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EUROCALL 2003

UNIVERSITY of LIMERICK, IRELAND
3–6 September 2003

CONFERENCE THEMES AND DAILY PROGRAMME
NEW LITERACIES IN LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING
 
  The theme aims to focus attention on the changing concepts and practices concerning literacy brought about by technological developments, particularly in relation to language learning and teaching. With the following list of sub-themes the organisers seek to bring a rich and interesting variety of perspectives to the conference:  
     
  Sub-themes:  
 
  • Spoken and written corpora in language teaching and learning
  • New literacies and the World Wide Web: website creation and evaluation; media literacy; visual literacy
  • Physical and digital resources: appropriate teaching methodologies in a dedicated physical CALL environment covering: learner expectations and learner strategies; accessibility; student profiling
  • New literacies and the four skills: the relationship between the more “traditional” language skills and the “new literacies”; to what extent should current teaching paradigms be re-interpreted?
  • Interactivity, learner interaction, feedback.
 
     
  PLENARY SPEAKERS  
     
  Mike McCarthy, University of Nottingham, UK, University of Limerick, Ireland
Spoken corpora and methodology

Robin Goodfellow, Open University, UK
Literacies and Learning Technologies: speaking and writing in the virtual classroom

Dieter Wolff, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany
Web-based teaching and learning: A research perspective