Training School on Text Quality Assessment: Current Digital Methods and Rating Practices Call for Trainees We are pleased to announce you the European COST training school on Text Quality Assessment to be held in Zürich, Switzerland from 10 to 12 April 2019. The main objective is to bring together a group of international PhD students & Post-doc researchers and introduce them to the ways in which multiple perspectives interact in the research of and practice of Quantitative Methods in Text Quality Assessment. By bringing together experts and junior researchers, we hope to support and further stimulate research in the domain of Literacy and Text Quality Assessment. The ELN COST Action offers a grant for 6 trainees (young researchers). A competitive selection will be in place. Aims It is our intention to gather a small group of about 25 junior researchers in the domain of quantitative text quality research. The main objectives of this TS include the following:
When 10-12 April 2019 Registration Important Dates
Where Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), School of Applied Linguistics https://www.zhaw.ch/en/university/ Who A maximum of 25 trainees will be accepted.
Cost There is no participation fee, trainees can apply for a travel grant. Grant Opportunity The ELN COST Action offers 6 grants of € 600 in order to support the travel and accommodation of 6 trainees. Selection of participants will be made on the basis of the submitted information and the statement of how attending the training school will benefit the participant and their home research group. Note: in order to be eligible for reimbursement, trainees ought to be from a COST country (http://www.cost.eu/about_cost/cost_countries). According to the COST policy promoting European networking (mobility and exchanges), a trainee cannot apply for a grant for a training school occurring in her/his own country. Organizers University of Barcelona, Spain Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland Application Please email elnts.linguistik@zhaw.ch You are asked to provide the following information:
For PhD-students: Ask your supervisor or laboratory-department director to mail us a letter of recommendation to support your application: elnts.linguistik@zhaw.ch We will then take you through the registration process. Program Wednesday, 10th of April Room: SF 02.23 09:00 - 09:30: Registration 09:30 - 10:30: Introduction and expectations by Liana Konstantinidou & Noah Bubenhofer 10:30 - 11.00: Approaches to evaluation of text quality (Part I) by Liliana Tolchinsky 11:00 - 11:15: Coffee break 11:15 - 12:15: Approaches to evaluation of text quality (Part II) by Liliana Tolchinsky 12:15 - 13:30: Lunch 13:30 - 15:30: Introduction to tools and measures by Selena Calleri & Elsa Liste Lamas 15:30 - 16:00: Coffee break 16:00 - 17:00: Hands on training: Introduction to tools and basic set up (Part I) by Noah Bubenhofer & Selena Calleri 19:00: Social Dinner Thursday, 11th of April Room: SF 02.23 09:00 - 10:30: Issues at compiling child language and L2 Corpora by Melina Aparici 10:30 - 10:45: Coffee break 10:45 - 12:15: Group discussion: Language specific issues related to tools and measurements 12:15 - 13:30: Lunch 13:30 - 15:00: Hands on training and individual coaching: How do I work with my texts? (Part I) 15:00 - 15:30: Coffee break 15:30 - 17:00: Rating practices by Liana Konstantinidou 17:00: City tour in Zurich Friday, 12th of April Room: SF 02.23 09:00 - 10:30: Illustrating coding and analyses: The case of text structure by Hugo Vilar Weber 10:30 - 10:45: Coffee break 10:45 - 12:45: Hands on training and individual coaching: How do I work with my texts? (Part II) 12:45 - 13:00: Wrap-up by Liana Konstantinidou |