--- Forwarded Message from "Mark R. Lauersdorf" <[log in to unmask]> --- >Subject: Final Call - Lang Tech at the KY Foreign Lang Conference >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >From: "Mark R. Lauersdorf" <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >CC: [log in to unmask] >Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 21:17:07 -0500 Greetings, This is the third and final Call for Papers for Language Technology at the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. If you haven't already done so, please share this information with your colleagues (tech staff and professors), and come share your latest thoughts and projects in IT for languages. If you have colleagues who earlier expressed an interest, now is the time to pass along a gentle reminder of the 15 November deadline for receipt of abstracts. I hope to hear from you. Mark Lauersdorf P.S. I can once again send out a .pdf version of this Call for Papers for you to share with your colleagues in the language programs (especially professors who may not be on LLTI). Just let me know and I will send it to you individually. *********************************** CALL FOR PAPERS Instructional Technology is making its debut as an official section of the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference! This long-standing springtime event, now in its 59th consecutive year, will include in its 2006 program full sessions devoted to technology and language. The conference will take place 20-22 April 2006 on the campus of the University of Kentucky in Lexington. Abstracts are invited in all areas and aspects of technology and language including, but certainly not limited to: - using tech tools and techniques for language instruction in all skills and on all levels - integrating technology into literature, culture and linguistics classrooms - employing technology-based research and publication in language scholarship - guiding language educators toward optimal use of technology in their teaching and research - gathering, hosting, serving technology resources for language learning - managing language learning technology in an academic setting In addition to individual abstracts, proposals will be considered for complete panels of five papers organized around a common theme. The KFLC has a tradition of attracting scholars from a broad range of languages and specializations. This year's conference will have sessions in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Luso-Brazilian, and Spanish studies, as well as Foreign Language and International Economics and Theoretical and Applied Linguistics. We would also like to see this broad range represented in the Instructional Technology sessions, to encourage cross-pollination of ideas among the individual languages and disciplines working to integrate technology into their teaching and research programs, and to encourage participants from the various literature, culture and linguistics sessions to join us in our discussions. Abstracts should be no more than one page in length and should include author's name, affiliation and contact coordinates. Panel proposals should include on a single sheet the theme of the panel, the organizer's name and contact information, and the names and affiliations of the panel participants (all abstracts should be assembled by the panel organizer and submitted with the panel proposal). In view of the multi-language audience that we hope to attract to all IT sessions, the recommended language of presentation is English. Deadline for submission of abstracts and panel proposals is 15 November 2005. All proposed abstracts and panels will be considered for inclusion in the KFLC program. Acceptance of a paper or complete panel implies a commitment on the part of the participant(s) to register and attend the conference. All presenters and attendees must pay the appropriate registration fee by 15 February 2006 to be included in the program. For more information on conference logistics, please visit http://www.uky.edu/as/kflc, or contact the directors by email at [log in to unmask] For specific information on the Instructional Technology sessions and to submit IT abstracts and panel proposals, contact the IT section leader at the coordinates listed below. We look forward to seeing you in beautiful springtime Kentucky for the start of an exciting new addition to the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference! Mark Lauersdorf ----------------------------------- Dr. Mark R. Lauersdorf Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Linguistics Director of Language Learning Technology Dept. of Modern & Classical Languages 1055 Patterson Office Tower University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0027, USA phone: ++ 859.257.7101 fax: ++ 859.257.3743 e-mail: [log in to unmask] *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning, and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://consortium.dartmouth.edu). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************