Areas covered during the conference:

• Recent developments in mobile learning
• Language learning in virtual environments
• Synchronous communication in language learning
• European Language Portfolio, self assessment and ICT
• Challenges of e-learning: the role of the institution
• E-learning: student expectations and experience
• Successes of e-learning through the eyes of the student
• The use of new technologies for language teaching in schools
• Promoting the use of new technologies amongst language teaching professionals
• Developments in the pedagogy of online learning
• Corpora and language learning
• Courseware design
• Cross-sector collaboration through e-learning
• Supporting less widely taught languages through CALL
• Improving intercultural competence through language learning
• Managing multimedia environments
• Distance and collaborative learning
• Self access and learner autonomy

In addition to Nottingham's reputation for academic excellence, the city offers an outstanding combination of cultural, historical and modern city centre attractions. These include Nottingham Castle, a labyrinth of sandstone caves, the historic Lace Market district and more recently excellent shopping and entertainment facilities. Further afield there is Newstead Abbey – ancestral home of Lord Byron and Sherwood Forest.

Nottingham’s location in the East Midlands makes it ideal as a base for exploring the beautiful counties of Derbyshire and Yorkshire, as well as giving you excellent transport connection to other areas of the UK.

We look forward very much to welcoming you to the University of Nottingham.

Oranna Speicher

Director, Language Centre,
University of Nottingham, England