Call for Papers for Special Issue of LLT
(Submission deadline June 1)

Theme: Technology and the Less Commonly Taught Languages

Special Issue Editor: Irene Thompson

This special issue of Language Learning & Technology will focus on the role
played by educational technologies in the learning and teaching of LCTLs
(i.e., languages other than the traditionally taught Western European
languages such as English, French, German, and Spanish). Currently, less
than ten percent of students enrolled in foreign language courses in the US
study languages such as Arabic, Farsi, Pashto, Chinese, Japanese, Russian,
Hindi, Korean, Indonesian, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, Swahili,
Yoruba, and other languages critically important to US national interests.
These languages are typologically different from English and are often
written in non-Roman scripts requiring extended seat time to attain a
working proficiency. With instruction often not offered at all, offered on
an irregular basis, or available only at the elementary levels, technology
presents a wide range of opportunities to develop and deliver instructional
materials and methodologies based on sound empirical research.

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