[PN] Media Literacy (29 Sept. 2003)

[Steve McCarty]

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* Calls for Papers

Call for Papers, International Conference: New Learning 2004
Skiathos, Greece, 10 - 12 May 2004
"... appropriate learning models, teaching methods and assessment
approaches for the latest generations of educational technology...
Conference papers will be published in hard book form, available to
delegates at the time of registration.
Submit abstract as soon as possible to: adarcy-burt@wessex.ac.uk
Wessex Institute of Technology, UK <enquiries@wessex.ac.uk>
http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2004/newlearning04/index.html

CALICO 2004 (Computer Assisted Language Instruction COnsortium)
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, June 8-June 12, 2004
Courseware showcase hosted by the University of Pittsburgh.
cutting edge technologies in foreign language teaching and learning
with a focus on collaboration. More information can be found at:
http://www.calico.org

5th Pan-Asian Conference on Language Teaching, FEELTA 2004
Far Eastern National University, Vladivostok, Russia, June 24-27, 2004
The Far Eastern English Language Teachers' Association (FEELTA)
Deadline for the receipt of proposals: December 1, 2003
http://www.dvgu.ru/rus/partner/education/feelta/pac5/

4th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
(ICALT 2004), Theme: "Crafting Learning Within Context"
Joensuu, Finland, August 30 - Sept 1, 2004
Deadline for paper submission: February 13, 2004
http://lttf.ieee.org/icalt2004/

* Newspaper articles for media literacy

Why the Media Don't Call It as They See It
By Paul Waldman, Washington Post, September 28, 2003
Answering the question how 69% of Americans came to believe in a
Saddam-al Qaeda connection, the author finds the media culpable,
while employing two concepts used in linguistics to explain
deceptive statements by top government officials.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8032-2003Sep26.html

What motivates a terrorist? (Re: "Dying to Kill Us," by Robert Pape)
In fairness, the article recommended the other day attributing
suicide terrorism to secular motives of driving outsiders from
one's homeland was rebutted in several letters to the editor.
"At least 188 of 223 suicide attacks since 2001 were undertaken in
God's name." Another wrote: "While it may be true that Osama bin Laden's
initial objective was to expel Americans from the Persian Gulf, his
ultimate goal is to establish an Islamic state... as far as suicide
bombers are concerned, their expectation is a place in heaven. This is
not religion?"
It will always be difficult to ascertain people's (primary) motives.
Why adults in wealthy countries study EFL often remains a mystery ;-)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/28/opinion/L28TERR.html

>From a rock song by Jethro Tull: a "foreign student said to me, is it
really true there are elephants and lions too in Piccadilly Circus?" :D

Collegially, Steve McCarty, PN Editor; Professor, Kagawa JC, Japan
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