Upcoming workshops
"Meaning and Interaction"
Place and date: University of the West of England, Bristol. 24 April 2009
Organizer: Kate Beeching
CALL FOR PAPERS (by 5 January 2009)
"Mise en scène des pratiques langagières: le cas du français"
Place and date: Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. 16-17 April 2009
Organizers: Gaëlle Planchenault and Cécile B. Vigouroux.
Previous workshops
2008
The acquisition of Tense, Aspect and Mood in L1 and L2
Place and date: Aston University, Birmingham, U.K. 9-10 February 2008
Organizers: Christine Bozier, Emmanuelle Labeau and Inès Saddour
Topic: Tense, aspect and modality in the acquisition of a first or second language
Invited speakers: Suzanne Schlyter (Lund), Rafael Salaberry (University of Texas at Austin)
The nature and development of L2 French
Place and date: University of Southampton, U.K. 7-8 July 2008
Organizers: FLLOC research project team
Topic: Second language acquisition of French, using a corpus of second language learner French (syntax, lexical development, discourse): CHILDES workshop
Invited speakers: Jean-Marc Dewaele (Birkbeck College, London), Florence Myles (Newcastle University)
2007
Les français des corpus 2
Place and date: UWE, Bristol, U.K. 13 January 2007
Organizers: Kate Beeching and Harry Tyne
Topic: A reference corpus for French, spoken corpora, translation corpora, learner corpora, corpus-based studies of French
Invited speakers: Mireille Bilger, Florence Myles, Stefan Pfaender, Raphael Salkie
#Computer-assisted Translation Tools Wrokshop - "CAT, Corpora and Concordancing"
Place and date: UWE, Bristol, U.K. 16-17 June 2007
Organizers: Kate Beeching
Topic: This hands-on workshop aims to introduce participants to Computer-assisted Translation Tools, such as Trados, Metatexis and Paraconc and to studies based on parallel corpora
Invited speakers: Dorothy Kenny, Dublin City University
2006
Retour aux variétés avancées dans l'acquisition d'une language seconde
Place and date: Aston University, Birmingham, U.K. 9-10 June 2006
Organizers: Emmanuelle Labeau, Aston University and Florence Myles, Newcastle University
Invited speakers: Inge Bartning (Stockholm University), David Birdsong (University of Texas at Austin), Richard Towell (Salford University)
Le conte: entre oralité et écriture
Place and date: Queen's University, Belfast, U.K. 1 September 2006
Organizers: Janice Carruthers, Dublin
Pragmatique comparée à la croisée des chemins: Cadres du discours et perceptions culturelles
Place and date: University of East Anglia, 3-4 November 2006
Organizers: Marie-Noelle Guillot
Invited speakers: Helen Spencer-Oatey, Catherine Kerbrat-Orecchioni, Declan McCavana
2003
Diachronie et sémantique du système verbal du français
Place and date: Aston University, Birmingham, U.K. 11-13 September 2003
Organizers: Emmanuelle Labeau: e.labeau@aston.ac.uk
Second UK French Linguistics Day
Place and date: London Metropolitian University, U.K. 15 March 2003
Organizers: Tim Pooley: t.pooley@londonmet.ac.uk
Politeness and (business) communication across nataional borders
Place and date: UWE, Bristol, U.K. 15 February 2003
Organizers: Kate Beeching: kate.beeching@use.ac.uk
2002
Linguistic Development in French
Place and date: University of Southampton, U.K. 18-19 July 2002
Organizers: Florence Myles and Sarah Rule: sjr1@soton.ac.uk
Les français du corpus
Place and date: UWE, Bristol, U.K. 16 February 2002
Organizers: Kate Beeching: kate.beeching@uwe.ac.uk
2001
Discourse
Place and date: Birkbeck College, London, U.K. November 2001
Organizers: Penny Sewell: p.sewell@bbk.ac.uk
2000
French variation forum
Place and date: London Guildhall University, U.K. 25 March 2000
Organizers: Tim Pooley
Lexis Workshop
Place and date: Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London, U.K. 11 March 2000
Organizers: Hilary Wise: h.wise@qmw.ac.uk
1999
La langue des jeunes Français: droit de parole, droit de cité
Place and date: University of Bradford, U.K. 19 June 1999
Organizers: Farid Aitsiselmi: faitsise@bradford.ac.uk
De la théorie à la protique des théories de l'énonciation
Place and date: University of Glasgow, U.K. 22 May 1999
Organizers: Renée Birks: r.birks@french.arts.gla.ac.uk
Le temps du passé en français et leur enseignement
Place and date: Aston University, Birmingham, U.K. 25 March 1999
Organizers: Emmanuelle Labeau: e.labeau@aston.ac.uk
Discours masculin, Discours féminin
Place and date: UWE, Bristol, U.K. 6 February 1999
Organizers: Kate Beeching: kate.beeching@uwe.ac.uk
1998
Morphologie, syntaxe et sémantique du verbe français
Place and date: Maison Française d'Oxford, U.K. 28 November 1998
Organizers: J.C. Smith (St Catherine's, Oxford): johncharles.smith@st-catherines.oxford.ac.uk
Les accents des Français: variétés régionales et sociolectales
Place and date: London Guildhall University, U.K. 10 October 1998
Organizers: Marie-Anne Hintze Uuniversity of Leeds): m.a.hintze@leeds.ac.uk
How to organize a workshop
Organising a workshop is easier in the age of electronic mail: you can reach large numbers of potential contributors with a call for papers via AFLS-news, and advertise the event itself widely through the same channel. Cahiers are here to help as well.
An atelier should be an enjoyable and fruitful occasion, both from an academic and a social perspective. Organising one can equally be rewarding and fun!
If you have an idea, please share it with the workshops coordinator whose function it is to help with such events!
This is:
Pascale Hadermann
Université de Gand
Département de Français
Blandijnberg 2
B-9000 Gand
Belgique
Tel: +32 9 264 40 55
Email:pascale.hadermann@ugent.be
The Workshop checklist
- Are you planning a one day or a two day event? Many institutions now have a Conference Office which will help with finding accommodation and with catering, and which should offer good advice on the possibility of VAT exemption. In some cases, outside caterers can also offer a good deal for a buffet lunch. Finding out about possibilities need not take a lot of time or energy.
- A call for papers via AFLS-news will help you to organise the programme. It is also a good way to get in touch with like-minded people.
- You may like to invite a keynote speaker from France: your local BCLE and the Service Culturel in London could meet most of the expenses involved if you make a strong case, either directly or through AFLS.
- Decide what the workshop fee will be on the basis of estimated expenditure and cost. AFLS can provide a float to cover initial expenses, but workshops should be self-financing or make a profit for AFLS. Keeping a record of expenditure and income need not be a time-consuming and daunting task if you write up the accounts as you go along.
- Publicize the event via AFLS-News, the Cahiers and any other journal or bulletin of your choice. The publicity officer will be able to help. For a mailshot to all AFLS members, you can get a list of current members and their addresses from Henry Tyne, the membership secretary. Your departmental secretary may also already have a set of addresses for all French departments in the country - if not, these can easily be produced from the directory published by The Service Culturel de l'Ambassade in London generally available to all Departments.
You can download a pdf version of this information, including the forms here (in French)
You can download a MS Word version of the workshop proposal form here (in French)
You can download a MS Word version of the post-workshop report here (in French)