[EDLING:676] Fwd: CALICO Call for papers

Tamara Warhol warholt at DOLPHIN.UPENN.EDU
Thu Mar 3 19:30:00 UTC 2005


We are soliciting chapters for a book to be published by CALICO entitled
Calling on CALL: From Theory and Research to New Directions in Foreign
Language Teaching. The book will sequence from a general overview of CALL
and current approaches to teaching foreign languages to more specific uses
of CALL in terms of teaching particular skills and using courseware
applications and software.

Each chapter should include a literature review, discussion of the essentia=
l
principles of the subfield under consideration, ideas for practical
applications of the topic under discussion, questions for reflection, and a
bibliography.=20

The specific chapters we are looking for are:

1. The Big Picture - Situating CALL in a Broader Methodological Context
     -Relating CALL and CMC and the National Standards
    -CALL and teaching foreign languages in the context of
      current approaches to teaching foreign languages

2. CALL and Literacy
    -computer technology as a tool for promoting learners=B9
     literacy in a foreign language
    -the connection between computer technology and literacy

3. Using Micropublishing to Facilitate Writing in the Foreign Language
     -discuss various methods for micropublishing, such as task
      ideas for student-designed web pages, photo editing,
      PowerPoint presentations and weblogs.

If interested, please submit a 500 word proposal to Nike Arnold
(mnarnold at utk.edu) and Lara Ducate (ducate at sc.edu) by April 18, 2005.

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Tamara Warhol
PhD Student
Graduate School of Education
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
warholt at dolphin.upenn.edu



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