Arabic-L:PEDA:CFP:Al-Quds U Symposium on Teaching Foreign Languages in the Digital Age

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1) Subject: CFP:Al-Quds U Symposium on Teaching Foreign Languages in the
Digital Age

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Date: 12 Jun 2014
From: reposted from LINGUIST
Subject: CFP:Al-Quds U Symposium on Teaching Foreign Languages in the
Digital Age

Full Title: Learning and Teaching Foreign Languages in the Digital Age

Date: 14-Apr-2015 - 15-Apr-2015
Location: Jerusalem, Israel
Contact Person: Omar Najjar
Meeting Email: onajjar at arts.alquds.com

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics

Call Deadline: 15-Aug-2014

Meeting Description:

International Symposium: 'Learning and Teaching Foreign Languages in the
Digital Age'

Organized by the Minor in French Program at the Department of English of
Al-Quds University in Jerusalem
14-15 April 2015

No doubt the teaching and learning of foreign languages has undergone a
great upheaval in recent decades with the advent of new Information and
Communication Technologies in general, and ICT in Learning and Teaching
Foreign Languages in particular. Learners today are not the same as those
of yesterday. Today's learners are totally immersed in technology. They
spend significant periods of time in front of the computer on the internet
using laptops, tablets and other technological means to access social
networks and forums.

Using the old teaching methods will only strengthen the already existing
gap between the learners and teachers, and this especially true with
foreign languages. Thus, employing these new technologies in teaching is
inevitable for effective results in today's digital world.

This symposium is intended as a field of reflections on the real
contribution of the (ICT in Learning and Teaching Foreign Languages) at
schools, colleges and universities. Their impact on the results, attitudes,
motivations and teachers students etc.

Conference languages: French, English and Arabic

Organizing Committee Chair:

Ms. Saliha Lardjane Salawdeh, teacher and coordinator of French at the
University Al-Quds, PhD student at the University of Nantes France
ssalawda2012 at hotmail.com, ssalawda2012 at arts.alquds.edu

Call for Papers:

Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15 August 2014

Researchers, teacher-researchers, PhD students and young practitioners are
invited to present their research on the following questions:

1. Is it true that the (ICT in Learning and Teaching Foreign Languages)
contributes to the motivations of foreign language students?
2. Does it make the task of the teacher easier to handle?
3. Does it make learning foreign languages more interesting?
4. How might (ICT in Learning and Teaching Foreign Languages) be used in
foreign language classes? What specific teaching practices might be adopted?
5. What professional training and skills are required of foreign language
teachers if they are to successfully integrate technologically-enhanced
methodologies and technologically-produced resources into the classroom?
6. What is the cost in financial and human resources for integrating
technological innovations into (ICT in Learning and Teaching Foreign
Languages) in a foreign language classroom?
7. What financial and human resources should we make available to our
policy of integration of ICT in Learning and Teaching Foreign Languages?
8. How could the electronic tools used in interpreting and translating be
integrated in the learning and teaching of foreign languages?

Participation:

Please submit 500 word abstract (10 references max) in pdf format
indicating the desired response format. Please state name, status and
affiliation, contact email address in the message.

1. Key Lecture of 40 minutes followed by 10 minutes of questions
2. Short papers of 20 followed by 30 questions
3. Presentations of experiments of 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes of
discussion

Proposals will be evaluated by the scientific committee according to their
relevance and scientific quality.

Important Dates:

Deadline for submission of paper proposals: 15 August 2014
Notification of acceptance or rejection: 15 August 2014

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