--- Forwarded Message from Robert Fischer <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 08:34:21 -0700 >To: [log in to unmask] >From: Robert Fischer <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: C A L L F O R S U B M I S S I O N S Special Issue of The CALICO Journal: The World Wide Web in Non-Roman Script: CALI in Arabic and Hebrew Editors: Samer M. Ali, Ph.D., and Esther L. Raizen, Ph.D. Publication date: May 2004 CALICO, the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium, is a professional organization that serves a membership involved in both education and high technology. The CALICO Journal is a peer-reviewed publication devoted to the dissemination of information concerning the application of technology to language teaching and language learning. The Journal invites submissions of articles for a special issue addressing the distinct challenges of using Arabic and Hebrew in web-based environments. Description: A decade of popular use of the World Wide Web has left Hebrew and Arabic lagging behind in almost every aspect, from the design of personal web sites to the development of efficient search engines to the creation of instructional sites and web-based applications capable of making use of all the advantages that the medium offers. The two languages are written from right to left, using non-Roman script and relying heavily on diacritics. Each one of these orthographic characteristics is sufficiently complex to challenge web developers, left to struggle with compatibility issues and platform independence even within the environment of unicode-aware browsers. While the development of commercial applications for Arabic and Hebrew instruction has picked up in recent years, web-based applications and authoring tools that are cost effective and widely available, and, as such, lend themselves well to use in the academic environment, have not been made available to developers of Computer Assisted Language Instruction (CALI) materials. In response the reality in this field, the editors of this CALICO special issue welcome submissions from single authors or collaborative teams that confront linguistic and/or technological issues. Articles may treat topics related to assessment of needs, the difficulties posed for both developers and users of web applications in Arabic and Hebrew, and advances in the development of e-mail programs, listervs, distance learning programs, and text-to-speech tools. This issue will attempt to provide justification for investing in the development of such materials and their effective use in the classroom, and call for the adaptation of effectiveness-evaluation tools of the kind used by languages written in Roman script. We also hope to provide guidelines for the development of fully accessible sites in Hebrew and Arabic, and argue for cooperation between developers across languages. Articles will need to be submitted by September 30, 2003. Guidelines for Submission: Authors are invited to submit articles that have not previously been published or accepted for publication elsewhere. Authors can submit manuscripts on diskette, CD or as an e-mail attachments to the CALICO editors at the address below. The manuscript should be in either MS-Word or WordPerfect format (Macintosh or PC). Graphics, pictures, and screen shots should be included in the manuscript and also sent as separate files, preferably in .PICT or .EPS format. Authors should follow the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed. (2001). Manuscripts requirements: -doubled spaced; -no more than 30 pages in length (excluding bibliography, tables, notes, etc.); -a title page stating the name of (each of) the author(s), plus address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address (of each author); -an abstract of no more than 200 words and a keywords list of up to five salient words describing the content of the article; -accompanied by a biostatement of (each of) the author(s) not to exceed 120 words per author. Please send submissions to either editor: Samer M. Ali, Ph.D. <[log in to unmask]> or Esther L. Raizen, Ph.D. <[log in to unmask]> Postal address: CALICO Journal Special Issue Department of Middle Eastern Studies 1 University Station, F1500 University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712 USA Phone: 512-471-1365 Fax: 512-471-4197