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>Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 12:01:49 -0400
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>Subject: Call for Paper: Special issue of CALICO


Call for Papers

2005 Special Issue of the CALICO Journal

Topic: Computer-mediated Communication and Foreign Language Learning:
Context, Research and Practice

Co-Editors: Barbara Lafford (Arizona State), J. Scott Payne (Penn
State), and Steven L. Thorne (Penn State)

Description of the volume: This special issue examines uses of
computer-mediated communication (CMC) in foreign language teaching
and learning. We encourage the submission of articles relating to any
area of CMC-mediated foreign language educational practice. including
reports of original research, critical literature reviews, conceptual
pieces, and papers addressing assessment, cultural factors, and/or
the creation of new and productive forms of foreign language
education involving Internet communication tools.

Specific technologies of interest: We would like to include research
addressing a wide array of synchronous and asynchronous text and
audio CMC technologies, such as e-mail, a-synchronous discussion
tools, synchronous text chat, web-log (blog) technologies, instant
messenger, Internet telephony, voice chat, cell phones, Personal
Digital Assistants (PDAs), video chat, wikis, and/or additional
communication technologies. Papers describing technological
innovations and their use in foreign language contexts are also
encouraged.

Suggestions for possible papers: We encourage the submission of
methodologically diverse research (quantitative and/or qualitative
methods, linguistic analyses, experimental design, discourse or
conversation analysis, sociocultural theory, etc.) addressing, but
not limited to, any of the following areas:

1. Measurable increase in foreign language competency/performance
related to CMC activity
2. The development of pragmatic competence within CMC environments/interactions
3. Transfer from CMC to other modalities (e.g., speaking, formal writing)
4. Intercultural communication and CMC
5. Quasi-experimental or comparative research
6. Less commonly taught languages and CMC
7. Critical pedagogy and CMC
8. Discourse-based and/or qualitative CMC/FL research
9. The (new) role of instructors and students in CMC learning contexts
10. CMC-mediated project-based learning
11. Pedagogical research critically documenting CMC best practices


IMPORTANT DATES and DEADLINES:
July 15, 2004: Abstract submissions due (400 words maximum)
October 15, 2004: Full paper submissions due (approx. 6000-8000
words, excluding references)

Contact Information: Please send inquiries and suggestions for
contributions to all three co-editors: Bobbie Lafford
([log in to unmask]) , J. Scott Payne ([log in to unmask]) and Steve
Thorne ([log in to unmask]).


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Steven L. Thorne
Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics
Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
    and
Communication Arts and Sciences
Associate Director, Center for Language Acquisition
Associate Director, Center for Advanced Language Proficiency
Education and Research
The Pennsylvania State University
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