SUBJECT: [ &NAME ] &NAME : Language and Speech Technology for Language Learning SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL for PARTICIPATION The 11th &NAME &NAME School on Language and &NAME &NAME &NAME : Language and Speech Technology in Language Learning &NAME ( &NAME ) , Monday July &NUM - Friday July &NUM , &NUM Organized by the University of &NAME &NUM We are happy to announce that registration for the 11th &NAME &NAME School is now open . For this school we have chosen a topic of great relevance to researchers and developers in &NAME and in other multilingual environments : the use of language and speech technology in language learning , both of spoken and of written language . The goal of this workshop is to get &NAME researchers on a track that will eventually contribute to an important application area . The underlying vision ( or dream ) is The automatic animated language tutor . + &NAME and aims : We see the school as mainly research and development oriented , and hence the primary audience are researchers , developers and integrators who will make our vision happen ( rather than teachers who would use it ) . Both technological and pedagogical aspects will be taken into consideration The aims are : * to make the students familiar with the main principles and problems of language learning / teaching * to make them familiar with current best practice in computer assisted language learning * to make them familiar with the main challenges in computer assisted language learning Participants are expected to have a general computational background and some familiarity with language or speech research and / or processing . After completion of the summer school participants should be able to function in teams aimed at designing or implementing tools , environments or courses for &NAME &NAME Language &NAME ( abbreviated CALL ) . + &NAME programme : The provisonal programme is available at &WEBSITE The 2-weeks programme comprises the following courses : * Introduction to CALL ( &NAME : &NAME &NAME , [ &NAME of &NAME ] ) * Introduction to natural language processing for CALL ( &NAME : &NAME &NAME [ &NAME of &NAME ] ) * Introduction to speech processing for CALL ( &NAME : &NAME &NAME [ &NAME &NAME ] ) * Using &NAME tools in CALL ( hands-on ) ( &NAME : &NAME &NAME [ &NAME of &NAME ] ) * Using Speech tools in CALL ( hands-on ) ( &NAME : &NAME &NAME [ &NAME of &NAME ] ) * CALL design and interfaces ( &NAME : &NAME &NAME [ &NAME &NAME ] ) * Grammatical and morphological error diagnosis ( &NAME : &NAME &NAME [ &NAME of &NAME ] ) * Systems for pronunciation training ( &NAME : &NAME &NAME [ &NAME &NAME ] ) * Building a grammatical CALL system ( hands-on ) ( &NAME : &NAME &NAME [ &NAME of &NAME ] ) * Building a speech CALL system ( hands-on ) ( &NAME : &NAME &NAME [ &NAME of &NAME ] ) All students attend the same full programme , except for the hands-on sessions , where students can sign up for either &NAME or Speech oriented streams . In special student sessions students can present their own work . The presentations will be published on the &ORG website . Please note that the number of places for this summer school is limited and that early registration is recommended . The working language of the &NAME School will be English . + &NAME : &NAME Registration &NAME ( euro ) &NAME &NUM Academic staff &NUM Commercial organisations &NUM &ORG members are entitled to a &NUM discount + &NAME and accommodation : The cost of accommodation ( on campus ) will be &NUM euro per night Meals will be free . + &NAME , grants and other information : For detailed information about registration procedures and deadlines , fees , accommodation , &NAME possibilities , venue , course and social programme , etc visit the &NAME website at &WEBSITE or send an email to the local organizers at &EMAIL A limited number of grants ( covering the cost of accommodation ) may be available . Details and application forms will be published on the website . For information about the programme visit the &NAME website or &WEBSITE or contact the chair of the programme committee , &NAME &NAME ( &EMAIL ) &NAME &NAME , &NAME coordinator , &NAME , Trans &NUM , &NUM &NAME &NAME , &NAME phone : &NUM &NUM &NUM &NUM , fax : &NUM &NUM &NUM &NUM , email : &EMAIL