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Are you currently implementing technology in your language courses or would like to do so? Would you like more information on best practices or ways and means of doing so? If so, CALICO might be the professional organization to help you.

The Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO) is an international academic organization devoted to computer-assisted language learning (CALL). CALICO's members include teachers, faculty, researchers, developers, and other professionals active in the field of CALL.

CALICO features:
• An annual conference--this year at Arizona State University, March 2009
• An online journal--the CALICO Journal--now in its 26th year of publication (titles of selected recent articles: “Sociopragmatic Features of Learner-to-Learner Computer-Mediated Communication,” “The Role of Linguistic Affordances in Telecollaborative Chat,” and “The Contingency of Recasts and Noticing”)
• A book series on timely topics in the discipline (most recent title: Opening Doors through Distance Language Education: Principles, Perspectives, and Practices)
• A directory of professionals in the field with contact information
• A variety of Special Interest Groups (e.g., computer-mediated communication)
• A joint membership agreement with EUROCALL
• A discussion forum
• connections to other CALL organizations and journals

To learn more about CALICO, visit their website at https://calico.org or contact us at info@calico.org

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