from  Lance Askildson <[log in to unmask]>

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Dear Colleagues:

I am extremely pleased to announce the newest Issue of the IALLT Journal for Language Learning Technologies, a peer reviewed academic journal published by the International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT).  Not only does Volume 41 represent a return to an online distribution cycle, but it also represents a return to a twice annual publishing schedule.  The IALLT Journal is online and open-access and is available to the worldwide public at http://www.iallt.org/iallt_journal.



Issue 2 of Volume 41 features a number of articles addressing emerging trends within the field of language learning technology as well as contributors who offer  new insights into longstanding areas of disciplinary interest.  In the Issue’s opening article, Christina Huhn (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) reexamines the application of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines as a part of a computer-mediated course component and elucidates a nuanced approach to writing assessment in the course of her case study research. 



In an innovative development of a new web-based program for L2 pragmatics instruction, Victoria Russell (Valdosta State University) and Camilla Vásquez (University of South Florida) provide a compelling account of both the platform and pedagogy for teaching and assessing intracultural language proficiency with significant implications for the future of online language learning.



In a similar manner, Jack Burston (University of Cyprus) provides a novel account of a mobile language instruction platform via the European MobLang project and suggests the considerable potential that this approach holds for much of the world’s language learners.  Jack’s article is particularly timely in that it extends discussion on the topic of mobile language learning initiated by two articles featured in the last Issue of the IALLT Journal.



Peter Swanson (Georgia State University) and Patricia Nolde (Georgia State University) contribute to this Issue with another timely article addressing the burgeoning need for more substantive and technologically flexible multimedia to address oral language proficiency.  They also highlight the importance of aligning such technology-mediated assessment with traditional rubrics of criterion-based language assessment.



Per Urlaub (University of Texas at Austin) and Joseph Kautz (Stanford University) contribute the fifth and final feature article to this Issue.  Theirs is a truly pioneering and creative case study of the role of technology and language technology mediators – through the Stanford Language Lab, in this case – in the development of an ambitious student ‘rap contest’ combining cross-linguistic and trans-cultural co-curricular programming with striking creativity and community outreach.



In addition, this Issue adds two new serial columns to the Journal in the form of Tina Oestreich’s (Case Western Reserve University) LLTI Highlights column – devoted to examination of current issues within the Language Learning & Technology International (LLTI) Listserv community – as well as Judy Shoaf’s (University of Florida) new biannual treatment of Legal Issues & LLT, which examines the legal considerations of copyright, fair use and ownership within the context of language teaching and learning.  These columns join the existing Language Technology Review column under the authorship of Jörg Waltje (CIRIE).



In sum, these contributions to this Fall 2011 Issue of the IALLT Journal provide a persuasive example of the depth and relevance of both language learning technology and organizations like IALLT.  I hope that you find them as insightful and fascinating as I have.



If you are interested in submitting an article for consideration in the IALLT Journal, please send all inquiries and submissions to [log in to unmask] 



Lance R. Askildson, Ph.D.
Managing Editor of the IALLT Journal for Language Learning Technologies
Secretary of the International Association for Language Learning Technology



Lance R. Askildson, Ph.D.
Assistant Provost for Internationalization
Director of the Center for the Study of Languages & Cultures
Fellow, Kellogg Institute for International Studies
Fellow, Nanovic Institute for European Studies
University of Notre Dame



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