Editors: Gillian Lord (University of Florida) and Sébastien Dubreil (Carnegie Mellon University) Series Editors: Bryan Smith (Arizona State University) & Ana Oskoz (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) The editors of the 2021 Special Edition of the CALICO Journal seek contributions on diverse approaches to second language and culture (LC2) learning, focusing specifically on learning through “maker culture,” or the process of multimedia project creation or other creative activity that bridge language learning in the classroom with authentic language practices outside of it. Volume contributions will address theoretical, empirical and pedagogical approaches that connect classroom instruction to the multifaceted contexts and challenges of language use beyond the classroom. We encourage contributions that situate opportunities for motivated, purposeful technology-mediated communicative (social) interaction as a central organizing principle…

Third edition to the popular books Calling on CALL… Engaging Language Learners through CALL From Theory and Research to Informed Practice Edited by Nike Arnold and Lara Ducate Nike Arnold is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at Portland State University in Oregon, USA. Lara Ducate a Professor of German and Applied Linguistics at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC, USA. 2019 444pp 234 x 156mm Illus. pb ISBN 9781781798287 £35.00 / $45.00 25 % discount available — see below £26.25 / $33.75 eBook ISBN 9781781798294 Engaging Language Learners through CALL provides an updated overview of the field of computer-assisted language learning beginning with one chapter on the intersection…

This year’s Access to Language Education Award, in association with the Esperantic Studies Foundation, was awarded to Kevin Waddell for his LifeSpark online information and app. This year’s Robert A. Fischer Outstanding Graduate Student Award was given to Abby Broughton of Vanderbilt University, pictured here between CALICO president Gillian Lord Ward and Abby’s mentoring professor Virginia Scott. And last but not least, an award was given for Best Article in the CALICO Journal for Volume 35 to Rose van der Zwaard and Anne Bannink: Reversal of Participation Roles in NS-NNS Synchronous Telecollaboration

CALICO Journal Book Series: Advances in CALL Research and Practice (https://calico.org/book-series/)   Call for Chapter Proposals Book title: Project-based Language Learning and CALL: Theory and Practice Editors: Michael Thomas Ph.D. and Kasumi Yamazaki Ph.D.   Overview This book is a timely edited collection that aims to be the first substantive scholarly book on project-based and cross-curricular language learning using digital technologies. The book will include a) new empirical research on project-based language learning utilizing CALL technologies and b) conceptual and theoretical chapters that address new methodological approaches for researching project-based and cross-curricular language learning in digitally-mediated learning environments. This dual focus distinguishes the volume from previous books on project-based learning…

Our graduate student members have been hard at work with research and still took some time for CALICO participation.   Grad Student SIG – Newletter – Issue 4 – May, 2019

CALICO’s current president, Gillian Lord Ward, addresses the membership to update you on our newly elected officers, what’s going on with our special interest groups and upcoming items with the CALICO Journal and the conference. https://calico.org/home/about-calico/president-letter-spring-2019/

Our newly elected executive board members are Julio Rodriguez and Ruslan Suvorov, both of the University of Hawaii.  They will take office at the end of this year’s conference and serve a three-year term.  Rotating out of office this year will be Helene Ossipov and Lawrence Williams and continuing are Merica McNeil, Sébastien Dubreil, Nina Vyatkina and Joseph Cunningham.  If you should happen to be in touch with any of these, please congratulate them or thank them for their service. Thank you to everyone who took the time to participate in the election!

CALICO sponsors an annual award through ACTFL’s Distance Learning Special Interest Group.  This year’s winners are: Penny Causarano for the k-12 category                           and Jennifer Quinlan for the university level category