Bye!

Thank you Sylvi, Linda, Becky and Rhonwen for organising a very good conference! Time to get back to our lives and wait for next year's conference. See you in Portugal in September!

The panel and the closing

Now streaming the panel, use the link on the right to join in!

Keynote 2: Roger Säljö

Roger Säljö's keynote has just started. Live streaming is http://web22.abiliteam.com/ability/show/xaimkwdlq/20120823_0830_eurocall_live/speed.asp

Day 3

Excellent conference dinner last night :-))) great food, great company!

Language learning mini games

If you are interested in language learning mini games, check out Frederik Cornillie's slides from his presentation on task-based and user-centred design in this context: https://www.kuleuven-kulak.be/~u0037921/pub/EuroCALL2012_GOBL_slides.pdf.

Facebook as a language learning tool in Japan

Am attending a session by Caleb Pritchard who is advocating the use of  FB as a language learning and teaching  tool, arguing that web communication technology skills can be improved using FB and that incidental learning does take place. Caleb reported on an action research study he carried out in an EFL class, provided some hints for teachers along with conclusions suggesting using  FB as a content management system, for skills based practice, online discussion forum etc. One of  the questions concerned the point of cultural differences in the acceptance of FB , and how to deal with students that refuse to engage with FB.

Thr AGM has started, so if you are still outside the main lecture theatre, please come in :-)

Vibes from the Symposium: Publishing in CALL. Quite many familiar faces :)

2nd Day

The second day of the conference is starting. The day starts with parallel sessions as there is no keynote today (Trude, we miss you here). Today's Annual General Meeting will be just before lunch and we will have many important issues to discuss with the Eurocall members. These include the direction of Eurocall and its conferences, the new website and the forms of activities we want to include, SIG guidelines etc. etc. We are hoping for a wide participation and a lively discussion in the meeting!

Social event tonight

The social event tonight will be in Building B at 20:00! You are invited to a west coast buffet and Swedish music and songs!