--- Forwarded Message from Julie Belz <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 15:58:44 -0500 >To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] >From: Julie Belz <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Call for Papers: virtual lg. learning partnerships Dear Colleagues, The journal Language Learning & Technology http://llt.msu.edu/ is seeking submissions for a Special Issue on Telecollaboration. Telecollaboration is defined as the application of global communication networks within foreign and second language education. The editors are primarily interested in the following themes: * Theoretical research on telecollaborative projects * Cross-cultural and cross-linguistic studies of telecollaborative partnerships * Developmental studies of language learning in telecollaboration * Ethnographic investigations of telecollaboration * Investigations focusing on differences in internet communication tools as used in telecollaborative partnerships, e.g. email discussion, chat, knowledge forum/threaded discussion, and web-publication * Meta-commentaries on organizational aspects of telecollaboration * Social and institutional dimensions of telecollaborative partnerships * Theoretically-informed dialogues between instructors in telecollaborative partnerships Please send a 250-word abstract to Julie Belz at [log in to unmask] by Nov. 15, 2001. Full manuscripts due by May 15, 2002. Full Call for Papers: http://llt.msu.edu/vol5num2/call_for_papers.html Best wishes, Julie Belz -- Julie A. Belz Assistant Professor of German and Applied Linguistics Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures; Program in Linguistics and Applied Language Studies; Affiliate, Center for Language Acquisition http://beetle.la.psu.edu/center The Pennsylvania State University 311 Burrowes Building University Park, PA 16802