Hello Jean (if I may),

 

I received this announcement from you, but am writing to follow-up on a completely different matter.

 

I don’t know if your Five-College Consortium shares less commonly taught languages?  I’m writing to announce a symposium we are planning on September 11th.  We hope to establish this as an annual event to explore issues related to the sharing of LCTLs.  We are planning two panels discussions: one on research, and one on materials and technology development.  We will also report on two Mellon projects being conducted by UChicago and Michigan State, both focused on sharing less commonly taught languages.

 

I know this is rather late notice.  The meeting is all day on Monday, the 11th, and the venue is very close to O’hare, for all attendees’ convenience.  There is no registration fee, and we can cover your accommodation cost, although we would ask you to cover your own travel, which we hope will be modest.

 

Please let me know if this would be of interest.  And if another individual would be a more appropriate participant, that would be fine, too.

 

With regards from Chicago,

 

Cathy

 

Catherine Baumann

Director

Chicago Language Center

University of Chicago

Cobb 214, 2-8008

http://melloncollaborativepartners.uchicago.edu/

 

 

 

From: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Jean Janecki <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 11:28 AM
To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: CALL FOR PROPOSALS NERALLT 2017

 

COME JOIN US:

 

October 19th and 20th 2017

Wesleyan University

Middletown, Connecticut

Hosted by the Fries Center for Global Studies at Wesleyan University

 

Theme:

 

LESSONS LEARNED IN LANGUAGE TEACHING, RESEARCHING, AND ASSESSING WITH TECHNOLOGY

 

Technology has developed rapidly over the last decade and instructors have a great array of tools at their disposal for enhancing language teaching. What have we learned from teaching languages, researching and assessing language learning with technologies? What has worked well, what has not worked well? Where will technology take language teaching, research, and assessment in the future? What can technology afford us based on lessons learned? This conference will look back and ahead and encourage participants to reflect on their own use of technology for language teaching, research and assessment.

 

NERALLT 2017 invites conference proposals that discuss lessons learned and future outlooks of teaching, researching, and assessing with technology in the following formats:

 

·  30 Minute Individual/Group Presentation

·  Roundtable Discussion or Panel (30 minutes, maximum 3 presenters +15 min Q & A)

·  (Electronic) Poster Session

·  Workshop (1-2 hours, hands-on)

·  Lightning Round Session (5 minute presentation followed by facilitated group discussion)

 

Guidelines for Proposals:

 

Please submit a 300-word abstract and a 50-word summary for the program at

 

https://goo.gl/forms/GeBNNi5wKtuh0JOf1

 

Presentation titles should not exceed 10 words. Only one abstract submission per person, but a presenter may appear as a co-author (but not the first author) on other submitted abstracts. An author may also submit another proposal in an additional category (e.g., a poster or a workshop). Allproposals for consideration must be submitted online and will not be accepted after the deadline. For more information visit the NERALLT website:http://www.nerallt.org/

 

 Abstracts are due by July 31st.

 

For more information, please contact the program co-coordinators, Theresa Schenker ([log in to unmask]) and Mary Jo Lubrano ([log in to unmask]).

 

Thanks,

 

Jean

 

-- 

Jean M. Janecki, PhD
Language Resource Center Coordinator and LITS Liaison
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA 01075
413.538.2408 

 

President-Elect NERALLT (New England Regional Association For Language Learning Technology)