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A Virtual Tour of Computer-Based Language Learning at the MLI

Vance Stevens, Randy Gonzales, Ed Chaffin, and Paul Crane
Military Language Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE

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First Name: Vance

Last Name: Stevens

Title: Consultant / Coordinator for Computer Assisted Learning

Institution or Employer: Military Language Institute

Address: Box 7102

City: Abu Dhabi

Province, State or Region: Abu Dhabi

Postal Code or Zip Code: 41637

Country: United Arab Emirates

Phone: +971-2-618-6514

Email: v.stevens@mli.ac.ae

Photo available at http://www.vancestevens.com/papers/gld5/vance125x156.jpg

Career Highlights (you can list up to 4 maximum - ONE SENTENCE) These will be used as bullet points.

1. Consultant and Coordinator for Computer-Assisted Language Learning at the Military Language Institute in Abu Dhabi, UAE, since 1997.

2. Director of ESL Courseware Design at Courseware Publishing International in California 1995-1997, working with Authorware and speech recognition, among other computer-based development tools.

3. Taught ESL for 20 years in Middle East and Hawaii, now teaching online, engaging ESL students and colleagues worldwide in weekly chats using free online multimedia synchronous communications tools, http://www.homestead.com/vstevens/files/efi/webheads.htm

4. Service to professional organizations: past chair of the CALL Interest Section in TESOL; on the advisory boards of the TESOL and CALICO Journals; research and numerous publications.

Personal Bio (4 sentences - MAXIMUM of 100 words!)

Vance Stevens became a consultant and Coordinator for Computer-Assisted Language Learning at the Military Language Institute in Abu Dhabi, UAE, in 1997 after serving two years as Director of ESL Courseware Design at Courseware Publishing International in California, working with Authorware and speech recognition, among other CALL development tools. Having taught ESL for 20 years, he now teaches online, engaging ESL students and colleagues worldwide in weekly chats using free online multimedia synchronous communications tools. Service to professional organizations includes chairing the CALL Interest Section in TESOL and serving on the advisory boards of the TESOL and CALICO Journals.

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A Virtual Tour of Computer-Based Language Learning at the MLI
South Asia - Gulf - Africa

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1. http://www.mli.ac.ae

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