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The 1st EALTA Summer School "Good Practice in Language Testing and Assessment: an Educational Perspective" will take place at the University of York Norwegian Center from June 28 to July 2. The deadline for applications (maximum 20 participants) is May 20. For more information visit  http://www.ealta.eu.org/events.htm
http://www.ealta.eu.org/conference/summerschool2010.htm

The EC-funded network "language learning and social media: 6 key dialogues" will host on April 28, 2010 a face-to-face debate, broadcast live via videoconference: "Rethinking social inclusion and web 2.0: What’s in store for language education?" Invited speakers are Prof. Gráinne Conole (The Open University, UK) and Prof. Ruth Illman (Åbo Akademi, Finland). To register for the live debate email  turkuwebinar@gmail.com. A moderated follow discussion will follow until June 1, 2010 on http://www.elearningeuropa.info/community/socialinclusion
 

New German Review (Department of Germanic Languages UCLA) encourages contributions within the broader field of German Studies, including linguistics. Articles, book reviews and interviews form an essential part of the publication. Submission deadline (extended): May 10, 2010. Authors are invited to email manuscripts prepared for blind review to NGR@humnet.ucla.edu. For more information visit http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=174458.

CALL practitioners and experts join host Shannon Sauro to discuss both pedagogical and commercial MMOGs (massively multiplayer online games) and their potential for supporting language learning. This and other CALLspot episodes available for download at http://callspot.libsyn.com/ and on iTunes.

King Saud University (Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) is looking to fill the position of Director for the Language Assessment Unit. For more information, contact Dr. Fayez A. Al-Ghamdi vdq@py.ksu.edu.sa 

The TOEFL Committee of Examiners (COE) research grants are intended to support research on topics related to TOEFL as identified by the Committee of Examiners and Educational Testing Service. Studies involving the collection of new empirical data will normally be funded up to $125,000 USD. Preliminary applications described below should be submitted via e-mail to Toeflrc@ets.org by June 18, 2010. For more information visit http://www.ets.org/

The Research and Validation Group is recruiting a validation officer (Job Ref: EV0120) with research experience to carry out and coordinate a full range of research and validation activities related to Cambridge ESOL examinations. Closing date: 23 April 2010. For more information or applying online, visit http://www.cambridgeassessmentjobs.org.uk/applicant/apps1.aspx?cint=1&id=937

The trilingual MA study programme takes in 25 students per academic year, full-time and part-time mode is possible. The four pillars of the study programme combine and contrast case-based analyses with regard to media and socio-cultural shaped learning and communication processes, information brokering and information design, multilingualism and its integration into the educational landscape, multimodality and knowledge transfer. Prerequisites are a completed three-year degree (or equivalent), the functional mastery of two of the three academic languages (English, French, German) as well as the submission of a personalized application file. For more informations visit http://www.multi-learn.uni.lu