IWALS 2014-Day One Agenda (7/16) – Brain, Language, and Computation Lab

Day One: July 16 (Wednesday)

Time 時間	Activity 活動內容
09:00 – 09:20	Registration 註冊
09:20 – 09:30	Opening Ceremony 開幕式 Welcome/Opening Speech 歡迎/開幕辭 Professor Tung-Tai LIN (Vice President, National Taiwan Normal University) 林東泰副校長（臺灣師範大學） Professor David H. MONK (Workshop Co-Chair,Dean, Pennsylvania State University) Chair Professor Yao-Ting SUNG
09:30– 09:40	Introduction 計劃介紹 Professor Yao-Ting SUNG (Workshop Chair,Dean, National Taiwan Normal University) 宋曜廷教授（頂尖大學計畫辦公室執行長, 臺灣師範大學）
09:40 – 10:40	Keynote Speech #1 Title: Word-focused extensive reading instruction: a challenging job Speaker: Professor Chin-Chuan CHENG (National Taiwan Normal University) 鄭錦全教授（臺灣師範大學） Chair Professor Ping Li
10:40– 11:00	Tea Break
11:00 – 12:00	Keynote Speech # 2 Title: Language-learning induced brain changes Speaker: Professor Ping Li (Pennsylvania State University) Chair Professor Yao-Ting SUNG
12:00 – 13:00	Lunch
13:00 – 14:00	Invited Speech # 1 Title: Readability Assessment of Chinese Text Speaker: Professor Yao-Ting SUNG (National Taiwan Normal University) 宋曜廷教授（臺灣師範大學） Chair Dean David MONK
14:00-15:00	Symposium (PSU) Main Theme: Language, Literacy, and Education Title: Emerging strategic initiatives in language acquisition and opportunities for partnerships Video analysis of science discourse practices: a tool for teacher learning and development Quality talk in classrooms: promoting learning that endures Speakers: Professor David H. Monk, Dean of College of Education Professor Carla Zembal-Saul Professor Karen Murphy (Pennsylvania State University) Chair Professor Jun Ren LEE (National Taiwan Normal University)
15:00-15:20	Tea Break
15:20 – 16:20	Symposium (NTNU) Main Theme: Linguistic Feature Analysis: Cognitive, Phonetic, and Semantic facets Title: An eye-tracking study on the processing of Chinese relative clauses by L2 learners The Acquisition of Initial Segment Perception and Production by Japanese Learners of L2 Mandarin Automatic essay scoring based on the measurement of semantics Speakers: Dr. Jung-yueh TU Dr. Yu-Wen HSIUNG Professor Tao-Hsing CHANG (National Taiwan Normal University) 杜容玥博士、熊玉雯博士、張道行教授（臺灣師範大學、高雄應用科技大學） Chair Professor Xiangen Hu (University of Memphis)
16:20 – 17:20	Symposium (PSU) Main Theme: Neural and Computational Approaches to Language and Learning Title: Syntactic processing in second language learners: Neurocognitive and behavioral evidence Big-Data insights in cognitive representations of language processing Using innovative web technologies for learning science research Speakers: Professor Janet van Hell Professor David Reitter Professor Ping Li (Pennsylvania State University) Chair Professor Jia-Fei HONG
End of the First Day