ERIC Number: ED565044
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 290
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: 978-1-908416-12-4
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20 Years of EUROCALL: Learning from the Past, Looking to the Future. Proceedings [of the] 2013 EUROCALL Conference (Évora, Portugal, September 11-14, 2013)
Bradley, Linda, Ed.; Thouësny, Sylvie, Ed.
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EUROCALL 2013's theme was "20 Years of EUROCALL: Learning from the Past, Looking to the Future." The conference seeked to establish an overview of EUROCALL's twentieth anniversary. As a professional organization, EUROCALL has been aiming, along its 20 years of existence, to promote innovative research, development and practice in the area of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) and Technology Enhanced Language Learning (TELL) in education and training. During 20 years the organization has brought together educators, researchers, PhD students, administrators, designers of software and language learning systems, government representatives, equipment and software suppliers and other professionals involved in CALL and TELL. Some of the areas covered during the conference were: (1)???? Recent developments in mobile learning; (2)???? Language learning in virtual environments; ????(3) Synchronous communication in language learning; (4) European Language Portfolio, self assessment and ICT; ????(5) Challenges of e-learning: the role of the institution; ????(6) E-learning: student expectations and experience; ????(7) Successes of e-learning through the eyes of the student; ????(8) The use of new technologies for language teaching in schools; ????(9) Promoting the use of new technologies amongst language teaching professionals; ????(10) Developments in the pedagogy of online learning; ????(11) Corpora and language learning; (12) Courseware design; ??(13) Cross-sector collaboration through e-learning; ????(14) Supporting less widely taught languages through CALL; ????(15) Improving intercultural competence through language learning; ????(16) Managing multimedia environments; ????(17) Distance and collaborative learning; and (18) Self access and learner autonomy. An author index and a name index are included. (Individual papers contain references.)
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Simulated Environment, Synchronous Communication, Portfolios (Background Materials), Self Evaluation (Individuals), Barriers, Electronic Learning, School Role, Student Attitudes, Student Experience, Language Teachers, Online Courses, Courseware, Instructional Design, Cooperative Learning, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness, Multimedia Instruction, Distance Education, Personal Autonomy, German, French, Foreign Countries, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, English (Second Language), African Languages, Swedish
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