Innovative language learning opens doors to international career development

Scope 

The workshop aims to bring together educators and practitioners in secondary, higher or adult education, researchers, PhD students, administrators, designers of software and language learning systems, policy makers and other professionals involved in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in Europe and around the globe. With the belief that CALL contributes to increasing accessibility to language learning, better participation and collaboration during the learning process and building up experience for enhanced communication in the international world of work, transparency and validation of new knowledge, competences, acquisition and skills - all necessary for a global integration into the work market, the workshop will create a seminal framework for debate on the theory and practice of CALL collected under the main theme “CALL and career development ”.  

Topics of interest

Submissions may include, but are not restricted to:

Contributions are invited from specialists and practitioners in the various disciplines and research areas which bring input to the development of CALL.

Proposals for research papers and innovative European projects must be submitted online via the else submission system mentioning registration for this particular workshop. Authors of accepted presentations are requested to follow the general requirements recommended by the conference general management.

Presentation categories

Papers can be submitted for either 10-minute presentations or 20-minute presentations:

The papers can be research oriented (with a clear research topic), development focused (practice rather than research ), action-research (reflective) or papers showcasing and disseminating  EU-funded projects. Papers must be presented orally, with powerpoint or poster support.

Organizers

The workshop is organised with the expert support of the 2016 eLSE Conference in partnership with the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Gr.T.Popa Iasi - Modern Languages and Romanian for Foreign Students, Head of Discipline, Prof. Anca Colibaba, PhD; Fundatia EuroEd Iasi, University Al.I Cuza Iasi, Faculty of Letters, Prof. Stefan Colibaba, PhD; Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest, Associate Professor Roxana Marinescu, PhD; Quest - the Romanian Association for Quality Language Services, Prof. Laura Muresan, PhD. 

Partners and Sponsors

Supporting Organizations