from  Bin Zou <[log in to unmask]>

Dear all,

Sorry for cross-posting.

I'm pleased to announce a call for chapters in a book:
Computer-Assisted Foreign Language Teaching and Learning: Technological Advances: 
http://www.igi-global.com/authorseditors/authoreditorresources/callforbookchapters/callforchapterdetails.aspx?callforcontentid=71fcd7a3-13ee-4d38-b2cf-5fc0c1294b03 

This book offers a unique way for budding foreign language teachers to gain the skills they need to succeed in their teaching with computer-assisted language learning (CALL) context/Web 2.0 environments/an e-learning dimension. A number of foreign languages including Chinese, English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese, etc. and good e-learning practice and research are included, thus offers insights and implications for all.

The chapters in this book cover an overview of CALL, mobile learning, comparison of traditional and virtual classrooms, corpus-based studies, e-learning resources and using Web 2.0 tools as open platforms for social learning. These chapters report on original research or present an original framework that links foreign language teaching, experiments and testing practices that utilize the most recent and most widely used e-learning. The chapters present results of surveys with empirical data on actual language teaching outcomes with pedagogical procedures and implications. Commentaries that discuss interesting opinions on issues related to foreign language teaching and e-learning are also included.

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
• CALL and Foreign language acquisition
• Computer-mediated communication
• Learners’ beliefs in CALL
• E-learning materials development for foreign language learning
• Collaborative learning in Web 2.0 environments
• Social networking in language learning and teaching
• Computer games in language learning
• Mobile learning
• Corpora in learning and teaching
• Using Web 2.0 tools in Foreign learning and teaching
• E-assessment
• Distance language learning
• Software program design
• Online program design
• Teacher support in CALL


Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before November 15, 2011, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of their proposed chapter. They are required to explain how their chapter will meet the objectives of the book and to provide the provisional structure of their proposed chapter (name and indicative content of each section). Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by December 15, 2011 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by February 15, 2012. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Publisher
This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.). For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2013.

Important Dates:
November 15, 2011:      Proposals Submission Deadline
December 15, 2011:      Notification of Acceptance
February 15, 2012:      Full Chapter Submission
April 15, 2012:                 Review Results Returned
June 15, 2012:          Final Chapter Submission
July 15, 2012:                  Final Deadline

Editors:

Dr. Bin ZOU, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
Dr. Minjie XING, University of Manchester, UK
Dr. Catherine Hua XIANG, The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Dr. Yuping WANG, Griffith University, Australia
Dr. Mingyu SUN, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA

Editorial Advisory Board Members:
Anita Alkas, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA
Claire Bartlett, Rice University, USA
Nick Byrne, LSE, UK
Patrick Colabucci, San Diego State University, USA
Claire Kennedy, Griffith University, Australia
Mike Levy, University of Queensland, Australia
Wangheng Peng, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
Ana Romas, University of Bristol, UK
M. Trevor Shanklin, San Diego State University, USA
Ken Spencer, University of Hull, UK
Glenn Stockwell, Waseda University, Japan
Cynthia White, Massey University, New Zealand

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document):

Dr. Mingyu Sun
Director, Language Resource Center
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Curtin Hall, B27
P.O.Box 413
Milwaukee, WI 53201
414-229-4313
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Dr. Bin Zou
Senior Tutor/Associate Professor
English Language Centre
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Editor-in-Chief
International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching（IJCALLT)
http://www.igi-global.com/ijcallt