The ICC 19th Annual Conference 2012 will be held in the beautiful surroundings of Pilsen in the Czech Republic: 09 -10 March 2012. The conference will be hosted by the University of West Bohemia, Univerzitní 8, 306 14 Pilsen.

This time the ICC 19th Annual Conference has put its focus on "Perception and Reality in Language Education".
It seems that there are many disconnects nowadays. What learners perceive as good learning is often at odds with what teachers claim to know. What teachers consider conditions for good learning seems to be at odds with projects like the Hole-in-the-Wall initiative. (see Sugata Mitra).
The claims made by advocates of the new technologies are often at odds with the realities experienced by users. There are increasing doubts about the reliability of information on the new interactive databases – anyone is now an author and anyone is an information consumer – so who can trust whom? Language is perceived as a unifying force in globalisation and yet language and culture are what are often used precisely to define in-groups and national identities. This has profound implications on what precisely language education involves if we are to contribute to better international and intercultural communication.
The conference offers a timely spotlight on issues surrounding teaching and teacher training. With speakers from the worlds of publishing, intercultural communication, education management, ICT in education and those with a range of teaching expertise, the conference offers an opportunity for lively debate on the issues raised above.

The conference "Perception and Reality in Language Education" will cover the following areas:

• Teacher Qualification
• Certification
• Testing, Assessment
• Teaching Czech as a foreign Language
• Classroom Practice
• Technology and Language Teaching
• Intercultural Training
• Vocational Training
• ICT based language teaching solutions

If you wish to lead a session at the conference, please hand in your paper proposal Call for Papers by 30 November 2011. The conference language will be English, but some presentations will also be held in Czech.