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>From: "John Liontas" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Call for Papers
>Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 14:46:34 -0500
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Dear Colleagues,
Please help me publicize this Call for Papers. Thank you.
John Liontas
The Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal
Call for Papers - Special Issue
Second Language Idiomaticity
Volume 4, No. 1
Deadline: March 15, 2004
The Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal invites submissions
of previously unpublished manuscripts on any topic related to Second
Language Idiomaticity. The collection of papers will explore the wide
range of theoretical and research issues involved in the processing,
comprehension, and interpretation of second language idioms by young and
adult learners at the K-12 and college/university level, including
(meta)cognitive, psycholinguistic, and social factors. Possible topics
include, but are not limited to:
* Defining Idiomaticity
* L1 and L2 Idiomaticity: Similar or Different?
* L2 Idiomaticity: A Fertile Ground of Research?
* Theoretical and Pragmatic Assumptions Concerning L2 Idiomaticity
* L2 Idiomaticity and SLA Theory
* L2 Idiomaticity and the Nature of Interlanguage
* Mental Representations and L2 Idiomaticity
* Lexical Access and Retrieval of L2 Idioms
* Processing, Comprehending, and Interpreting L2 Idioms
* The Role of Context and Background Knowledge in the Comprehension of
L2 Idioms
* Pragmatics and L2 Idiomaticity
* Individual Learner Factors in L2 Idiom Learning
* Instructional Implications of L2 Idiom-Learning Theories, Models,
and Research
* Pedagogical Insights Into the Teaching and Learning of L2 Idioms
* Pedagogical Concerns and Challenges for Teaching L2 Idioms at the
Lower, Intermediate, and Advanced Levels of Proficiency
* Developing Idiomatic Competence in Second and Foreign Languages
* Standards for Foreign Language Learning and L2 Idiomaticity
* Listening/Speaking/Reading/Writing Comprehension Formats and L2
Idiomaticity
* Assessing/Evaluating L2 Idiomaticity
* L2 Idiomaticity and Guidelines for Planning Lessons
* L2 Idiomaticity and Curriculum Articulation
* L2 Idiomaticity and Materials Development
* L2 Idiomaticity and (Multimedia) Technology
* L2 Idiomaticity and Computer-Assisted Instruction
* L2 Idiomaticity and Authoring Software
* L2 Idiom Learning via the World Wide Web
We welcome both practical and research focused articles (including
action research). Articles should have a clear focus and be written so
that they are accessible to a broad audience of reading and language
educators, including those individuals who may not be familiar with the
particular subject matter addressed in the article. Articles should
report on original research or present an original framework that links
previous research, educational theory, and teaching practices.
Full-length articles should be no more than 7500 words in length and
should include an abstract of no more than 200 words.
The Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal encourages
submissions that take advantage of the hypertext and multimedia
possibilities afforded by our World Wide Web publication format. To this
end, we gladly accept articles with graphics, sound, and hyperlinks
submitted as HTML documents. More detailed submission guidelines are
available online at: http://www.readingmatrix.com/submission.html.
Send all submissions electronically to: Dr. John I. Liontas,
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Dr. John I. Liontas, Special Issue Editor of Second Language
Idiomaticity, Assistant Professor of German, The University of Notre
Dame, Department of German and Russian Languages and Literatures, 318
O'Shaughnessy Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556-5639; Tel.: (574) 631-7568;
Fax: (574) 631-4268.
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John I. Liontas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of German and SLA Specialist
Director of German Language Program
University of Notre Dame
Department of German and Russian Languages
and Literatures
318 O'Shaughnessy Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556-5639
Co-Editor: The Reading Matrix: An International
Online Journal, <http://www.readingmatrix.com> www.readingmatrix.com
TEL: (574) 631-7568
FAX: (574) 631-4268
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