January 14, 1999

January 7, 1999

Greetings from the board members of the Northwest Association for Learning Laboratories. The three of us met at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington on November 5 with great hopes of reviving NWALL, an association dedicated to the use of technology in language learning. We are excited to make this group more active and increase our membership, so please pass this information along to any interested colleagues and feel free to contact us at any time to give us suggestions or ideas!

At the PNCFL meeting in Boise last year, NWALL members voted to hold our annual meetings during the Pacific Northwest Council for Foreign Languages (PNCFL) conference each year. This year's meeting will take place in Tacoma, Washington, during the PNCFL conference at the Sheraton Hotel April 8-9, 1999. Here is the tentative agenda for our meetings - more details will be sent in March:

Dinner and business meeting, with invited speaker Sheri Tonn, Dean of Information Resources at PLU. Thursday, April 8, 6pm. Sheraton Hotel. The cost of the dinner, provided by the Sheraton, will be $22.00, which includes taxes and service charges.

Round-table discussion on technology. Friday, April 9, 8:00am-8:50am. Sheraton Hotel. Topics will be based on your responses to the enclosed survey. Refreshments will be served.

Technology workshop. Saturday, April 10, 1:30pm-5:00pm at the Language Resource Center, Pacific Lutheran University. Free shuttle service will be available between the Sheraton and PLU. The topic(s) of this workshop will be based on your feedback from the enclosed survey. A more detailed description of the workshop will be sent in March, including a sign-up sheet. Space will be limited to 20 participants, so sign up early!

In order to attend the NWALL meetings, you need to have current membership in both NWALL and PNCFL, and you need to have paid for the NWALL and PNCFL conference registrations. The following membership and registration forms will be available from our website at http://www.plu.edu/~lrc/nwall:

In March, after we receive feedback from you through the attached interest survey, we will send you an agenda for the business meeting and the technology workshop. If you would like to contribute items to the agenda for the business meeting or ideas for the round-table discussion, please contact us by phone or email. Also, please check our website for the most current information. (http://www.plu.edu/~lrc/nwall)

We look forward to seeing you in Tacoma this April!

Sincerely,

Bridget E. Yaden, Vice-President

Paul Aoki, Co-President

Scott Gerrity, Co-President