The document summarizes an upcoming two-day conference on recent research in English Applied Linguistics and its implications for teaching English. The conference will explore three main areas of research: Second Language Acquisition, Corpus Linguistics, and Language Teaching. On the first day, talks will cover Second Language Acquisition research and Corpus Linguistics research. The second day will focus on Language Teaching research and implications for teaching English based on current research findings. Attendance is limited to around 100 participants, so early registration is advised.

1. Although a relatively young discipline,
English Applied Linguistics has made great
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strides in the last few decades, with new Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia
areas of enquiry acquiring prominence, http://www.istruzione.lombardia.it/iscrizioni/ Dipartimento di Scienze del Linguaggio e
such as Second Language Acquisition and 0809apr10/index.php Letterature Straniere Comparate
Corpus Linguistics. Many of the findings N.B.: Due to space constraints, attendance must be
from recent research in these areas carry limited to around 100 participants. Early registration is
important implications for the learning and strongly advised.
Conference
the teaching of English as a foreign
language. The aim of this two-day event,
organized by the English linguistics section
of the Department of Language Studies and
Compared Literature, Università degli
Studi di Milano, is to provide a forum for
researchers and teachers to illustrate and
discuss what recent research in English
Applied Linguistics has to say for the
learning and teaching of English. Three In collaboration with:
main areas of research will be explored in
the conference: Second Language Acquisi- Scuola Interuniversitaria Lombarda di
tion, Corpus Linguistics and Language Specializzazione per l’Insegnamento
Teaching. Secondario (SILSIS-MI, Università
degli Studi di Milano)
Learning and teaching English:
Scientific Committee: Giovanni Iamartino, Andrea
Nava, Luciana Pedrazzini, Laura Pinnavaia and what the research in English
Maria Cecilia Rizzardi. Applied Linguistics has to say
Organization and Information
Giovanni Iamartino, giovanni.iamartino@unimi.it Milan, 8-9 April 2010
Luciana Pedrazzini, luciana.pedrazzini@unimi.it Sala Napoleonica, Via S. Antonio 10,
Andrea Nava, andrea.nava@unimi.it
Area multilinguismo e internazionalizzazione Aula Crociera Alta, Via Festa del Perdono 7
Tel.: 555-555 5555

2. 8 April 2010 9 April 2010 9 April 2010
Sala Napoleonica Aula Crociera Alta Aula Crociera Alta
14.30-15.00 9.00-12.00 14.00- 17.00
Welcome and Conference opening
Corpus Linguistics Research Language Teaching Research
Emilia Perassi (Head of Department,
University of Milan) Chair: Giovanni Iamartino (University of Milan) Chair: Gisella Langé (Inspector, Ministry of
Education, Lombardy Education Authority)
Giovanni Iamartino (Director of SILSIS-MI,
University of Milan) • Maria Teresa Prat Zagrebelsky
(University of Turin) • Maria Cecilia Rizzardi (University of Milan)
15.00-18.00
Using corpora to explore language and learner
Second Language Acquisition Research The Council of Europe’s Common European
language Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
Chair: Gianfranco Porcelli and its implications for the Italian language
teacher
(Emeritus Professor of English Linguistics)
• Laura Pinnavaia (University of Milan)
• Carmel Mary Coonan (University of Venice)
• Diane Larsen Freeman Learning idioms with corpora: the case of food and
drink Language issues in the CLIL classroom: focus on
(English Language Institute, the pupils
University of Michigan)
A New Theory of SLA: Emergentism • Barbara Berti (University of Milan) • Luciano Mariani
• Paola Giunchi Bilingual dictionaries as a source of collocations? (Teacher trainer and writer, Milan)
(University of Rome “La Sapienza”) The evidence from three English-Italian dictionaries Researching learners and teachers’ beliefs and
attitudes
Imitation and the Second Language
Acquisition System
• Julia Harrison (Cambridge University Press) • Katalin Doró,
• Miroslaw Pawlak
The English Profile Programme: building a corpus for (University of Szeged, Hungary)
(University “Adam Mickiewicz”, Poland)
English Profile research The importance of vocabulary teaching for
Researching grammar learning strategies:
advanced English learners
State of the art
• Andrea Nava and Luciana Pedrazzini
Discussion
(University of Milan) Discussion and conference closing
‘SLA in action’: an experiential approach to
raising Italian EFL teachers’ awareness of SLA
research
Discussion