LINGUIST List 21.2745 Tue Jun 29 2010 FYI: FLIT Conference: Second Call for Workshop Proposals Editor for this issue: Danielle St. Jean <daniellelinguistlist.org> To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.    Jack Burston, FLIT Conference: Second Call for Workshop Proposals Message 1: FLIT Conference: Second Call for Workshop Proposals Date: 29-Jun-2010 From: Jack Burston <jburstonucy.ac.cy> Subject: FLIT Conference: Second Call for Workshop Proposals E-mail this message to a friend Second Call for Workshop Proposals Foreign Language Instructional Technology: Theory and Practice University of Cyprus December 3-5, 2010 Location: Nicosia, Cyprus Contact: Jack Burston Contact Email: jburstonucy.ac.cy Conference website: http://lcweb.ucy.ac.cy/Flit/index.htm The Language Centre of the University of Cyprus is pleased to announce its international conference Foreign Language Instructional Technology: Theory and Practice. The conference is being organized in collaboration with the language departments of the School of Humanities and Department of Education as well as the Language Centre of the Cyprus University of Technology and the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture. The conference will focus on the role of instructional technology in fostering independent language learning. It will be held at the University of Cyprus, Nicosia, December 3-5, 2010, and will include one day of hands-on workshops followed by two days of conference presentations. The conference seeks to address, on the one hand, the contributions of Second Language Acquisition research to instructional technology applications and, on the other, the implications of practical applications to learning theory. It is intended for those working in the field of Second Language Acquisition, foreign language pedagogy and Computer- Aided Language Learning as well as practicing and pre-service language teachers at the secondary and tertiary levels. Call for Workshop Proposals: Proposals for workshops (90 minutes/3 hours) are invited in any of the following conference topic areas: - Social networking - Computer-mediated Communication - Distance and blended learning - Self-access learning - Task and project based learning - Mobile learning - Networked learning in adult education/professional development - Building Language Learning Communities - Innovative e-learning technologies - Multimodality and language learning - Individualization/differentiation in the language classroom - Computer-adaptive testing Proposals for workshops, to be conducted in English, should be submitted online at the FLIT conference website (http://lcweb.ucy.ac.cy/Flit/index.htm) no later than July 12. They should be between 250-300 words and accompanied by a brief biodata statement (75-100 words) of the person(s) making the proposal. Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 29-Jun-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.