GLoCALL 2012 Conference & 2012 International Symposium on CALL

[18th ¡ª 20th, Oct. 2012¡¡Beijing, China]
http://www.beiwaionline.com/glocall2012/

The Online Education Institute of Beijing Foreign Studies University (known as Beiwai Online), and the Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics of Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press (FLTRP) will jointly host the ¡°GLoCALL 2012 Conference & 2012 International Symposium on CALL¡±. This conference will be a continuance of the exclusively high-level 2006 International Symposium on CALL, but also the first annual conference of GLoCALL in China. The Conference aims to explore how technology can be adapted to better meet the local needs of students and teachers, while at the same time providing global perspectives on computer-assisted language learning (CALL); and to bring the technology within the reach of local teachers who wish to develop their professionalism in CALL.
On Oct. 18, CALL experts will present at pre-conference workshops themed around ¡°Introducing CALL to Local Teachers¡± and ¡°Teaching Oral Skills in Group Online in Real-Time¡±. We welcome researchers, teachers, and practioners in CALL to join us. Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics.

We invite presentations on topics relevant (not limited) to the following:

  1. New technology and foreign language education
  2. CALL environment
  3. CALL & L2 teacher education
  4. CALL & online education
  5. CALL courseware
  6. CALL evaluation
  7. CALL learners
  8. Modality of learning
  9. Web-based & resource-driven learning
  10. Corpus-based & data-driven learning
  11. Computer applications in second language acquisition, CAS
Important Dates ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡  

November 28,2011

Opening of proposal submission

April 30,2012

Deadline for proposal submissions

May 30,2012

Notices of acceptance sent out

July 30,2012

Deadline for speaker pre-registration

August 30,2012

Deadline for general pre-registration

September 15,2012

Release of a preliminary conference program

October 17, 2012

Reception day

October 18, 2012

Pre-conference workshops, Plenaries & concurrent sessions

October 19-20, 2012

Plenaries & concurrent sessions
Presentation Format
Keynote speeches (50 minutes)
Paper sessions (35 minutes)
Workshops (80-90 minutes)
Symposia (80 minutes)
Posters
Language of Presentation
English
Working Language
English
Note:
  1. Please submit an English abstract with around 250 words and 3-5 keywords at the conference website before April 30,2012.
  2. The pre-conference workshops will be held in the afternoon on Oct.18.
  3. The registration fee is 1200 RMB for general participants, and 800 RMB for graduate students. The registration fee needs to be paid onsite . Participants should pay for their own travel and accommodation fees.
  4. For any queries please call 010-88810163-8317 or email to conference@beiwaionline.com.

The Organizing Committee