The Opening Cerenomy
 

EUROCALLs president Bernd Rüschoff byder alle velkommen og vi varmer op til nogle givende dage med et kor bestående af studerende fra Jyveskula som har specialiseret sig i sange fra hele verden

 
 

 
 

 
  Første Keynote Speech var af Leo van Lier som gav et spændende foredrag om udfordringer og muligheder i computer støttet sprogundervisning

 
 

 
 
   
   

Prof. Leo van Lier, Monterey Institute of International Studies

Keynote: Challenges and Opportunities in CALL: A systems view

Technology in education has detractors and enthusiasts, fence sitters and bystanders (innocent and otherwise). Some have argued that computer use can enhance interactive language learning, promoting autonomy and equalizing opportunities. Others claim, with Larry Cuban, that computers have been "oversold and underused," and indeed, the cost-effectiveness, and the cost consequences, are not well understood at this point. In this overview I will take a systemic look at the impact of computers on language learning and teaching from a classroom, an institutional, and a social/societal perspective. Issues of teacher preparation, learner needs, equity, budgets, and classroom interaction (real and virtual) will be examined, and I will try to draw up a blueprint with practical proposals for a way forward.

See also Prof. Leo van Lier's website