Date: Tue Sep 10, 1996 12:30 pm EST
From: alberg
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MBX: alberg@bc.edu


Subject: NERALLD Newsletter



Williams College Awaits NERALLD Fall Meeting!!!

Hopefully, you've already got the date
marked on your calendars, but if not, please take
the time now to set aside Friday, October 4 for
attending Neralld's Fall Conference at Williams
College in Williamstown, MA (directions on web
site listed below).
In addition to our semi-annual business
meeting, we are fortunate to have Michael
Nieckoski of the School for International
Training giving a presentation entitled, "Anatomy
of a Web Page", in which he will give an
introduction to creating one's own Home Page
on the World Wide Web. Michael is the creative
force behind Neralld's own web page, in case
you didn't know, and we are all sure to benefit
from his experience.
Please notify Tamra Hjermstad of your
intention to attend by September 27, as well as
your preference of either Seafood or Veggie
Primavera. As usual, the cost of the conference
is covered by your annual dues, but there will be
a $5.00 charge in order to cover the
cost of lunch, which is payable to Tamra at the door.
Also, anyone coming from afar who would
like information on available lodging in the
area, please e-mail Tamra, and she'll send you
a list.


Schedule for the day:
8:30-9:30 Coffee and welcome: Center for Foreign Languages, Weston Hall

9:30-10:45 NERALLD Business Meeting, (Same location as above)

10:45- 11:30 TOURS (two options!)
#1 Tour of Tamra's Lab
#2 Outdoor guided tour of Williams campus
(and leaves)

11:30-12:45 Brunch- Luncheon

1:00-3:00 p.m. Michael Nieckoski, "Anatomy of a Web Page"


NEW NERALLD NEWS

Dues for 1996-1997 are payable now. Please
fill out the attached dues form and send it with a
check for $25 to Beth Wellington, or give it to
Beth in person at the Fall Conference.

It is an election year. (Yes, yes, you already
knew that; I mean within Neralld.) Please
consider if there are people you might like to
nominate for Neralld President.

As always we are anxious to hear your ideas
of what topics you'd like to see covered at
future meetings. Please take advantage of the
space on the membership form to let your voice
be heard.

On line directions to Williams may be found
on the web at:
http://www.williams.edu:803/Admissions/visiting_files/where.html

FROM IALL

All Neralld members who have not already
done so are encouraged to become members of
IALL, the International Association of Learning
Laboratories, our "parent" organization. Please
see Ed Dente or Roger Sanchez Berroa at the
meeting or contact them at:
edente@emerald.tufts.edu or
rsanchezberr@wesleyan.edu

IALL '97/FLEAT III will be taking place at
the University of Victoria, British Columbia,
Canada in August of next year. Firm dates and
registration will be forthcoming.

The South West Regional group (SALT)
has issued an open invitation to their Fall
Conference, to be held during Thanksgiving
week at BYU in Hawaii. For more information
visit their web site at:
http://LC.BYUH.EDU/LCTR/SALT/REG.html
(*may be lower case)

Planning is underway for a conference to be
called "WorldCall '98". It will be held in
Melbourne, Australia in July of 1998.

Starting this Fall LLTI will be able to be
searched by topic.

The IALL software database is ready and
is accessible on the Web site. Be sure to avail
yourself of it if you need information on a new
or not so new software product.
Review procedure is as follows:
Entering a product:
Anyone may enter a new product into the
database by clicking a button on the web
page. All entries will be reviewed by
Otmar for "hype" only.
Reviewing a product:
Anyone may review a product that is
currently in the database by clicking a
button on the web page. Entries will be
reviewed for integrity by Mike
Ledgerwood or other member of the
editorial board.

Pete Smith, editor of the IALL Journal,
has issued a call for submissions, both for
feature articles, and for guest columnist pieces.
For those of you who are not familiar with The Journal,
there will be copies on hand at Williams for
your perusal. If you would like to contribute a
feature article please get in touch with Pete
himself. If your writing falls more in line with
one of the regular columns, you should submit
your work to the appropriate columnist.

Neralld People:

President:
Beth Wellington, Director
Center For Language and Culture
Horn Library 207
Babson College
Babson Park, MA 02157-0310
Tel. (617) 239-4506
wellington@hcc01.babson.edu

Newsletter:
Christopher Alberg
c/o Dept. of Romance Languages
Lyons Hall 304
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA 02167-3804
Tel. (617) 783-1597
alberg@bc.edu

Host:
Tamra Hjermstad
Center for Language, Literauture,
and Culture, Weston Hall
Williams College
Williamstown, MA 01267
Tel. (413) 597-3260
thjermstad@williams.edu