WorldCALL is a worldwide professional association for teachers and educators interested in computer assisted language learning. To date, WorldCALL has held two major international conferences: the first in 1998 in Melbourne, Australia, and the second in 2003 in Banff, Canada. WorldCALL 2008 will be held in Fukuoka, Japan, and is being organized by LET (the Japan Association for Language Education and Technology).
LET continues the WorldCALL scholarship program to enable postgraduate students and junior academics to attend and will sponsor four keynote speakers from Europe, North America, South America and Japan.
The scholarship committee has reached its final decisions.
The Awardees
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| Cruvinel Teixeira Alves, Erika |
Brazil |
| Elramady, Asem Aly Elsaid |
Egypt |
| Fang, Ying |
China |
| Fawzi, Hala |
Sudan |
| Isharyanti, Neny |
Indonesia |
| Izquierdo Mujica, Evelyn de Los Angeles |
Venezuela |
| Kilickaya, Ferit |
Turkey |
| Lyulkun, Nina |
Russia |
| Marandi, Susan |
Iran |
| Mo, Jinguo |
China |
| Quintana, Nelba |
Argentina |
| Verschoor, Jennifer |
Argentina |
| Viswanathan, Revathi |
India |
This time two teachers from Argentina have been awarded with this scholarship: Trad.Prof. Jennifer Verschoor (Buenos Aires) and Prof. Nelba Quintana (La Plata)
“Our goal was to decide on individuals who met these criteria:
* People who have been active in CALL (not just language pedagogy or administration) as evidenced by recent publications, presentations or on-going projects.
* People who exhibited in their "Statements of Purpose" a clear goal for their attendance at WorldCALL 2008 and a plan to disseminate the knowledge so gained upon their return home.
* People who represent a wide spectrum of geographical areas, balanced by gender and years of experience. Geographical selection was also, to some extent, determined in proportion to the number of applications from that area of the world.
Congratulations to those who have been selected. At the same time, we thank those who applied and sincerely regret that they, too, could not be included.”
Thomas Robb, Ph.D., Chair, WorldCALL 2008 Scholarship Committee
