciplinary exchange. We believe that linguistics has always benefitted from methods of other disciplines just as we believe that linguistic methods could benefit other disciplines.
AL4ALL seeks to provide a space for discussion, exchange of ideas and growth in all stages of education in PhD studies. In doing so, AL4ALL aims to catalyze the potential of applied linguistics and other methods in order to bridge the gap between different fields of research.
AL4ALL provides an online video conferencing platform for PhD candidates and other young researchers from various disciplines who use applied linguistics methods. 10 seminars of 90 minutes each will allow participants not only to present their methods to other peers, but also to engage in fruitful discussions about these methods.
This project is one of the winning proposals presented by Vilnius University Kaunas Faculty and University of Graz for the 2023 call in student co-designed projects launched by The Arqus European University Alliance.
Whom are we looking for?
PhD students and young researchers from all disciplines who are using methods from applied linguistics in their research are welcomed. Methods may include, but are not limited to:
- qualitative and quantitative linguistic analysis
- corpus linguistics
- linguistic ethnography
- (critical) discourse analysis
- conversation and interactional analysis
- interview, textual, content, narrative analysis
- multimodal analysis
- lexical analysis
- translation analysis
- literary criticism
- etc.
Benefits to join
Presenters will receive a certificate for delivering the seminar and attending all 10 seminars. We will do our best to make it possible for presenters to receive ECTS credits in accordance with the program of their home university. We will keep you posted!
Structure of the seminar
We welcome participants from fields including, but not limited to: linguistics, literature, translation studies, language teaching and acquisition, sociolinguistics, business communication, forensic linguistics, philosophy of language and other prospective researchers.
After being introduced by the organizational team, which will chair the event, the presenters are invited to hold a seminar of 45 to 60 minutes.
The seminar may be either in the form of a talk, interactive and include questions or exercises for the audience, or a combination of all of the above.
In the seminar, participants are invited to present their research project, the linguistic methodology that they applied or will apply as well as expected or preliminary results. They may also present benefits and/or pitfalls and other possible applications of the chosen method/s. Problems or open questions are welcome to spur a discussion. PowerPoint slides or other visual elements are always welcome, but not necessary. The focus of the presentation should be on the method. Your presentation and the content is what counts.
Aspects that may constitute your presentation:
- the research outline
- a pilot study
- a software used in the analysis (e.g. a corpus tool)
- examples of the analysis conducted
- interdisciplinary aspects of their method, etc.
This seminar will be followed by a 25- to30-minute discussion with the audience.
We will invite guests like professors and experts in linguistics to participate and to share their expertise. Participants are welcome to invite professors or supervisors, be it from linguistics or other fields.
Application and deadlines
Applicants must be PhD candidates (at any year and level of education), or young researchers who have already defended their dissertation.
Applicants are required to submit a motivational letter of 250 to 500 words excluding references. Please follow this link to the online form: https://forms.office.com/e/5SFyGEf4tA
The motivational letter must contain an overview of the research project, an outline of the methodology and its use or intended use.
The deadline for the application is October 22 (included). Successful applicants will be notified by October 29.
The schedule will be finalized in accordance with the presenters’ availability. The seminars will take place during the months of October, November, and December 2023.
The seminars are open to registered listeners only and will not be recorded. Screenshots of the attendees of the seminars are a requirement of Arqus Alliance for documentation purposes and will not be used for dissemination. We want to provide and spur fruitful exchange. Unless the presenters have consented to share an element of their presentation the attendees are required to respect absolute confidentiality.
Contacts
Are you ready to join us? We are happy to welcome you!
In case you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Angelica Peccini, , the project coordinator.
Project members:
Angelica Peccini (Vilnius University)
Barbara Hinterplattner, Alma Ibrahimpašić (University of Graz)
Final program & attendance link
Seminars will take place in Microsoft Teams platform. Follow this registration link to access the seminars and receive the reading material: https://forms.office.com/e/tctByxn6Rf
*Time Zone: GMT (Please add one hour for the time zone in Austria, two for Lithuania)
Justice in Quotation Marks: The Power of Quotes in Trial Discourse and Beyond
Nikol Stopić, Department of English Studies (University of Graz)
20th November, 16:00-17:30
Challenges in task design: researching L2 Lithuanian case acquisition through the Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) approach
Richard Udes, Faculty of Philology, Institute of Applied Linguistics, Center for Multilingual Studies (Vilnius University)
21st November, 10:00-11:30
Branding of Pakistani Military through Entertainment: A Case-Study of ISPR-Produced Movies, Dramas and Songs
Madeeha Naz, Department of Communications and Media Studies (University of Leipzig)
22nd November, 12:00-13:30
Extracting the essence: tools of applied linguistics to define aesthetic categories
Tomas Riklius, Faculty of Philology (Vilnius University)
23rd November, 15:30-17:00
They really, really, really don't like to admit they made mistakes: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Appraisal in Wrongful Convictions
Carmen Ortega Robles, Department of English and German Philologies (University of Granada)
27th November, 16:00-17:30
Analysing the factors that influence the choice of the grammar teaching methodology and the presence of cognitive grammar in the Spanish as a Foreign Language teaching in Lithuania
Jorge López Parreño, Faculty of Philology, Spanish department (Vilnius University)
30th November, 15:30-17:00
Methods and approaches used in sociolinguistic research in the Northeastern region of the Azerbaijani Republic
Vusala Maharramova, Institute for Slavic, Turkic and Circum-Baltic Studies (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)
4th December, 16:30-18:00
Towards a Method for Studying Conceptual Variation in Humanitarian Discourse
Santiago Chambó, Doctoral School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law; Faculty of Translation and Interpreting (University of Granada)
6th December, 16:00-17:30
An ecological perspective on EFL teachers' wellbeing and identities
Carlos Alberto Murillo Miranda, ELT Research and Methodology Department (University of Graz)
11th December, 13:00-14:30
Using audiovisual materials in the EFL classroom: Compilation and analysis of a multimodal corpus of films and series
Paula Wood Borque, Department of English and German Philology (University of Zaragoza)
12th December, 16:00-17:30
Text Mining on Mining: Creating and Investigating a Sustainability Report Corpus of the Mining Sector
Anna Meyer, English and American Studies (University of Graz)
13th December, 16:00-17:30
The Cross-linguistic Influence in The Process of Learning Spanish as A Third Language: An Exploration into The Minds of Indian Bilingual Learners
Deepak Singh,School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Maynooth University)
20th December, 10:00-11:30