Invited Keynote Speakers

Ana María GIMENO

Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Spain

Ana GIMENO, President of WorldCALL, is Full Professor of English Language in the Department of Applied Linguistics at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Spain. Her research focuses on English for Specific Purposes, Computer-Assisted Language Learning, and Content and Language Integrated Learning. Prof. Gimeno is Head of the CAMILLE Research Group, devoted to research in CALL and e-Learning. She has been Project Manager of several funded multimedia CALL research and development projects that have led to the publication of several language courses in digital format. In 2016, she co-authored the first Spanish as a foreign language Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) delivered on the US-based edX platform, which has attracted over half a million learners from around the world and in 2018 she published the first upper-intermediate English edX MOOC, which has attracted over 350000 learners. Ana Gimeno is Associate Editor of ReCALL (Cambridge University Press) and serves on the Editorial Board of Computer Assisted Language Learning Journal (Taylor and Francis), as well as being editor-in-chief of The EUROCALL Review. She was President of the European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning (EuroCALL) from 2005 to 2011 and is currently President of the world organisation for computer-assisted language learning, WorldCALL (www.worldcall.org).

Peter GOBEL

Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan

Peter GOBEL, the Vice President of PacCALL, is a Professor in the Faculty of Cultural Studies at Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan. He received his doctorate in education from Temple University, with a dissertation on the acquisition and use of listener clarification strategies. He has published and presented research in the areas of 1) anxiety and foreign language learning; 2) learner motivation and attitudes towards success and failure at language learning; 3) second language learner strategies; 4) extensive reading; and 5) the role of technology in education. Current research interests are focused on how learners interact with ICT and CMS both inside and outside of the classroom.

WANG Haixiao

WANG Haixiao is a professor of English and applied linguistics with the Department of Applied Foreign Language Studies, Nanjing University. He obtained his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from Nanjing University, Lancaster University and Teachers College, Columbia University respectively. He is the winner of a number of national and provincial awards for teaching excellence and author of dozens of popularly acclaimed textbooks. His research interests include second language acquisition, computer-assisted language teaching, language assessment, and teaching materials development. Currently, he serves as member of the College Foreign Language Teaching Advisory Committee of the MoE, member of the National College English Test Committee, and Vice President of ChinaCALL and PacCALL. He has been playing active roles in a number of national projects for the development and reform of College English teaching and assessment in China.

ZHENG Yongyan

ZHENG Yongyan is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Fudan University, China, where she teaches English academic writing and applied linguistics. She has been on the list of Most Cited Chinese Researchers by Elsevier since 2021. Her research interests include second-language development, multilingualism, and language-in-education policy. She has published 4 monographs and edited volumes, guest-edited 4 special issues, and published more than 120 peer-reviewed journal papers in English, Chinese, and Spanish. She serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Language, Culture and Curriculum, and also the Co-Editor-in-Chief of System. She is also one of the co-founders of Hamburg-Fudan-Macquarie “New Generation Literacies Network”.