Full Title: CALICO '25: Converging Realities and Realms of Possibility
Short Title: CALICO '25

Date: 27-May-2025 - 31-May-2025
Location: San Diego, CA, USA
Contact Person: Mari Ocando Finol
Meeting Email: [email protected]
Web Site: https://calico.org/calico-2025/

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition

Call Deadline: 31-Oct-2024

Meeting Description:

We are thrilled to announce CALICO 2025, to be held in San Diego, California, May 28–31, 2025, hosted by the Language Acquisition Resource Center at San Diego State University.

San Diego County is home to speakers of over 40 languages and from more than 130 countries. With millions of people moving between the US and Mexico each year, the San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area is the busiest land-border crossing in the world. Inspired by this dynamic backdrop and by the vibrant linguistic and intercultural encounters that take place in this region, our conference theme “Converging Realities and Realms of Possibility” invites participants to explore the evolving landscape of language and technology, and the transformative potential that arises when existing boundaries are transcended or expanded.

Call for Papers:

We especially encourage proposals that center language and transcultural learning. Possible topics include but are not limited to:

Disruptive and emerging technologies in language education
Inclusive CALL and the role of language teachers and learners
Opportunities and challenges in augmented, mixed, and virtual realities
Generative AI and human-computer interaction for students and teachers
Technology in heritage and community language learning
Digital literacies and digital citizenship in language education
CALL in language revitalization and maintenance
New learning modalities in the classroom and informal CALL
High- and low-tech environments in language education
Virtual exchange and other intercultural encounters
The CALICO conference features five types of presentations. Unless otherwise noted, all presentations should be delivered in English.

Hands-on workshop (half day, full day or two day)
Workshops, as the name implies, take place in labs and consist of teaching some hands-on skill to attendees, such as a web/mobile/other application for languages, lesson development using technology for a classroom, or introducing a piece of software to users.

Presentation (30 mins)
Individual presentations take place during the two full days of the main conference. These presentations are theory-driven and address quantitative/qualitative studies of language technology, application of technology for classroom use, or any of a range of language technology uses/applications for language acquisition. In order for proposals to be evaluated appropriately, submitters are asked to classify their presentation as:

– Empirical Research (e.g., data-based experimental work) or
– Classroom Report (e.g., practice-based reports).

Panel (70 mins)
Panel presentations involve various presenters offering multiple views of a specific topic. The longer time allows for more in-depth coverage than in an individual session.

Technology Showcase presentation
Technology Showcase presentations take place the first or second night of the main conference in a more informal setting — all presenters in a large room presenting simultaneously (no projection) while attendees may approach to discuss topics individually. Demonstration-based presentations work well as Showcase presentations.

Poster presentation
Poster presentations are scheduled during the Opening or during the Showcase time and follow the same format: simultaneous presentations, with attendees approaching to discuss topics individually.