Texas State to host international conference
on computer-assisted language learning

February 2007—Some 450 professionals in the field of computer-assisted language learning are expected to attend the 24th annual conference of the Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO), on the Texas State University-San Marcos campus Tuesday-Saturday, May 22-26, 2007. Attendees will come from across the U.S.* and may foreign countries—including Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Cyprus, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, and Taiwan—to learn about state-of-the-art educational technology and its applications to teaching and learning languages. Conference registration is available online at www.calico.org or by contacting Esther Horn, CALICO, 214 Centennial Hall, (512) 245-1417, info@calico.org.

“Hosting the 2007 CALICO conference at Texas State gives faculty, staff, and students a first-hand opportunity to see how cutting-edge technology is used in teaching and learning foreign languages and to talk with leaders in the field from the U.S. and abroad,” said Dr. Robert Fischer, Chair of the Texas State Department of Modern Languages and CALICO Executive Director.

CALICO, housed in the Texas State Department of Modern Languages, is recognized internationally as a leader in computer-assisted learning and instruction. The association, which began as a group of people interested in using and producing technology-based materials for language teaching, now includes foreign language educators, programmers, technicians, web page designers, second-language acquisition instructors, and developers, practitioners, and novice users of computer-assisted language learning. Membership is open to anyone interested in exploring the use of technology for foreign language teaching and learning.

*Presenters will come from universities such as Arizona State University, Brandeis University, Brigham Young University, Carnegie Mellon University, Duke University, Florida State University, Iowa State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Michigan State University, Northwestern University, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Rice University, Stanford University, Texas A&M University, University of California-Davis, University of Florida, University of Iowa, University of Maryland, University of Minnesota, University of Pittsburgh, University of Texas-Austin, US Military Academy-West Point, and the Defense Language Institute, among others.

States from which presenters will come include Arkansas, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington (DC).