PL-CALL 2016: CALL for mobility CALL FOR PAPERS
After two very successful and intellectually stimulating PL-CALL conferences (2013, Warsaw; 2014, Warsaw) and the PL-CALL day ( PL-CALL Between in 2015, Kraków), we are going to convene for the fourth time, on 2-3 June 2016 in Kraków . The main theme of our 2016 conference is CALL for mobility , which is self-explanatory in today's world, where everything, including language learning, is increasingly mobilized. We would like to invite you to submit a paper proposal for the conference. Suggested research and academic practice areas: • Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) • gamification in language learning • designing mobile apps for language learning • virtual student mobility / intercultural online exchanges (telecollaboration) • computer-assisted activities stimulating intellectual agility: critical thinking, multiliteracies, etc. • technology-enhanced explorations of fandoms and other territories • (broadly understood) mobility in teacher training and translator education Abstracts (200-word long) should be submitted at registration. After the conference, selected papers will be published in a peer-reviewed monograph in the Peter Lang series Studies in Computer Assisted Language Learning . It is our pleasure to announce our keynote speakers and workshop-givers: • Shannon Sauro , Malmö University, Sweden, who is going to take us on a fandom tour; • Lechosław Hojnacki , RODN Bielsko-Biała, Poland, who will mobilize our conference; • Gosia Kurek , Jan Długosz University, Częstochowa, Poland, offering multiple insights into virtual mobility via telecollaboration ;
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Michał Mochocki , Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, Poland, who will give a talk and a workshop on gamification in language learning; Przemysław Stencel , Edukacja Online, with a workshop on how to mobilize and gamify Moodle .
Conference practicalities Important dates • 7.01.2016 – registration opens at pl-call.pl • 28.02.2016 – abstract submission deadline • 15.03.2016 – notification of acceptance • 15.04.2016 – early bird registration and payment deadline • 30.04.2016 – 2nd conference call / preliminary conference programme announced • 30.05.2016 – final conference programme announced • 2-3.06.2016 – PL-CALL 2016 International Conference • 31.10.2016 – article submission deadline • 2017 – monograph publication Registration and payment PL-CALL 2016 registration will open on 7 Jan 2016 at the conference webpage pl-call.pl . The early-bird payment is: 320 zł (participants from Poland) / 100 euro (participants from abroad). The fee covers: basic conference costs; lunches and coffee breaks; the conference dinner. Conference Venue Pedagogical University, Krakow, Poland English Studies Dept. Karmelicka 41 Krakow See you in Krakow in June 2016 :-) PL-CALL 2016 Organising Committee Anna Turula Tomasz Poznański (secretary) Joanna Pitura Mariusz Marczak Ewa Zarzycka-Piskorz Łukasz Olesiak