The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) CALL 2008 International Conference
Dates
May 31st — June 1st, 2008
Venue
Faculty of Foreign Languages and Asian Studies, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, Japan
Organizer
Japan Association for Language Teaching — CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning)
Theme
New Frontiers in CALL: Negotiating Diversity
Keynote speaker
Phil Hubbard, senior lecturer in linguistics and director of English for Foreign Students Program, Language Center and linguistics Department, Stanford University, US
Plenary speaker
Gavin Dudeney, project director of The Consultants-E and author of The Internet and the Language Classroom (Cambridge University Press, 2000) and How to Teach English with Technology (Longman, 2007)
Content focus of presentation
* The impact of new and emerging CALL technologies
* Relationships between CALL and other disciplines, languages or traditions
* Connections between CALL in presence-based, online, blended and virtual learning environments
* Discussion of the future directions/frontiers of CALL-based teaching and research
* A focus on the frontier between CALL and theories of second language acquisition
