European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning
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EUROCALL, full name the European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning, is a not-for-profit educational association devoted to the promotion of the use of information and communications technology in teaching and learning foreign languages. EUROCALL was set up by a small group of enthusiasts in 1986, and in 1993 it was launched as an official association with the aid of European Commission funding, with Graham Davies as its Founder President (1993-2000): see Davies (2000).
A EUROCALL conference is held in August/September annually in a European country. Since 2006 the annual EUROCALL conference has included an online virtual strand for participants who are unable to attend the conference in person. The mouthpiece of EUROCALL is the ReCALL journal, which is published three times a year by Cambridge University Press.
The administrative headquarters of EUROCALL is at the University of Limerick, Ireland, and the current President of EUROCALL is Ana Gimeno, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain. EUROCALL also has a virtual headquarters in Second Life: http://slurl.com/secondlife/EduNation%20III/9/29/22/
EUROCALL offers the following annual awards:
- A Research Award that aims to encourage newcomers to research in the field of computer-assisted and technology-enhanced language learning by providing an opportunity to submit an original article for publication in the ReCALL journal.
- The János Kohn Scholarship, which commemorates and celebrates the life and work of János Kohn, a highly valued and respected EUROCALL colleague who died in March 1999. The annual scholarship enables a young teacher or researcher permanently based in a Central European member state to participate in a EUROCALL conference by providing funding towards the cost of attendance.
EUROCALL collaborates closely with its sister association in the USA, CALICO (Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CALICO_-_The_Computer_Assisted_Language_Instruction_Consortium
EUROCALL Website: http://www.eurocall-languages.org
References:
Computer Assisted Language Learning: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_assisted_language_learning
Davies G. (2000) The History of EUROCALL: http://www.eurocall-languages.org/about/history.html
ReCALL: http://www.eurocall-languages.org/recall/index.html
EUROCALL is represented in a great number of EU member states:
EUROCALL NL at: [1]