WorldCALL 2008: CALL BRIDGES THE WORLD Fukuoka (Japan): 5-8 August 2008 Pre-conference sessions: 5 August (Fukuoka University) _ Workshops (charged separately) Conference: 6-8 August (Fukuoka International Congress Center) _ Academic papers _ Panel discussions _ Courseware showcases _ Keynote speeches _ Exhibitions _ Symposia _ Welcome reception _ Poster sessions _ Corporate presentations _ Dinner cruise (charged separately) Conference Chair: Mike Levy (Griffith University, Australia) Conference Vice-Chair: Masayoshi Kinoshita (Fukuoka International University) Keynote speakers: Vera Menezes, Brazil Stephen Bax, UK Trude Heift, Canada Katsuhiko Shirai, Japan WorldCALL is a worldwide professional association for teachers and educators interested in computer assisted language learning. WorldCALL members are established professional CALL associations from throughout the world. The current members of WorldCALL are: EUROCALL, CALICO, IALLT, CERCLES, CCAQLL/ CELAO, ATELL & LET. To date, WorldCALL has held two major international conferences: the first in 1998 in Melbourne, Australia, and the second in 2003 in Banff, Canada. WorldCALL 2008 will be held in Fukuoka, Japan, and is being organized by LET (the Japan Association for Language Education and Technology). LET will continue the WorldCALL scholarship program to enable postgraduate students and junior academics to attend and will sponsor four keynote speakers from Europe, North America, South America and Japan. _ Deadline for academic submissions: 30 November 2007 _ Deadline for scholarship applications: 31 December 2007 (Note: Acceptance of a paper is NOT a requirement for receipt of a scholarship) For further information, please visit the conference website at: http://www.worldcall.org *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************