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EuroCALL 2017: Call for papers extended

The call for papers deadline for the 25th EuroCALL conference, to be held at the University of Southampton from 23rd-26th August 2017, has been extended to 14th February 2017. The conference theme is ‘CALL in a Climate of Change: Adapting to Turbulent Global Conditions’. This theme encompasses the notion of how CALL can, and is responding to changing global circumstances which impact on education, be they in economic, political or environmental spheres. Continue reading →

Modern Languages PhD student wins CALICO Outstanding Graduate Student Award

Modern Languages PhD student and lecturer at Umm AlQura University in Saudi Arabia, Sahar Alzahrani, received the CALICO Outstanding Graduate Student Award at this year’s Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO) Conference, which took place from 10-14 May 2016 at Michigan State University in the US. This award is presented annually at the conference in recognition of academic and research achievements in the area of CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning). Continue reading →

Modern Languages represented at 2014 Eurocall conference

Julie Watson and Kate Borthwick are amongst colleagues from Modern Languages attending the 2014 Eurocall conference, taking place from 20-23 August 2014 at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Julie’s presentation entitled ‘Sizing up the online course: adapting learning design to meet growing participant numbers’ will take place on the second day of the conference. Continue reading →

WorldCALL2013 starts tomorrow

The WorldCALL2013 Conference starts tomorrow in Glasgow. WorldCALL aims to enhance computer-assisted language learning (CALL) in the global community by bringing together language educators in higher education around the world. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Sustainability and CALL’. Colleagues from Modern Languages at Southampton will be attending and presenting on e-learning initiatives at the conference. Continue reading →

WorldCALL2013 Conference, 10-13 July

The WorldCALL2013 Conference will be taking place in Glasgow from 10-13 July 2013. WorldCALL aims to enhance computer-assisted language learning (CALL) in the global community by bringing language educators in higher education around the world together. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Sustainability and CALL’. A number of the sessions will involve practical demonstrations of courseware and other technology that will be of interest to teachers in secondary and further education. Continue reading →