CALL FOR PAPERS
JALTCALL 2008 Conference
New Frontiers in CALL: Negotiating Diversity
For further information, please check the JALTCALL Website at
http://www.jaltcall.org, or email
jc2008@jaltcall.org.
Venue and Dates:
* Saturday, 31st May - Sunday, 1st June, 2008
* Faculty of Foreign Languages and Asian Studies
Nagoya University of Commerce & Business
4-4 Sagamine, Komenoki-cho, Nisshin-shi, Aichi-ken, 470-0193 Japan
Keynote Speaker:
* Phil Hubbard, Ph.D.
Director, English for Foreign Students
Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, Stanford University, USA
Plenary Speaker:
* Gavin Dudeney
Project Director, The Consultants-E
* The Internet and the Language Classroom (Cambridge University Press, 2000)
* How to Teach English with Technology (Longman, 2007)
Important Dates:
* Deadline for submission of proposals: February 15, 2008
* Notification of acceptance: March 15, 2008
* Details of preliminary schedule: March 30, 2008
Presentations may include the following areas:
* 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 Language Acquisition
Note that the above list is intended to be representative rather than
conclusive, so different perspectives on the conference theme are
encouraged. Submissions that do not deal directly with the conference
theme are also most welcome, provided they demonstrate a sufficient
level of innovation, quality of research, or suggestions for
improvement of the field. Proposals are encouraged in either English
or Japanese.
