From http://www.worldcall2013.org
The Chair and members of the WorldCALL Steering Committee extend a cordial invitation to attend the 4th WorldCALL Conference, hosted by the University of Ulster at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow, 10-13 July 2013.
The theme of the next WorldCALL Conference is Sustainability and CALL
This topic is far-reaching and includes but is not limited to:
• The use of ubiquitous technologies, such as the mobile phone, mp3 players, iPads etc., to provide flexibility and access to language learning opportunities
• Development and design of applications with a view to use in the longer term
• Learner autonomy and CALL
• Motivation, guidance and accountability in language learning without the teacher present
• Discussion of CALL that reaches beyond the hype and the latest gadget to encompass longer term priorities and goals
• The use of social networking technologies by language teachers and learners to share expertise, knowledge and information both nationally and internationally
• The development of innovative teaching/learning materials that are unrestrictive and open to all
• Sustaining innovation through collaborations across institutions, both nationally and internationally
• Building and sustaining online communities of language learners/teachers
• Working collaboratively to adapt and disseminate innovations so that they can be used beyond the original
development environment, the early adopter or the lone operator
• Developing theoretical frameworks, models, principles and guidelines for the development of CALL innovations with a view to the longer term
• Developing 3-year, or 5-year plans to the match the needs and priorities of particular languages, groups and/or regions, with a view to sustainability
• The development of network-based materials that have sustainable maintenance and support
• The viability of open source as a pathway to sustainability
You are invited to submit proposals for 30- or 45-minute presentations, courseware showcase, poster sessions, or symposia that address any of the above or related topics, as well as those involving studies of other aspects that may directly or indirectly influence the impact of the medium on language teaching and learning.
Deadline for submissions: 15 October 2012
View the full call for papers at http://www.worldcall2013.org/call-for-papers.asp
June 2, 2012
Call for Submissions: American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages Bulletin
- Call for Submissions -
American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages (AATT) Bulletin
AATT invites scholars of Turkish and Turkic languages and cultures to submit articles and reviews on the general theme of "Acquisition" for the Winter 2013 issue of the AATT Bulletin. Under that theme, the editors are interested in topics ranging from media and technology in the classroom, language instruction materials (including apps and websites), methodologies, study abroad, immersion, and assessment to linguistics, literature, and culture for our upcoming edition. Deadline for submissions: September 1, 2012.
Submissions should be in English and not exceed 3500 words.
Manuscripts should follow the Chicago Manual of Style. Authors should use endnotes instead of footnotes. There is no need to send a separate bibliography. Double-spaced Word files may be sent as e-mail attachments to the AATT editor, Erdağ Göknar: goknar at duke dot edu
The AATT Bulletin aims to foster communication among scholars of Turkish, Azeri, Kazakh, Kirgiz, Tatar, Turkmen, Uyghur, and Uzbek. It is published annually, under the auspices of the American Association for Teachers of Turkic Languages, and with support from Indiana University Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies Chair. For advertising rates, please contact Dr. Ferida Hatiboğlu, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of AATT, at feride at sas dot upenn dot edu . For other questions regarding format, or copies of past issues (since 1999), please contact the editor. For more information on the AATT, visit: http://aatturkic.org/default.asp?parentID=123616.
Erdağ Göknar, Ph.D.
Andrew W. Mellon Asst. Professor of Turkish Studies
Slavic & Eurasian Studies
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
Duke University
goknar at duke dot edu
Riedlmayer, A. H-TURK: CfP: Amer. Assoc. of Teachers of Turkic Languages Bulletin [E.Göknar]. H-TURK listserv (H-TURK@H-NET.MSU.EDU, 27 Jun 2012).
American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages (AATT) Bulletin
AATT invites scholars of Turkish and Turkic languages and cultures to submit articles and reviews on the general theme of "Acquisition" for the Winter 2013 issue of the AATT Bulletin. Under that theme, the editors are interested in topics ranging from media and technology in the classroom, language instruction materials (including apps and websites), methodologies, study abroad, immersion, and assessment to linguistics, literature, and culture for our upcoming edition. Deadline for submissions: September 1, 2012.
Submissions should be in English and not exceed 3500 words.
Manuscripts should follow the Chicago Manual of Style. Authors should use endnotes instead of footnotes. There is no need to send a separate bibliography. Double-spaced Word files may be sent as e-mail attachments to the AATT editor, Erdağ Göknar: goknar at duke dot edu
The AATT Bulletin aims to foster communication among scholars of Turkish, Azeri, Kazakh, Kirgiz, Tatar, Turkmen, Uyghur, and Uzbek. It is published annually, under the auspices of the American Association for Teachers of Turkic Languages, and with support from Indiana University Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies Chair. For advertising rates, please contact Dr. Ferida Hatiboğlu, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of AATT, at feride at sas dot upenn dot edu . For other questions regarding format, or copies of past issues (since 1999), please contact the editor. For more information on the AATT, visit: http://aatturkic.org/default.asp?parentID=123616.
Erdağ Göknar, Ph.D.
Andrew W. Mellon Asst. Professor of Turkish Studies
Slavic & Eurasian Studies
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
Duke University
goknar at duke dot edu
Riedlmayer, A. H-TURK: CfP: Amer. Assoc. of Teachers of Turkic Languages Bulletin [E.Göknar]. H-TURK listserv (H-TURK@H-NET.MSU.EDU, 27 Jun 2012).
June 2012 Issue of Language Magazine
The June 2012 of Language Magazine is available online at http://languagemagazine.com/?p=3994 . In this issue:
Speaking to le Monde
Richard Shryock argues that French is the most practical language to learn
Strategic Mentoring
Betty Achinstein, Susan O’Hara, Robert Pritchard, and Jeff Zwiers explore how specific training of mentors for new teachers improves English learner outcomes
Cutting to the Common Core
As the introduction to a series of articles on how implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) will affect teaching, Language Magazine presents a selection of expert advice
Public Addressing
Luis F. Suarez charts the legal developments in translation and interpretation requirements at public schools
La Princesse
Celebrate the majesty of France by studying its language chez elle
The French Revolution
Fabrice Jaumont charts the rise French-English dual-language programs
Psychic Linguistic Processing
Athina Kontos witnesses Clif High’s lexical ball
Last Writes Richard Lederer and the Name Game
Speaking to le Monde
Richard Shryock argues that French is the most practical language to learn
Strategic Mentoring
Betty Achinstein, Susan O’Hara, Robert Pritchard, and Jeff Zwiers explore how specific training of mentors for new teachers improves English learner outcomes
Cutting to the Common Core
As the introduction to a series of articles on how implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) will affect teaching, Language Magazine presents a selection of expert advice
Public Addressing
Luis F. Suarez charts the legal developments in translation and interpretation requirements at public schools
La Princesse
Celebrate the majesty of France by studying its language chez elle
The French Revolution
Fabrice Jaumont charts the rise French-English dual-language programs
Psychic Linguistic Processing
Athina Kontos witnesses Clif High’s lexical ball
Last Writes Richard Lederer and the Name Game
New Issue of the IALLT Journal for Language Learning Technologies
The latest issue of the IALLT Journal for Language Learning Technologies is now available. You can download articles at http://www.iallt.org/iallt_journal
In this issue:
Bridging the Gap: Online Modules for Less Commonly Taught Languages
Sociocultural Theory-Guided College-Level Mandarin Chinese Hybrid Course Design
Using Web 2.0 to Learn the Spanish Pretérito and Imperfecto
Collaboration through Wiki and Paper Compositions in Foreign Language Classes
The Electronic Portfolio as Assessment Tool and More: The Drake University Model
Computer Assisted Instruction & the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines
A Web-Based Tutorial for the Instruction of Spanish Pragmatics
Realizing the Potential of Mobile Phone Technology for Language Learning
Assessing Student Oral Language Proficiency: Cost-Conscious Tools, Practices & Outcomes
The Stanford Non-Native Rapper Contest: Fostering Transcultural Competences Using Social Media
Language Learning Technology Review
LLTI Highlights
Legal Issues & Language Learning Technology
In this issue:
Bridging the Gap: Online Modules for Less Commonly Taught Languages
Sociocultural Theory-Guided College-Level Mandarin Chinese Hybrid Course Design
Using Web 2.0 to Learn the Spanish Pretérito and Imperfecto
Collaboration through Wiki and Paper Compositions in Foreign Language Classes
The Electronic Portfolio as Assessment Tool and More: The Drake University Model
Computer Assisted Instruction & the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines
A Web-Based Tutorial for the Instruction of Spanish Pragmatics
Realizing the Potential of Mobile Phone Technology for Language Learning
Assessing Student Oral Language Proficiency: Cost-Conscious Tools, Practices & Outcomes
The Stanford Non-Native Rapper Contest: Fostering Transcultural Competences Using Social Media
Language Learning Technology Review
LLTI Highlights
Legal Issues & Language Learning Technology
Book: Language Teaching Research and Language Pedagogy
From http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-144433610X.html?144433610X=
Language Teaching Research and Language Pedagogy
By Rod Ellis
Published by Wiley
Description: This book examines current research centered on the second language classroom and the implications of this research for both the teaching and learning of foreign languages. It offers illuminating insights into the important relationship between research and teaching, and the inherent complexities of the teaching and learning of foreign languages in classroom settings.
Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-144433610X.html?144433610X=
Language Teaching Research and Language Pedagogy
By Rod Ellis
Published by Wiley
Description: This book examines current research centered on the second language classroom and the implications of this research for both the teaching and learning of foreign languages. It offers illuminating insights into the important relationship between research and teaching, and the inherent complexities of the teaching and learning of foreign languages in classroom settings.
Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-144433610X.html?144433610X=
Book: Telling Stories in the Face of Danger
From http://www.oupress.com/ECommerce/Book/Detail/1621/telling%20stories%20in%20the%20face%20of%20danger
Telling Stories in the Face of Danger: Language Renewal in Native American Communities
By Paul V. Kroskrity
Published by the University of Oklahoma Press
Description: Stories are important in all human societies, and especially in those whose languages are threatened with extinction. “They aren’t just entertainment,” writes Laguna Pueblo novelist Leslie Marmon Silko in Ceremony. “They are all we have . . . to fight off illness and death. You don’t have anything if you don’t have the stories.” The contributors to this volume, all linguists and linguistic anthropologists concerned with the revitalization of indigenous languages, draw on that understanding as they explore Native American storytelling both as a response to and a symptom of language endangerment. Edited by Paul V. Kroskrity, the essays show how traditional stories, and their nontraditional written descendants, such as poetry and graphic novels, help to maintain Native cultures and languages.
Highlighting language renewal programs, Telling Stories in the Face of Danger presents case studies from various North American communities that show tribal stories as vehicles of moral development, healing, and the construction of identity.
Several essays presented here describe successful efforts to maintain, revitalize, and renew narrative traditions or to adapt them to new institutions, such as schools. Others consider less successful efforts, noting conflicts among older and younger tribal members or differences between academic and traditional language expertise or between insiders and outsiders.
Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.oupress.com/ECommerce/Book/Detail/1621/telling%20stories%20in%20the%20face%20of%20danger
Read a review of this book at http://www.nctimes.com/entertainment/books-and-literature/books-can-language-preservation-battle-be-won/article_c86293bf-ac0b-57c6-be28-6b6a4668c379.html
Telling Stories in the Face of Danger: Language Renewal in Native American Communities
By Paul V. Kroskrity
Published by the University of Oklahoma Press
Description: Stories are important in all human societies, and especially in those whose languages are threatened with extinction. “They aren’t just entertainment,” writes Laguna Pueblo novelist Leslie Marmon Silko in Ceremony. “They are all we have . . . to fight off illness and death. You don’t have anything if you don’t have the stories.” The contributors to this volume, all linguists and linguistic anthropologists concerned with the revitalization of indigenous languages, draw on that understanding as they explore Native American storytelling both as a response to and a symptom of language endangerment. Edited by Paul V. Kroskrity, the essays show how traditional stories, and their nontraditional written descendants, such as poetry and graphic novels, help to maintain Native cultures and languages.
Highlighting language renewal programs, Telling Stories in the Face of Danger presents case studies from various North American communities that show tribal stories as vehicles of moral development, healing, and the construction of identity.
Several essays presented here describe successful efforts to maintain, revitalize, and renew narrative traditions or to adapt them to new institutions, such as schools. Others consider less successful efforts, noting conflicts among older and younger tribal members or differences between academic and traditional language expertise or between insiders and outsiders.
Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.oupress.com/ECommerce/Book/Detail/1621/telling%20stories%20in%20the%20face%20of%20danger
Read a review of this book at http://www.nctimes.com/entertainment/books-and-literature/books-can-language-preservation-battle-be-won/article_c86293bf-ac0b-57c6-be28-6b6a4668c379.html
Hindi Urdu Flagship Publishes Digital Edition of Popular Braj Bhasha Reader
From http://hindiurduflagship.org/2012/05/huf-publishes-digital-edition-of-popular-braj-bhasha-reader
The Hindi Urdu Flagship has just published a free digital version of Rupert Snell’s classic introduction to Braj Bhasha, the wonderful medieval ancestor of modern Hindi. The book is available both online and as a downloadable PDF.
Access the book at http://hindiurduflagship.org/resources/learning-teaching/braj-bhasha-reader
The Hindi Urdu Flagship has just published a free digital version of Rupert Snell’s classic introduction to Braj Bhasha, the wonderful medieval ancestor of modern Hindi. The book is available both online and as a downloadable PDF.
Access the book at http://hindiurduflagship.org/resources/learning-teaching/braj-bhasha-reader
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