CFP: uCALL '10

[Francis Hult]

http://sites.google.com/site/ucallsymposium/Home

 

uCALL '10

 

May 25, 2010 - May 29, 2010

 

Kavos Bay Seafront Hotel

Aghia Marina, Greece

 

uCALL stands for User-centred Computer Assisted Language Learning. The most important part of this title is 'User-centred'. We want to focus on the hard work and objectives of the language learner, and provide as much help as possible in this great endeavour. This is the potential user of all kinds of media which increasingly includes web pages and software. We don't want a group of academics to discuss interesting research ideas in a vacuum. We want to focus clearly on practical, clear and useful assistance of many kinds, for the difficult and important task of learning a language.




We hope you find the Symposium of interest to you and that you will be part of this venture:

* A chance to discuss in a beautiful, relaxed environment a range of important issues for the language learner, teacher and developer. 

* Symposium attendance will count as a conference publication. Abstracts and submissions are double-blind reviewed.

* All who attend the symposium are guaranteed a chapter in an internationally published anthology. 

* A chance to meet others like you who share your passion and interests.

 

Submit an Abstract 

Do please submit an abstract (less than 300 words) to outline your ideas for a chapter in the book. The objective throughout is what you can contribute to help the language learner. The deadline for submission is December 1st 2009. Abstracts will be double-blind reviewed and you will receive acceptance notification by the end of 2009.

We would also like you to tell us more about yourself and your experience as student, teacher or developer. 

Simply  email us at ucall09 at googlemail.com and submit:

 

Your name, who you work for / study with  and email address (and if available your web home page) 

 

Your experience of language learning as student, teacher or software /course developer 

The questions you would like the Symposium to answer under 3 categories:

Helping the adult language learner. 

Helping the language teacher to be more effective. 

Materials (software, web sites, books...) that can support student and/or teacher.

 

An abstract of 300 words or less outlining your thoughts for a chapter in the anthology.

 

We need to receive this email by the 1st of December 2009. By the end of 2009 we will ask 25 to submit a draft chapter for the book and Symposium. This will be double-blind reviewed and by early next year we will have confirmed the structure of the book, and the members of the Symposium. At the end of May 2010, we will all get together, explore the ideas of the drafts, and ready the anthology for publication at the end of the summer. 

 

Deadlines

Submit an Abstract: By 1st December 2009. All submissions will be double-blind reviewed by an international academic committee.

 

Draft: You will be invited to submit a draft for the Symposium by the end of January 2010. These will also be double-blind reviewed by an international academic committee.

 

Final registration: Including symposium fees by the end of March 2010.

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