--- Forwarded Message from Steven Thorne <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 12:01:49 -0400 >To: [log in to unmask] >From: Steven Thorne <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Call for Paper: Special issue of CALICO Call for Papers 2005 Special Issue of the CALICO Journal Topic: Computer-mediated Communication and Foreign Language Learning: Context, Research and Practice Co-Editors: Barbara Lafford (Arizona State), J. Scott Payne (Penn State), and Steven L. Thorne (Penn State) Description of the volume: This special issue examines uses of computer-mediated communication (CMC) in foreign language teaching and learning. We encourage the submission of articles relating to any area of CMC-mediated foreign language educational practice. including reports of original research, critical literature reviews, conceptual pieces, and papers addressing assessment, cultural factors, and/or the creation of new and productive forms of foreign language education involving Internet communication tools. Specific technologies of interest: We would like to include research addressing a wide array of synchronous and asynchronous text and audio CMC technologies, such as e-mail, a-synchronous discussion tools, synchronous text chat, web-log (blog) technologies, instant messenger, Internet telephony, voice chat, cell phones, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), video chat, wikis, and/or additional communication technologies. Papers describing technological innovations and their use in foreign language contexts are also encouraged. Suggestions for possible papers: We encourage the submission of methodologically diverse research (quantitative and/or qualitative methods, linguistic analyses, experimental design, discourse or conversation analysis, sociocultural theory, etc.) addressing, but not limited to, any of the following areas: 1. Measurable increase in foreign language competency/performance related to CMC activity 2. The development of pragmatic competence within CMC environments/interactions 3. Transfer from CMC to other modalities (e.g., speaking, formal writing) 4. Intercultural communication and CMC 5. Quasi-experimental or comparative research 6. Less commonly taught languages and CMC 7. Critical pedagogy and CMC 8. Discourse-based and/or qualitative CMC/FL research 9. The (new) role of instructors and students in CMC learning contexts 10. CMC-mediated project-based learning 11. Pedagogical research critically documenting CMC best practices IMPORTANT DATES and DEADLINES: July 15, 2004: Abstract submissions due (400 words maximum) October 15, 2004: Full paper submissions due (approx. 6000-8000 words, excluding references) Contact Information: Please send inquiries and suggestions for contributions to all three co-editors: Bobbie Lafford ([log in to unmask]) , J. Scott Payne ([log in to unmask]) and Steve Thorne ([log in to unmask]). -- Steven L. Thorne Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics Linguistics and Applied Language Studies and Communication Arts and Sciences Associate Director, Center for Language Acquisition Associate Director, Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research The Pennsylvania State University Interact > 814.863.7036 | [log in to unmask] | language.la.psu.edu/~thorne/ | IM: avkrook