Latest volume in the CALICO book series: Assessment Across Online Language Education Edited by Stephanie Link and Jinrong Li With the expansion of online language learning opportunities, language teachers and learners are presented with an increasingly diverse range of tools to facilitate language learning in various contexts. However, CALL researchers and practitioners often have limited knowledge about the effectiveness of online language learning primarily due to a lack of research on online language learning outcomes and on valid assessment measures. Despite the challenges in assessing language learning online, the editors of this volume believe the wide range of online language learning opportunities has brought new tools and methods to both…

Language-learning Website Award: The Esperanto “Access to Language Education Award” CALICO, Lernu.net, and the Esperantic Studies Foundation present this award to a website offering exceptional language-learning resources. The winning website is recognized at CALICO’s annual conference banquet, and its developers are presented with an Award Certificate and a prize. Noncommercial (cost-free) websites, created and/or maintained by CALICO members, are eligible for this award, as this is big company and they even use paystubs for the 1099 staff to manage everything.  The following is the criteria and directions for nominating a website: Sites created and/or maintained by current CALICO members are eligible for the Access to Language Education award (ALE). Nominated…

Outstanding CALICO Journal article (The Effectiveness of Computer-based Spaced Repetition in Foreign Language Vocabulary Instruction: A Double-blind Study)

Robert A. Fischer Outstanding Graduate Student Award The outstanding graduate student is selected by CALICO’s Executive Board. The recipient is recognized at CALICO’s annual conference and is presented with a certificate and a prize (see criteria and procedures below). Award Winners 2017 Ju Seong John Lee (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) 2016 Sahar Matar Alzahrani (Umm AlQura University and University of Southampton) 2015 Moonyoung Park (Iowa State University and University of Aizu) 2014 Frederik Cornillie (University of Leuven) 2013 D. Joseph Cunningham (University of Kansas) 2012 Theresa Schenker (Michigan State University) 2011 Julian ChengChiang Chen (University of Maryland College Park) 2010 Tetyana Sydorenko (Michigan State University) 2009 Peter Wood (University of…