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> > Language Learning & Technology > http://llt.msu.edu/vol13num1/call.pdf > February 2009, Volume 13, Number 1 > p. 121 > Copyright =A9 2009, ISSN 1094-3501 121 > Call for Papers for Special Issue of LLT > Theme: Multilateral Online Exchanges for Language and Culture Learning > Guest Editors: Tim Lewis, Thierry Chanier, and Bonnie Youngs > Telecollaborative partnerships for language and culture learning have > evolved rapidly in the past decade. Recent years have witnessed a > number of > multi-partner exchanges, known as Tridems, or Multidems. Multilateral > exchanges reflect the changing needs of language learners in > globalized > societies, where prolonged and intensive face-to-face contact with a > second > -often geographically proximate- culture has been replaced by more > fleeting > encounters with a range of world languages and cultures, which may > well > take place in a virtual environment. For this special issue, we are > seeking > papers that address issues of language and culture learning in > multilateral > exchanges. Papers should be grounded in a theoretical framework that > formulates research hypotheses and then seeks to confirm or > disconfirm them > by following an appropriate research methodology > (http://llt.msu.edu/resguide.html). Papers should also present data on > actual languageand culture-learning outcomes. > Possible topics for submissions include but are not limited to: > * Language- and culture-learning outcomes of online exchanges between > learners and institutions from outside traditional areas such as > Europe and > North America. > * Investigations of the sociolinguistic impact of exchanges involving > differences of status between partner languages. > * Evidence of learners' reflection on themselves and their own > culture that > addresses questions such as the intra-cultural and intercultural > relationships between participants and how culture is negotiated. > * Impact of technology on language or culture learning, e.g., in > monomodal > vs. multimodal exchanges, roles of synchronous vs. asynchronous > media, etc. > * Studies of different types of data from multilateral intercultural > learning partnerships that can be used to analyse the nature of online > intercultural competence and, most importantly, to measure gains in > intercultural competence. > * Studies of the impact of participants' prior intercultural learning > experiences and possible benefits of post-exchange follow-up. > * Studies of the influence of different patterns of learning, teaching > styles, and combinations of media use in multilateral online > exchanges. > * Evidence of peer tutoring in multilateral intercultural > partnerships. > * Development of learner corpora based on data from multilateral > exchanges. > Please send an email of intent with a 250-word abstract by 31st May > 2009 to > [log in to unmask] Otmar K. Foelsche [log in to unmask] Phone 617-851-5290 *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************