Aims & Scope
The mission of the International Association of TESOL & Education (IATE) is to provide researchers, educators, and teachers from around the world with a platform to share their teaching experiences and classroom research in the ICTE International Conferences and AsiaCALL International Conferences (AsiaCALL). Furthermore, the IATE is a platform where its members can network, share work, and research interests with other professionals in the field to foster collaboration and advocate the use of new teaching methods, innovative tasks in classrooms, and technology in their educational environments. Selected full papers presented at the ICTE International Conferences and AsiaCALL International Conferences will be published in the ICTE Press with Open Access to share the participants’ research and teaching experiences.
President of IATE
Professor Dr. Andrew Lian, Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand; Professor Emeritus, University of Canberra, Australia
Professor Dr. Andrew Lian is Professor of Foreign Language Studies, School of Foreign Languages, Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand. He specializes in the methodology of teaching foreign/second languages and has had a special interest in the uses of modern technology to enhance learning since the late 1970s. He is one of the pioneers of Technology-Enhanced Language-Learning in Australia. Previously, he was Professor and Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Western Illinois University in the United States. Prior to that, he had been Professor of Humanities and Director of the Center for the Study of Languages at Rice University, Houston, TX, USA, and Professor and Head of the School of Languages and International Education at the University of Canberra in Australia. He has held further Professorial appointments and been the Head of Department in two other Australian universities (James Cook University and Bond University). His current research interests are in the area of self-adjusting and self-organizing (language/culture-) learning environments based on rhizomatic approaches to (language/culture-) learning and the generation of personal learning environments within a 21st-century perspective. As a consequence, he is also interested in the development and use of multimedia databases in (language/culture)-teaching and learning. For more details, please visit http://andrewlian.com/new and http://andrewlian.com. He can be reached at the President at asiacall.info (Orcid) (Scopus)
Vice President of IATE for Administrative & Publication
Associate Professor Dr Pham Vu Phi Ho, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Van Lang University, Vietnam, Vice-President of AsiaCALL International Conference
Assoc. Prof. Pham Vu Phi Ho, Ph.D., Faculty of Foreign Languages, Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, was previously Vice-President of Ba Ria – Vung Tau University and Vice-President at Van Hien University, Vietnam. Pham has published more than 70 research articles in both local and International Journals, such as Computer-Assisted language Learning, SAGE Open, System, and Journal of Psycholinguist Research (17 Scopus/14 ISI), and 10 books and course-books, 2 Edited Books (Springer and IGI Global), of which 3-course books were used for both the undergraduate and graduate levels at Van Lang University, HCMC Open University, Vietnam, and Lourdes College, Higher Education Department, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines. He has international experience in teaching English at Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand, and Gyeongju University, South Korea. He is the Vice President for Administrative Affairs of AsiaCALL. He is now the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of TESOL & Education, a managing editor of CALL-EJ (Scopus Q1). He serves as the editor-in-chief for several proceedings published by Atlantis Press, a division of Springer. He is an editorial staff member for the Suranaree Journal of Social Science (Scopus), and a peer reviewer for some international Journals indexed in ISI/Scopus such as Computer Assisted Language Learning, Open Sage… He is an editor of an Edited Book entitled “Empowering Educators: Integrating AI Tools for Personalized Language Instruction”, which will be published by Springer Nature (Scopus), (ISI), (Google Scholar).
Vice President of IATE for International Relations
Professor Dr. Jeremy White, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Professor Dr. Jeremy White is a professor in the College of Information Science and Engineering at Ritsumeikan University, Japan. He has taught English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Japan for the past 20 years. He earned his PhD from Kyoto University; his dissertation research focused on Minecraft and task-based learning to promote English language communication. Prof. Dr. Jeremy White is the editor-in-chief of the CALL-EJ (Computer-Assisted Language Learning Electronic Journal) (Scopus-Q1). Professor Dr. Jeremy White is also the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of AI in Language Education (IJAILE) published by the ICTE Press. (Scopus ID), (Google Scholar)
Vice President of IATE for Research & Innovation
Dr. Ania Lian, Charles Darwin University, Australia
Dr. Ania Lian, Senior Lecturer (eq. Associate Professor) in Education (Teaching and Learning), Charles Darwin University, Australia, Vice-President for Research & Innovation and Chief Editor of the AsiaCALL Online Journal. Since 1993, Ania has held positions at various universities in Australia, with her work focusing on the uses of technology in second language learning and in education in general, including software development. She has also worked at the National Policy Office of the Council on the Ageing in Canberra and has a history of volunteering with the wider community on sustainability projects within the framework of the Queanbeyan Business Council, NSW. Ania has been a keynote speaker at numerous academic conferences, both in Australia and Asia, where she works to build collaborative networks between CDU and other universities, aiming to expand the international focus of all parties involved. The leading objective of her teaching and research is to explore the concept of inclusive learning environments, with a specific focus on learner-centredness. Her recent interest in graduate attributes developed from these concerns, which form the framework of her approach. Her professional portfolio can be found by clicking HERE. As Vice-President, AsiaCALL (Research and Innovation), Ania has created the AsiaCALL Professional Learning Community (https://sites.google.com/site/asiacallplc/) and, on Facebook, The AsiaCALL Phd and Research. Orcid ID; Scopus ID
Vice President of IATE
Associate Professor Sandro R. Barros, Michigan State University
Sandro R. Barros is an Associate Professor in the Curriculum, Instruction, and Teacher Education program at Michigan State University. His academic research spans the fields of the Humanities and Social Sciences, focusing on multilingual development, culture, and language politics across K-16 schools and other sites of cultural production. He is the author of Paulo Freire and Multilingual Education (with Luciana C. de Oliveira, Routledge) and The Dissidence of Reinaldo Arenas (with Rafael Ocasio and Angela L. Willis, University of Florida Press) (Orcid) (Scopus)