Get in touch, contribute, report errors, or find out about our services
Great Court, The University of Queensland
Whether you have a question about our tutorials, want to report an error, are interested in contributing, or simply want to connect — the LADAL team is happy to help.
Stay informed about new tutorials and events. Email us with subject line: email list
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School of Languages and Cultures
The University of Queensland
St Lucia QLD 4072, Australia
We welcome messages about questions on tutorials or resources, requests for support or guidance, suggestions for new topics, proposals for collaboration, workshop enquiries, and anything else LADAL-related. We aim to respond promptly — if your message is urgent, please indicate this in your subject line.
Share Your Story
📣 We Want to Hear From You!
We are actively collecting user stories to understand and showcase how people use LADAL resources. Have you copied a code snippet for your own project, learned a new method through a tutorial, attended a LADAL workshop, used our materials in your teaching, or applied our tools in your research?
If so, we'd be extremely grateful if you shared your experience. Write a short paragraph describing how you've used LADAL and what you used it for, then send it to ladal@uq.edu.au. Your story helps us understand LADAL's real-world impact and inspires others to engage with language data science.
Workshops and Events
LADAL regularly offers free workshops and webinars on language technology, language data science, and computational methods — open to all, from complete beginners to experienced researchers.
Use the template to write your tutorial. Include text, code, and examples following the LADAL style. Topics can cover language data science, corpus linguistics, text analytics, statistics, visualisation, or related areas.
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Send it to us
Email your completed .Rmd file (along with any supporting files needed to render it) to ladal@uq.edu.au.
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Review and publication
The LADAL team will review your submission. Once approved, your tutorial is published as an official LADAL tutorial with full attribution to you.
Reporting and Fixing Errors
Found a mistake in a tutorial? Every correction helps make LADAL better for everyone. Choose whichever option suits you best.
LADAL offers services to members of the School of Languages and Cultures at UQ, as well as to external partners, research teams, institutions, businesses, and individual researchers.
🎓 Training and Upskilling
Workshops on language technology and data science
Bespoke training for research teams or departments
Webinars and online learning events
One-on-one or small group consultations
🛠️ Resources and Support
Access to LADAL tutorials and tools
Guidance on choosing appropriate methods
Support for corpus construction and data management
Advice on reproducible research workflows
Interested in LADAL Services?
Contact us to enquire about workshops, request bespoke training, or discuss a collaboration.
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Email us with subject line: <strong>email list</strong></p> </div> <div class="contact-card magenta"> <div class="contact-icon">🏛️</div> <h4>Address</h4> <p>School of Languages and Cultures<br> The University of Queensland<br> St Lucia QLD 4072, Australia</p> </div></div>```We welcome messages about questions on tutorials or resources, requests for support or guidance, suggestions for new topics, proposals for collaboration, workshop enquiries, and anything else LADAL-related. We aim to respond promptly — if your message is urgent, please indicate this in your subject line.---## Share Your Story {#user-stories}```{=html}<div class="story-callout"> <h4>📣 We Want to Hear From You!</h4> <p>We are actively collecting user stories to understand and showcase how people use LADAL resources. Have you copied a code snippet for your own project, learned a new method through a tutorial, attended a LADAL workshop, used our materials in your teaching, or applied our tools in your research?</p> <p>If so, we'd be extremely grateful if you shared your experience. Write a short paragraph describing how you've used LADAL and what you used it for, then send it to <a href="mailto:ladal@uq.edu.au">ladal@uq.edu.au</a>. Your story helps us understand LADAL's real-world impact and inspires others to engage with language data science.</p></div>```---## Workshops and Events {#workshops}LADAL regularly offers free workshops and webinars on language technology, language data science, and computational methods — open to all, from complete beginners to experienced researchers.- 📅 **Upcoming workshops** — see the [Events page](/events.html)- 🎬 **Past webinars and recordings** — also on the [Events page](/events.html)---## Contribute to LADAL {#contribute}There are many ways to get involved with LADAL, big and small.```{=html}<div class="help-grid"> <div class="help-card"> <h4>✍️ Write a Tutorial</h4> <p>Share your expertise — we welcome tutorials on any topic relevant to language data science from researchers at all career stages.</p> </div> <div class="help-card aqua"> <h4>🔧 Fix an Error</h4> <p>Found a mistake? Help us improve by reporting it or fixing it directly via GitHub.</p> </div> <div class="help-card magenta"> <h4>🎤 Present a Webinar</h4> <p>Share your research or methods with the LADAL community through an online presentation.</p> </div> <div class="help-card blue"> <h4>📣 Spread the Word</h4> <p>Share LADAL with colleagues, students, and networks. Every referral helps grow the community.</p> </div> <div class="help-card"> <h4>📦 Share Resources</h4> <p>Point us to useful tools, datasets, or methods we should know about or feature.</p> </div> <div class="help-card aqua"> <h4>🤝 Become an Affiliate</h4> <p>Join LADAL's growing network of supporters. <a href="mailto:ladal@uq.edu.au">Contact us</a> to enquire.</p> </div></div>```### How to Submit a Tutorial {#submit-tutorial}```{=html}<ol class="steps-list"> <li> <div class="step-num">1</div> <div class="step-body"> <h4>Download the template</h4> <p>Get the <a href="https://slcladal.github.io/content/base.Rmd">LADAL tutorial skeleton (.Rmd)</a> — a template with the correct structure and formatting.</p> </div> </li> <li> <div class="step-num">2</div> <div class="step-body"> <h4>Write your tutorial</h4> <p>Use the template to write your tutorial. Include text, code, and examples following the LADAL style. Topics can cover language data science, corpus linguistics, text analytics, statistics, visualisation, or related areas.</p> </div> </li> <li> <div class="step-num">3</div> <div class="step-body"> <h4>Send it to us</h4> <p>Email your completed <code>.Rmd</code> file (along with any supporting files needed to render it) to <a href="mailto:ladal@uq.edu.au">ladal@uq.edu.au</a>.</p> </div> </li> <li> <div class="step-num">4</div> <div class="step-body"> <h4>Review and publication</h4> <p>The LADAL team will review your submission. Once approved, your tutorial is published as an official LADAL tutorial with full attribution to you.</p> </div> </li></ol>```---## Reporting and Fixing Errors {#errors}Found a mistake in a tutorial? Every correction helps make LADAL better for everyone. Choose whichever option suits you best.```{=html}<div class="error-options"> <div class="error-card"> <div class="error-card-header"> <span class="error-icon">📧</span> <h4>Option 1 — Report by Email</h4> </div> <div class="error-card-body"> <p>The simplest approach. Send us a message with:</p> <ul> <li>The name or URL of the tutorial</li> <li>A brief description of the error</li> <li>Your suggested correction (optional)</li> </ul> <p style="margin-top:10px"> <a href="mailto:ladal@uq.edu.au">ladal@uq.edu.au</a><br> <a href="mailto:m.schweinberger@uq.edu.au">m.schweinberger@uq.edu.au</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="error-card"> <div class="error-card-header aqua"> <span class="error-icon">⭐</span> <h4>Option 2 — Fix via GitHub</h4> <span class="badge">Recommended</span> </div> <div class="error-card-body"> <p>The most efficient option — fix it yourself and we receive an automatic notification to review and apply your change.</p> <ul> <li>You need a free <a href="https://github.com/join">GitHub account</a></li> <li>Find the file in the <a href="https://github.com/slcladal">LADAL repository</a></li> <li>Click the ✏️ pencil icon to edit in your browser</li> <li>Submit a pull request with a short description</li> <li>We review, merge, and credit you</li> </ul> </div> </div></div>```---## Services {#services}LADAL offers services to members of the School of Languages and Cultures at UQ, as well as to external partners, research teams, institutions, businesses, and individual researchers.```{=html}<div class="services-grid"> <div class="service-card"> <h4>🎓 Training and Upskilling</h4> <ul> <li>Workshops on language technology and data science</li> <li>Bespoke training for research teams or departments</li> <li>Webinars and online learning events</li> <li>One-on-one or small group consultations</li> </ul> </div> <div class="service-card aqua"> <h4>🛠️ Resources and Support</h4> <ul> <li>Access to LADAL tutorials and tools</li> <li>Guidance on choosing appropriate methods</li> <li>Support for corpus construction and data management</li> <li>Advice on reproducible research workflows</li> </ul> </div></div><div class="cta-banner"> <div> <h3>Interested in LADAL Services?</h3> <p>Contact us to enquire about workshops, request bespoke training, or discuss a collaboration.</p> </div> <div class="cta-actions"> <a href="mailto:ladal@uq.edu.au" class="btn-aqua">Email Us</a> <a href="/about.html" class="btn-ghost-white">About LADAL</a> </div></div>```---[Back to top](#get-in-touch) | [Back to HOME](/)
