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    Announcement Journal change from Equinox to University of Toronto Press

    October 9, 2024 /

    We are excited to announce that the CALICO Journal is joining two dozen other journals in the linguistics list of Equinox Publishing Ltd. that are moving to the University of Toronto Press (UTP) starting in fall 2024.  In doing so, we will join a prestigious and well-established academic publisher known for its commitment to high-quality scholarship across a range of disciplines. UTP is one of North America’s most respected university presses, with a history dating back to 1901. Known for its leadership in academic publishing, particularly in the humanities and social sciences, it has built a global reputation for producing rigorous, peer-reviewed publications. This makes UTP a fitting new home…

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    Grad Student SIG Reading Circle

    February 27, 2024 /

    You are invited to our next reading circle! This time we are reading “Multimodal Student Voice Representation Through an Online Digital Storytelling Project”! https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.24741 📆: Tuesday, March 12th⏰: 10am PT/12pm CT/1pm ET📍 Please pre-register using this link: http://shorturl.at/bloz6 Please try and read the article before joining so we can all engage in a deep and fruitful discussion! Thank you Francesca Marino, University of South Florida, and Linda Molin-Karakoc, University College London, for hosting this reading circle! See you there! * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * ** * *…

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    CALICO Journal 43:1, Special Issue Call for Papers

    January 17, 2024 /

    Special Issue Title: Inclusion & Diversity in CALL,CALICO Journal 43.1 (February, 2026) Co-editors: Carolyn Blume (TU Dortmund), Jules Buendgens-Kosten (Goethe University Frankfurt), Peter Schildhauer (Bielefeld University) In theory, digitalization offers new opportunities to meet learners’ needs. This is especially true for those learners whose needs are considered atypical or who are at risk of educational exclusion due to marginalization or as a result of systemic barriers that interfere with participation. The potential role of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) is particularly important, given the centrality of digital media and mediatization to contemporary communication, language learning, and inclusion (Alper & Irons 2020; Blume & Bündgens-Kosten 2023; Reinhardt & Thorne 2017; Sauro &…

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    Language Technology Review Editor Search

    October 9, 2023 /

    The editors of the CALICO Journal are recruiting a Learning Technology Reviews (LTR) Editor. The LTR editor will be responsible for soliciting reviews of language learning courseware, tutorial apps, and online resource websites and will work closely with authors in bringing the reviews to publishable quality. The LTR editor will also use the journal’s online management system to manage these manuscripts through all stages of the publishing process. This is an unpaid position and requires a two-year commitment. The CALICO Journal publishes an average of six LTRs per volume (two per issue) and uses the framework and format described in Hubbard (2019). Generally speaking, reviews may be no more than…

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    Gaming SIG Newsletter

    December 13, 2022 /

     Fall 2022Issue 44:Jakob Johnson (Chair)Daniel Dixon (Associate Chair)Greetings!!Hope you all had a good Thanksgiving!New Discord Server and Methods to Interact and Keep in TouchRemember that we have a Facebook group and a Google Group; the join link can be found on the SIG’s page on CALICO’s website.Based on comments during CALICO 2022 we decided to also create/move to a Discord server (invite link here: https://discord.gg/nVeZw8JqHq). Our hope in creating this is to help encourage collaboration and interaction as it seems the google group and Facebook group do not see much traffic. However, please let us know what you think of the move to Discord. Thank you to those who have…

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    CALICO Journal CALICO Journal special issue, Technology-Mediated Task-based Language Teaching and Learning, Call for Papers

    October 12, 2022 /

    Papers are invited for a special issue of CALICO, the journal of the Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium, on ‘Technology-Mediated Task-based Language Teaching and Learning. We are pleased to invite proposals for the special issue of volume 42 of the CALICO Journal, which will be published in February 2024. With this call for proposals, we are looking for (a) guest editor(s), who will produce an issue on a timely and compelling CALL-related theme that will resonate with our readership and move the field forward. If you are interested in becoming a guest editor, please submit a proposal addressing the following points: (1) name(s) and affiliation(s) of the guest editor(s)(2) topic of…

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