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  • GLoCALL 2015 Information


    GLoCALL2015

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    GLoCALL 2015 Information

    • Call for Proposals

      • Ninth Joint Conference of APACALL and PacCALL
        Pai Chai University, Daejeon, Korea
        12-14 November 2015
        Call for Proposals


        GLoCALL 2015 invites proposals for presentations that are related to computer-assisted language learning (CALL) and/or technology-enhanced language learning (TELL). Proposals for 'Papers' (30 minutes), 'Workshops' (60 minutes), 'Symposia' (60 minutes), 'Posters' and 'Virtual Presentations' should be submitted here by 15 May 2015.

        Proposals are encouraged within the sub-themes below, but are not limited to them.

        • application of technology to the language classroom
        • localizing Internet materials to the classroom
        • using the Internet for cultural exchange
        • managing multimedia/hypermedia environments
        • e-learning, collaborative learning and blended learning
        • emerging technologies
        • fostering autonomous learning through technology
        • training language teachers in e-learning environments

    • Important Dates

      • Important Dates
        January 15
        		 Opening of proposal submission
        May 15
        		 Deadline for proposal submissions  
        June 15
        		 Notices of acceptance sent out
        September 15
        		 Deadline for registration of all presenters
        September 15
        		 Deadline for pre-registration of participants (earlybird)
        October 15 Release of a preliminary conference program
        October 31
        		 Deadline for regular pre-registration
        November 12
        		 Pre-conference workshops
        November 13 & 14
        		 Plenary & concurrent sessions

    • Plenary Speakers

      • Agnes Kukulska-Hulme, The Open University, UK

        Agnes Kukulska-HulmeAgnes Kukulska-Hulme is Professor of Learning Technology and Communication in the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University and Past-President of the International Association for Mobile Learning. She has been researching mobile learning since 2001, most recently as part of the MOTILL project on mobile lifelong learning, the MASELTOV project on smart and personalized technologies for social inclusion, the British Council project on Mobile Pedagogy for English Language Teaching, and the SALSA project on language learning in the next generation of smart cities. She is interested in intercultural communication and has published widely on mobile language learning.

         

        Running wild: Out-of-class mobile language learning


        Mobile learning with portable devices creates additional opportunities to learn and practise a foreign language outside the classroom. At the same time, it challenges educators to consider impacts on instructional designs, in-class and out-of-class teaching and learning practices, language curricula and assessment. Drawing on our recent research projects, this talk will consider the opportunities and challenges of technology-supported learning taking place in a range of locations such as the home, the workplace, means of transportation, and various places in the city. Our concept of 'learner journeys' captures instances of planned and unplanned language learning. Target audiences have been adult learners including immigrants and international students, but the experiences have wider relevance. I will consider some of the features, tools and services that are available on smartphones and tablets as well as the issue of learners' capacity to make use of them in ways that will extend and transform their learning.

         

        Thomas Cobb, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada

        Tom CobbThomas Cobb has built, worked in, and run ESL reading and writing programs of many types and levels in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Japan, England, and Canada since 1980. He currently teaches applied linguistics to TESL trainees at the University of Quebec in Montreal. His research is about questions in language acquisition that are best answered with computer programs, many of which he develops himself and shares with practitioners on the Compleat Lexical Tutor website (www.lextutor.ca). Lextutor is devoted to supplying ESL and French teachers with the means and motivation to use and explore 'data driven' learning.

         

        The future of Vocabprofiling


        Vocabprofiling - creating a text profile by tagging the frequency of each word with a computer program - has been enormously influential in ESL reading worldwide since about 1995. Such a profile can predict the texts ESL learners at different levels will be able to read, and for what purposes (fluency development, inference practice), particularly if the level has been identified with a frequency based vocabulary test. The development of this highly practical scheme has, however, involved some theoretical shortcuts that researchers are now trying to address. 'Stupid' software looks only at word forms, counting two words as one that have little in common (bank and bank); the grouping of words into families and then bands of 1,000 families, while convenient involves significant information loss. My presentation will review the classic Vocabprofiling procedure and its successes, then describe with three research programs trying to remove the shortcuts but without reducing its usefulness.

         

        Jeong-Bae Son, University of Southern Queensland, Australia

        JBJeong-Bae Son, Ph.D., teaches Applied Linguistics & TESOL courses and supervises EdD and PhD students at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. His areas of specialisation are computer-assisted language learning (CALL) and language teacher education. He has developed a number of CALL applications, published extensively in the field of CALL and conducted seminars and workshops on CALL around the world. His edited books include Computer-Assisted Language Learning: Concepts, Contexts and Practices (2004), Internet-Based Language Learning: Pedagogies and Technologies (2009) and Computer-Assisted Language Learning: Learners, Teachers and Tools (2014). He is currently the President of the Asia-Pacific Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (APACALL), Co-Chair of the GLoCALL Conference, Director of Technology-Enhanced Language Learning Research Network (TELLRN), Editor of the APACALL Book Series and Co-Editor of CALL-EJ.


        Computer-assisted language learning: A reality check


        Computer-assisted language learning (CALL) has undergone considerable changes in its scope and facets over the years. The changes are on-going and require researchers and practitioners to keep up with evolving pedagogies, technologies and environments for CALL. How well are we doing? In this presentation, I will outline what is going on in the field of CALL. I will look at the key developmental aspects and dimensions of CALL while highlighting trends and topics of recent research and practice in CALL with a focus on three main areas: computer-mediated communication (CMC), web-based language learning (WBLL), and mobile-assisted language learning (MALL). I will also explore CALL tools and resources and discuss implications for language teaching with digital technologies.

        Inn-Chull Choi, Korea University, Korea

        JBInn-Chull Choi earned a Bachelor of Engineering at Korea University, an MA in TESL and a Ph.D. (major: language testing; minor: in CALL) at the Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is currently a professor of Dept. of English Education at Korea University, and an editorial board member of Language Testing (the oldest and most renowned international journal in the field of language assessment). After serving Korea Association of Multimedia-Assisted Language Learning (KAMALL) as president, he is currently serving Korea English Language Testing Association (KELTA) as vice-president. His areas of research interest include incorporating ICT into EFL teaching and testing.


        Incorporation of a form-focused ICALL process-oriented tutoring system into teaching and testing of communicative English grammar


        A Web-based form-focused intelligent computer-assisted language learning (ICALL) tutoring system equipped with a process-oriented corrective feedback function was developed to investigate the extent to which such a program may serve as a viable method of teaching and testing communicative English grammar to Korean secondary and elementary students. The present study was also intended to explore the overall efficacy of two different types of corrective feedback on errors made by students while using the process-oriented tutoring program. In addition, the current research attempted to identify the distribution pattern of errors made by EFL learners across error types combining grammar and cognitive strategies. Based on such error analysis, the program can provide students diagnostic information regarding their grammar competence, which can be utilized for formative evaluation. Finally, the research surveyed subjects’ attitudes toward the ICALL tutoring program and assessed its ability to help them acquire grammatical concepts. Overall, the statistical analysis reveals that a form-focused ICALL tutoring system that provides process-oriented feedback may serve to facilitate EFL learners’ acquisition of grammatical concepts, and that the majority of subjects think favorably of the dual purpose of the ICALL tutoring system serving as teaching and formative testing tool.

    • Local website (Korea)


      KAMALL

    • Registration Fees

      Registration Fees

      Local participants please register through the local site.

      International participants, please click here.

    • Conference Program

      Conference Program

    • Hotels and Tourism


      Hotels and Tourism

      GLoCALL 2015 is here again! As usual, the typical fanfare associated with our annual conference will be there - engaging plenaries, action-packed parallel and poster sessions, and symposiums. BUT if you love history, culture and traditions, then GLOCALL 2015 @ Korea should not be missed!

      This year, Pai Chai University, Daejeon, Korea is hosting GLOCALL 2015. You can read more about the amazing city that this conference will be held in here.  For a list of the recommended hotels, their prices and other information, please click here. If you wish to stay at the official hotel of the conference, which will have a shuttle bus to the conference, fill out this application form and follow the steps outlined on it. Places are limited so please do so quickly.

      For information on how to get to Daejeon, please click here.

    • Pre-Conference Workshops

      Pre-Conference Workshops


      Date: 12 November 2015

      Venue: Pai Chai University, Daejeon, Korea


      14:00 - 15:00

      Mobile pedagogy for English language teaching

      by Agnes Kukulska-Hulme


      We propose a new Pedagogical Framework for Mobile English Language Teaching, designed to stimulate thinking around key aspects of mobile-enabled language activities for students. This workshop highlights the use of activities which exploit a dynamic language and technology environment while drawing on the distinctive capabilities of teachers and learners.

       

      15:10 - 16:10

      Strong texts for weak learners

      by Thomas Cobb


      ESL learners are often bored by the simple texts they are able to read, but unable to read the texts that would interest them. Lextutor has two solutions: simplify complex texts down to the learner's level, or resource the learner up to the level of the text. Focus: hands-on, practical.

       

      16:20 - 17:20

      Activity design in CALL

      by Jeong-Bae Son


      This workshop will explore the issue of how to design computer-assisted language learning (CALL) activities and discuss the design process and methods. Participants will have an opportunity to learn about the types of web activities and mobile activities and a hands-on practice in the creation and use of some online activities.

       


    • Virtual and Slides

      Conference participants should receive a password to enter the presentation slides and virtual section of the site either by email or at the conference. You can enter the course later.

      • *IMPORTANT NOTES*

        Presenters: when you log into the virtual site, you must enrol in the course. To do this, you must be logged into the glocall.org website with the username and password you receive as a virtual presenter. Then follow the appropriate instructions

        Non-presenting participants of GLoCALL 2015 may access the course as a guest if you receive the password to do so.

        **Enter the Virtual Slide Area **

    • Conference Committee

      • Sub-Committees
        		 Names
        		 E-mail addresses
        Executive Committee Jeong-Bae Son (Co-Chair)
        Siew Ming Thang (Co-Chair)
        Changin Lee (Local Chair)
        		 jeong-bae.son at usq.edu.au
        tsm.2001uk at gmail.com
        cilee at pcu.ac.kr
        Program Committee

        Jeong-Bae Son
        Siew Ming Thang
        Thomas Robb
        Sion Lee
        Sangmin Lee (Local Coordinator)

        jeong-bae.son at usq.edu.au
        tsm.2001uk at gmail.com
        trobb at cc.kyoto-su.ac.jp
        amysion2 at gmail.com
        sangminlee at khu.ac.kr
        Proposal Review Committee

        Eric Hagley
        Klaus-Dieter Rossade
        Vance Stevens
        Antonie Alm
        Arif Altun
        Michael Crawford
        Long V. Nguyen
        Kazunori Nozawa
        Thomas Webster
        Steve Lambacher

        hagley at mmm.muroran-it.ac.jp
        klaus-dieter.rossade at open.ac.uk
        vancestev at gmail.com
        antonie.alm at otago.ac.nz
        altunar at hacettepe.edu.tr
        crawford at dokkyo.ac.jp
        nvlong at cfl.udn.vn
        nozawa at is.ritsumei.ac.jp
        proftewebster at gmail.com
        steve.lambacher at gmail.com
        Publicity Committee
        		 Hiroyuki Obari obari119 at gmail.com
        Hospitality Committee Toshiko Koyama mtkoyama at osaka-ohtani.ac.jp
        Treasury & Registration Committee

        Thomas Robb

        trobb at cc.kyoto-su.ac.jp
        Webmaster
        		 Eric Hagley

        hagley at mmm.muroran-it.ac.jp

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