June Thompson

CALL for all

Abstract The need for language learning is not confined to students of modern languages, but is increasingly applicable throughout the curriculum. This paper describes how the use of computers can be a valuable aid to language learning in various educational and business contexts. It covers the use of ‘traditional’ CALL materials as well as the application of technologies such as CD-ROM and multimedia. The paper goes on to outline the strategies needed to enable information technology to be integrated into foreign language learning nationally and recommends the establishment of a single national centre for IT in foreign language learning.

Selected papers from EUROCALL 2001: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands

EUROCALL 2001, held at the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands, included more than a hundred presentations. Out of these, twenty papers were submitted and twelve of these were selected for inclusion in this issue of ReCALL containing the Selected Papers. Due to space constraints a further two papers have been held in reserve for the next issue. Additional material will be included in a CD-ROM to be produced by the conference organisers. See http://www.kun.nl/eurocall/index2.html for details.

EUROCALL Annual Report 1999/2000

EUROCALL continued to operate from the Language Institute at the University of Hull. The former CTI Centre for Modern Languages became part of a much larger Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies, in turn part of the Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN) funded by the UK Higher Education funding bodies. The team at Hull is responsible for aspects of the Centre’s activities relating to communication and information technologies (C&IT), and consists of June Thompson, Fred Riley and Julie Venner who serves as EUROCALL membership secretary. We were pleased to be joined in May 2000 by Janet Bartle who is the Academic Co-ordinator, C&IT for the Subject Centre.

EUROCALL Annual Report 1998/1999

EUROCALL continued to operate from the Language Institute at the University of Hull, through the small team working at the CTI Centre for Modern Languages, consisting of June Thompson, Jenny Parsons, Fred Riley and Kylie Baxter. Sadly, Kylie moved to another post at the end of 1998, but we were fortunate to secure Julie Venner in her place to act as EUROCALL membership secretary.