Eurocall 2009 Conference
9-12 September, 2009 | Gandia (Valencia, Spain)
Conference format
Programme structure
Half-day or full-day Pre-conference Workshops
3-day Conference
Sessions
Plenaries, Panel discussion, Poster sessions
Parallel Sessions: Paper Presentations
(Research papers, Research & Development Papers, Reflective Practice Papers) + Educational Showcase
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
National/Regional Representatives Meeting
Special Interest Group (SIG) Meetings
Social events
Welcome Reception
Cultural Evening
Gala Dinner
Optional Guided Tours
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Overview of conference programme
Wednesday 9th September will be devoted to half-day or full-day workshops and to the Educational Showcase. A seminar for postgraduate students devoted to research and publication opportunities in CALL will also be scheduled. Please go to "Accepted pre-conference workshops" for further information. Registration will be open during the morning at the conference venue. A welcome reception will take place in the evening.
Wednesday 9 Sept. 2009 |
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09:00-19:00 |
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18:00-18:30 |
Educational Showcase (1) |
18:30-19:00 |
Educational Showcase (2) |
19:00-19:30 |
Educational Showcase (3) |
20:30-22:30 |
Welcome Reception at the Conference Venue |
Thursday 10 Sept. 2009 |
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08:30-10:00 |
Registration |
10:00-10:30 |
Opening Ceremony |
| 10:30-11:30 | Keynote address: Steven Thorne
Language learning as bricolage in new media environments |
11:30-12:00 |
Coffee Break |
12:00-13:30 |
Parallel Sessions (six-45 min. sessions X 2 = 12 presentations) |
13:30-15:00 |
Lunch Break |
15:00-16:30 |
Parallel Sessions (six-45 min. sessions X 2 = 12 presentations) |
16:30-18:00 |
Poster Presentations & Commercial Exhibition |
20:30-22:30 |
Welcome Reception offered by the Gandia Town Hall at the Palacio Ducal |
Friday 11 Sept. 2009 |
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09:00-10:00 |
Keynote address: François Mangenot
Training future teachers through online exchanges |
10:00-12:00 |
Annual General Meeting |
12:00-13:30 |
Parallel Sessions (six-45 min. sessions X 2 = 12 presentations) |
13:30-15:00 |
Lunch Break |
15:00-16:30 |
Parallel Sessions (six-45 min. sessions X 2 = 12 presentations) |
16:30-17:30 |
Poster presentations + SIG meetings |
17:30-19:00 |
Parallel Sessions (six-45 min. sessions X 2 = 12 presentations) |
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21:00-23.30 |
Conference dinner in the gardens of La Casa de la Marquesa |
Saturday 12 Sept. 2009 |
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09:00-10:00 |
Keynote address: Gavin Dudeney |
10:00-11:30 |
Parallel Sessions (six-45 min. sessions X 2 = 12 presentations) |
11:30-12:00 |
Coffee Break |
12:00-13:30 |
Parallel Sessions (six-20 min. sessions X 4 = 24 presentations) |
13:30-15:00 |
Lunch Break |
15:00-16:30 |
Parallel Sessions (six-20 min. sessions X 4 = 24 presentations) |
16:30-18:00 |
Panel Discussion |
18:00-18:30 |
Closing Ceremony |
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21:00 |
Informal get-together |
The 45-minute parallel session slots will be distributed as follows: 30 min. presentation + 10 min. questions + 5 min. for changeover. Please note that there are also 20-minute slots scheduled on Saturday afternoon. There are 120 parallel sessions scheduled in the programme above.
All the plenary sessions will be broadcast live via streamed video as part of the conference Virtual Strand.