LINGUIST List 22.3884 Wed Oct 05 2011 Confs: Applied Ling, Comp Ling/Philippines Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.     Shirley Dita , 5th GLoCALL International Conference Message 1: 5th GLoCALL International Conference Date: 03-Oct-2011 From: Shirley Dita <shirley.ditagmail.com> Subject: 5th GLoCALL International Conference E-mail this message to a friend 5th GLoCALL International Conference Short Title: GLoCALL 2011 Date: 27-Oct-2011 - 29-Oct-2011 Location: Manila, Philippines, Philippines Contact: Shirley Dita Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://glocall.org Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Computational Linguistics Meeting Description: The Department of English and Applied Linguistics (DEAL) at De La Salle University-Manila is hosting the 5th International Conference on GLOBALIZATION AND LOCALIZATION IN COMPUTER-ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING (GLoCALL), which is jointly sponsored by two of the most prestigious organizations in CALL in Asia - The Asia-Pacific Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (APACALL, see http://www.apacall.org/) and the Pacific Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (PacCALL, see http://paccall.org/paccall/). Invited Speakers: Rachel Edita Roxas, De La Salle University, The Philippines 'Technological advances towards enhancement of language learning' Dorothy Chun, University of California, Berkeley, USA 'Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence through Online Exchanges: Focus on Asian and Pacific languages' Marie-Noelle Lamy, The Open University, UK 'CALL and Sociocultural Language Learning: A Reality Check' Siew Ming Thang, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia 'Challenges of Establishing Virtual Communities of Practice for Teacher Professional Development in a Variety of Contexts' For the preliminary program, click http://glocall.org/course/view.php?id=69 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 05-Oct-2011       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.