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for Presenters To be read in conjunction with the joint EUROCALL,
CALICO, IALLT Research Policy Statement at:
http://www.eurocall-languages.org/research/research_policy.htm;
http://calico.org or http://iallt.org (i) Academic Papers
An
Academic Paper (approximately 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for questions) should
meet the following criteria for original academic research in the CALL field:
- There should be a clearly stated topic of investigation, supported
by a rationale.
- The topic should be located with regard to other work
in CALL and related fields, by means of a literature or state-of-the-art review,
which makes it clear what is original about the current investigation.
- There
should be a coherent and appropriate method of investigation, in which the nature
of actual or potential findings, outcomes or products is clearly indicated.
Selected
papers from the Conference will be published in ReCALL or in the EUROCALL Newsletter.
The deadline for submissions is 15 October 2006. Instructions are available at:
http://www.eurocall-languages.org/recall/contrib.htm
(ii) Show & Tell Presentations
A Show & Tell Presentation
(20 minutes approximately plus 10 minutes for questions) may focus on a particular
development or methodology, or it may describe work in progress. It may emphasise
practice rather than research, and may include a high proportion of visual demonstration
as opposed to theoretical argument, though this is not to say that the above considerations
should not be referred to. A Show & Tell Presentation is not considered inferior
to an Academic Paper, but the distinction is made to aid participants to select
which sessions they wish to attend. (iii) Poster Presentations
A poster is a standing display which is designed to draw the attention of passers-by
to a project or area of work. A poster will usually focus on work in progress
though this is not to say that preliminary research or evaluation results should
not be presented. The information on a Poster should be succinct and to the point,
the style should be easy to read and the design should be attractive.
(iv) Postgraduate Poster Presentations
The post-graduate poster session
(10 minutes approximately plus 10 minutes for questions) will be similar to the
above poster session but it will be dedicated to post-graduate students in the
early stages of their research. The session, which will be allocated a room and
a time in the conference programme, will provide post-graduate students with the
opportunity to discuss their research questions, theoretical framework, and research
design with other postgraduate students and more experienced researchers. Presenters
must be current members of EUROCALL, CALICO or IALLT by the time of the EUROCALL
Conference. Presenters who are not current members of EUROCALL, CALICO or IALLT
by the time of the Conference will pay an increased conference registration fee
that includes membership of EUROCALL for one year. All presenters are responsible
for their own conference registration fees and expenses.
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