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Conferences, Workshops, & Symposia

LLL hosts or otherwise supports a broad range of professional development opportunities.

Upcoming conferences

CALICO 2013, 30th Annual Conference:
Navigating the Complexeties of Language Learning in the Digital Age
May 21-25, 2013

The NFLRC and the Language Learning Center (LLC) at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa are pleased to once again host the annual Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO) Conference, to be held May 21-25, 2013, as it marks its 30th year.  The theme will be “Navigating the Complexities of Language Learning in the Digital Age.”  Conference highlights will include two days of pre-conference workshops, the Developers’ Showcase, and three days of conference presentations.

LSP instituteLanguage for Specific Purposes Summer Institute

July 15–19, 2013

Language for specific purposes (“LSP”) courses and programs focus on developing learner communicative competence in a particular professional or academic field, such as Korean for business or Samoan for health care providers. This local workshop will provide participants with training and experience in developing LSP courses, including doing needs analysis, setting goals and objectives, assessing, developing materials, teaching, and evaluating LSP for their home institutions. The workshop is co-sponsored by the National Foreign Language Resource Center and the National Resource Center – East Asia.

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