Juliette Pechenart, Lecturer of French at DCU and President of the Applied French Association, shares her reflections on the FIPF 2006 Conference which was held in November in Vienna, Austria.
Click here to listen to Juliette’s podcast.
Further conference information from http://www.fipf.org
Click here to listen to our latest podcast interview with Marie Heraughty from Léargas.
The closing date for submissions for the 2007 European Award for Languages is 1 March 2007. In this interview, Marie discusses the 2007 award application criteria and submission process.
Further information from http://www.leargas.ie/education/lingua/eal.html
EUROCALL is a professional organisation for the promotion of innovative research, development and practice in the area of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) and Technology Enhanced Language Learning (TELL) in education and training. EUROCALL conferences bring together educators, researchers, administrators, materials developers, government representatives, vendors of hardware and software, and others interested in the field of CALL and TELL.
EUROCALL 2007 will take place at the University of Ulster, Coleraine Campus from 5-8 September with the theme ‘Mastering Multimedia: Teaching Through Technology’.
The organisers particularly welcome papers focusing on integrating new technologies into language learning. Presentations focusing on any other aspect of CALL research, development and practice are also welcomed, especially innovative uses both of established and of leading-edge technologies.
Further information from http://www.eurocall2007.com/
The 15th World Congress of Applied Linguistics will be held in Essen from August 24-29, 2008. The conference theme is “Multilingualism: challenges and opportunities.� The congress is organised by the German Association of Applied Linguistics (GAL e.V.), the University of Duisburg-Essen , Congress Centre Essen (CCE), and further partners.
AILA (Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée or International Association of Applied Linguistics) is inviting proposals for presentations that are related to policy, research and theory in the area of applied linguistics. Individual papers, posters, or symposia should be submitted by February 28 2007.
Further detalis from the AILA website.
Pilar is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Spanish at the National University of Ireland Galway.
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