CALL Review: the SIG Journal
What is the CALL Review?
- The CALL Review (CALL = Computer Assisted Language Learning) is the journal, or newsletter, of the IATEFL Computer SIG.
How can I contribute to the CALL Review? 
- The CALL Review is published three times a year, in spring, summer and autumn. Contributions should be sent to Gavin Dudeney, the Acting Newsletter Editor.
Content
- Articles should be something between 800 and 3000 words (max). Please include a digital photo (if you would like to), biodata (as brief as possible), and a short abstract of the article to appear on the SIG Web site.
Format
- Papers should be sent as email attachments in any popular word processor format or as a PDF file.
- Any graphics should be sent as separate files (.jpg, .tif or .bmp).
Didn't the CALL Review used to be called MUESLI News?
- Yes. The CALL Review used to be called MUESLI News, the newsletter of MUESLI (Micro Users in ESL Institutions), itself the original incarnation of the Computer SIG. The first edition of MUESLI News, edited by David Eastment, was published in October 1984.
- In the spring of 1987, the MUESLI user group became an IATEFL SIG.
- In July 1994, the name MUESLI News was changed to CALL Review.
- Subsequently (anyone know the exact date?), the MUESLI user group itself had a name change to Computer SIG.
How can I get current editions of the CALL Review?
- The CALL Review is only available to members of IATEFL who have elected to belong to the Computer Special Interest Group. Membership of IATEFL is straightforward, and brings additional benefits, including the main IATEFL Newsletter and a variety of publications at preferrential rates. Journal only subscription is not available. More information about how to join.
How can I access previous editions of the CALL Review?
Previous editions: on paper
- Some previous editions of the newsletter may still be available as hard-copy paper editions, for a small charge. For further information, please contact generalenquiries@iatefl.org
Previous editions: on CD-ROM
- Previous editions of the CALL Review newsletter, known previously as MUESLI News, from 1984-1995, are available in cross-platform PDF form on a CD-ROM, formatted for both Windows and Macintosh computers. This CD-ROM is sent to new Computer SIG members free of charge.
- If you are not a member of the Computer SIG, you can purchase the CD-ROM from IATEFL central office for £5 (five pounds sterling). For further information, please contact generalenquiries@iatefl.org
Previous editions: online at the Computer SIG website
Downloads:
individual newsletters by year / by editor (PDF files, from 100K to 3MB)
all the newsletters at once (one 7.9MB compressed ZIP file)
- From autumn 2004, previous editions of the Computer SIG newsletter, more than 2 years old, will be available online at this website.
- This archive resource is being "kick-started" with files from the 2002 CD-ROM, consisting of 30 editions from the years 1984-1995. It is intended that other editions will be added as they become available, until all/most back editions are online.
- The newsletters will be freely downloadable, as Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. To read the files, you will need to use a PDF reader, such as the free Adobe Reader, available for many platforms, including Linux, Macintosh and Windows. (It is very likely that you already have such a program installed.)
Download options:
- Download all the newsletters at once, as a compressed ZIP file.
Note: You will need to extract the files using a zip extractor program. You probably already have such a program. If not:
- Windows users: try WinZip.
- Mac OS X users, a de-compressor is included or built into the system.
- Classic Mac (pre-OX X), try MacZip.- Download individual newsletters (1) by year or (2) by editor.
Note on folder pathways
The PDF file "contents.pdf" is the Contents Page, and is the best way to navigate the newsletter files. But to get the links to and from the Contents page PDF file, the individual newsletter PDF files, and the other PDF files, to all function correctly, you need to make sure that the files are configured in the following way:
- (Top level) The folder where you keep all these files, named e.g. "CompSIGnewsletters" should contain:
- (Second level) "back to the future.pdf", "contents.pdf", "editions and editors.pdf", "preface.pdf", "resurrection man.pdf", and a folder called "pdf-files"
- (Third level) The folder "pdf-files" should contain all the newsletter files, "MN-84-10.pdf", "MN-85-05.pdf", etc.
Further information
- Please contact Gavin Dudeney, the Acting Newsletter Editor at dudeney@encomix.es.
Last updated: 27 October, 2004. URL: http://www.iateflcompsig.org.uk/review.htm
