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The International Association for Language Learning Technology is a professional organization devoted to the advancement, integration, evaluation, and management of instructional technology for the teaching and learning of language, literature and culture. This conference will be of particular interest to all language and culture instructors whether K-12 or post-secondary, to individuals affiliated with a media center or language lab, to developers of language technology, and to individuals interested in any facet of language learning technology. The biennal IALLT conference attracts participants world-wide and offers a rare, international perspective into the future of educational technology for language and cultural learning.

The theme for the 2011 conference, “California Dreamin’: New Horizons in Language Learning Technology,” reflects both a nostalgia for the early dreams of the language technology pioneers of the 60s and 70s and a look forward to the many possibilities which exist in the current world of global social networks and seamless, mobile technologies. The host of the conference, University of California Irvine, is a dynamic, multi-cultural campus situated in one of the most linguistically diverse counties in the country. In the 19th century, the 49ers came to California searching for gold. At the close of the first decade of the 21st century, we’d like you to share your discoveries. What nuggets of information have you discovered that make your life as a language teacher or language technologist/lab director better? What do you see on the horizon – not just the “next big thing”, but in which direction have you set your course as we all navigate through (and out of) these challenging financial times?