Abstract: We often ask, what is the role of information technology in the language classroom? We must also ask: what is the role of language teaching in the information technology society? Dr. Warschauer will review the technological and social changes that are shaping the use of new media in education. He will then examine the implications of these changes for language teaching, focusing on issues of new literacies, new identities, new genres, and new pedagogies. These developments, taken together demand a new approach to language teaching that focuses on promoting not only accuracy and fluency but also agency.

Short Bio: Mark Warschauer is the author or editor of six books on the intersection of language, literacy, and technology--including Internet for English Teaching, Network-Based Langauage Teaching, Electronic Literacies, Telecollaboration in Foreign Language Learning, and Virtual ConnectionsÑand the author of more than 100 papers on the topic. He is the founding editor of Language Learning & Technology journalÑpublished since 1997 on the World Wide WebÑand the recipient of the 1998 TOEFL Policy Council Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Technology and Language Acquisition. From 1998-2001 he was director of educational technology on a large US-funded language education program in Egypt. Dr. Warschauer has taught and conducted research at the University of California, Berkeley; the University of HawaiÕi; Moscow Linguistics University; and Charles University in Prague. He is now teaching in the Department of Education at the University of California, Irvine and continuing his research on language, literacy, and technology.