University of Calgary & Linguistics The University of Calgary (U of C) is the home of the Language Research Centre (LRC). The LRC's mission is to develop and distribute leading-edge strategies for enhancing second language education and thus create a more articulate, literate, multicultural and internationally effective citizenry. The LRC has three strands of research, namely (1) best practices in second language curriculum design, (2) technology enhanced language learning, and (3) psycholinguistic investigation. The psycholinguistics laboratory is equipped with infrared eye-tracking equipment, EEG facilities for ERP experiments, and extensive sound equipment for acoustic analysis. Being a collaborative enterprise, the LRC draws on the expertise of faculty members in numerous language departments as well as Linguistics and Psychology.                      University of Potsdam & Linguistics The University of Potsdam (UP) was founded in 1991. Within 10 years, the Department of Linguistics of the university has established itself as a major center in Germany for linguistic research with an explicitly cognitive orientation. This focus is particularly exhibited in the programs of the institute (e.g. the program in speech pathology), its major role in the workings of the Center for Cognitive Studies, and in the research projects and publications of its faculty and research staff. With its "state-of-the-art" facilities for conducting psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic research (with e.g. capacities for doing ERPs), the University of Potsdam offers ideal facilities for the MAP.