CALL-IS ACADEMIC SESSION, TESOL 2009

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Recording/Web cast of this event available at CALL Pathways for Interaction & Collaboration

Title: CALL Pathways for Interaction and Collaboration

Abstract: Interaction and collaboration are at the heart of any successful teaching and learning experience. CALL experts will discuss the theoretical underpinnings of the social aspects of language education and present Web2.0 tools and applications that promote successful and effective English language learning—in the classroom and online.

Date: Friday, 3/27/2009

Time: 10:00 AM - 12:45 PM

Location: Room 705 Colorado Convention Center

Carla Meskill

Carla will discuss the theoretical underpinnings of the social in language education and how these shape powerful CALL practices. She will specifically address the online instructional conversation: what makes it social, what makes it instructional.

Affiliation: State University of New York at Albany

Mailing address: Educational Theory and Practice, ED114, Albany, NY 12222Phone number: (518) 442-500

Email address: cmeskill@uamail.albany.edu

TESOL member? Yes

Jeff Magoto

Interaction and collaboration are at the heart of CALL teacher education, yet the Web 2.0 tools themselves that future teachers are being trained on (content/learning management systems, blogs/wikis, ePortfolios) are rarely language teacher friendly. (They're hard to use, text dependent, often configured in ways that sacrifice principles of SLA, and don't easily permit teachers to construct meaningful assessments). This presentation will be a case study of one solution to that problem. ANVILL (A National Virtual Language Lab) is a "language-centric" tool that's being developed for ESL/FL teachers and trainers at all levels. At its core are simple tools for creating, assigning, and assessing oral communication. When finished, ANVILL will be freely available through the Center for Applied Second Language Studies.

Affiliation: University of Oregon

Mailing address: Yamada Language Center, 1236 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403

Phone number: 541-346-4319

Email address: jmagoto@uoregon.edu

TESOL member? yes

Aiden Yeh

Aiden will discuss her class projects under the title "Using Web 2.0 tools for interaction and collaboration in spoken and written production". She will specifically discuss the application of the learning cycle in speech tasks and process-based approach in writing instruction.

Affiliation: Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages

Mailing address: 21F, #105 Mei-Su East, 8th St., Gu-Shan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 804

Phone number: +886 938 392852

Email address: aidenyeh@yahoo.com

TESOL member? YES

Dafne Gonzalez: per Web cast from Venezuela

Providing varied input and promoting interaction with authentic audiences are crucial aspects to learn a foreign language. However, achieving this is a difficult task in contexts where English is taught as a foreign language. In this presentation, the speaker will describe different collaborative projects designed to provide authentic interaction with real audiences, using synchronous and asynchronous tools. These projects are carried out in an English for Architecture and Urban Planning blended course in Caracas, Venezuela.

Affiliation: Universidad Simón Bolívar

Mailing address: Calle Mercurio Qta. Pira Pira. Sta.Paula, Caracas 1061, Venezuela

Phone number: (0058) 212-987 6049

Email address: dygonza@yahoo.com

TESOL member? yes

David Nunan

David will offer a brief discussion of the panelists' presentations.

Affiliation: Anaheim University / University of Hong Kong

Mailing address: Room 706 K.K. Leung Building, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Phone number: 852 90437605

Email address: david.nunan@gmail.com

TESOL member: Yes