Dear colleagues:

Please note the CFP below for the next MLA convention that will be held in Los
Angeles from 6 to 9 January 2011 (there will be no convention in 2010).

Thanks

Fernando Rubio
Co-Chair and Associate Professor
Department of Languages and Literature
University of Utah
(801) 581-4610

DIVISION ON THE TEACHING OF LANGUAGE
2011 MLA SESSIONS
CALL FOR PAPERS

Session title: Foreign Language Cultural Literacy and Web 2.0

The 2009 Horizon Report on emerging technologies details a multiplicity of
technology trends that are already having an impact on foreign language
teaching. These drivers of change in higher education include awareness of
globalization, openness to accelerated information sharing, and advances in
collaborative networking and collective knowledge production.

For one of its 2011 MLA sessions, the Committee on the Division of Language
Teaching seeks papers that examine how practices and tools associated with Web
2.0 and the use of instructional technology more generally can be effectively
used to enhance foreign language teaching and learning. Presentations are
invited on multi-media curriculum design that advances foreign language literacy
objectives, especially models that can serve a broad range of departmental
contexts.

We are especially interested in research that has been conducted in the
following areas:

*         Initiatives that enhance cultural learning and the development of
foreign language skills through the use of instructional technology (e.g.,
global simulations, gaming, asynchronous or synchronous exchanges);
*         Discussion and analysis of applications for the incorporation of
personal mobile devices into language classes;
*         Outcomes assessment (qualitative and quantitative) related to the
implementation of technology-enriched curriculum in language instruction
contexts;
*         Curriculum development initiatives that strengthen the ability of
institutions to offer less commonly taught languages;
*          Examples of cross-institutional collaboration in foreign language
instruction that demonstrate or show the limitations in the efficacy of
technology-enhanced teaching.

Abstracts should include a detailed description of the paper's organization, as
well as an explanation of how it fits into the theme of the session. Please send
a one page abstract to Professor Charlotte Melin at [log in to unmask] by March
10, 2010.


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