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Catherine Caws

she/her

Professor
University of Victoria, Canada

Catherine Caws has been teaching French language and linguistics for over 20 years. Her research focuses on Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), and, more particularly, on learning design, learner-computer interactions and data-driven learning.  Her work is strongly influenced by constructivist and socio-cultural theories of learning, in particular activity theory (AT) as it relates to CALL. 

Sessions in which Catherine Caws attends

Thursday 29 April, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
8:40 AM
8:40 AM EDT - 8:55 AM EDT | 15 minutes
Opening

Join us for opening remarks from members of the organizing committee, from Graham Carr, President and Vice-Chancellor of Concordia University, and from Cynthia Eid, vice-president of the Fédération internationale de professeurs de français.

9:00 AM
9:00 AM EDT - 10:30 AM EDT | 1 hour 30 minutes
Session
10:00 AM
10:00 AM EDT - 10:30 AM EDT | 30 minutes

Moustapha Fall, University of Victoria, Canada Title: The role(s) of Mother Tongue Literacy in Learning a Second Language: The case of Wolof and French in Senegal Keywords: Mother tongue; Second language; Partial literacy Abstract:

10:30 AM
10:30 AM EDT - 10:45 AM EDT | 15 minutes
BreakNetworking
10:45 AM
10:45 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT | 1 hour 15 minutes
Plenary

Cynthia Eid, Professeure-Chercheuse, Doyenne de l'École de formateurs, Directrice de la pédagogie et de l'Innovation, Groupe IGS, Paris-Lyon et Toulouse, France. Vice-présidente de la Fédération internationale des professeurs de français.,Titre: ...

12:00 PM
12:00 PM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
BreakNetworking
3:45 PM
3:45 PM EDT - 4:00 PM EDT | 15 minutes
BreakNetworking
4:00 PM
4:00 PM EDT - 5:30 PM EDT | 1 hour 30 minutes
Session

Friday 30 April, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:30 AM
10:30 AM EDT - 10:45 AM EDT | 15 minutes
BreakNetworking
10:45 AM
10:45 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT | 1 hour 15 minutes
Plenary

Greg Kessler, Professor of Instructional Technology at the Patton College of Education, Ohio University, United States. Editor of the CALICO Equinox book series, Advances in CALL Practice & Research. Title: Innovation and the future of language teaching Abstract:

12:00 PM
12:00 PM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
BreakNetworking
2:00 PM
2:00 PM EDT - 2:15 PM EDT | 15 minutes
BreakNetworking
2:15 PM
2:15 PM EDT - 3:15 PM EDT | 1 hour
Session
3:30 PM
3:30 PM EDT - 3:45 PM EDT | 15 minutes
Closing