<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Arabic-L: Thu 12 May 2011<br>Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<a href="mailto:dil@byu.edu">dil@byu.edu</a>><br>[To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l@byu.edu]<br>[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to<br><a href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu">listserv@byu.edu</a> with first line reading:<br> unsubscribe arabic-l ]<br><br>-------------------------Directory------------------------------------<br><br>1) Subject: Language Learning and Technology Special Issue<br><br>-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------<br>1)<br>Date: 12 May 2011<br>From: National Foreign Language Resource Center <<a href="mailto:nflrc@hawaii.edu">nflrc@hawaii.edu</a>><br>Subject: Language Learning and Technology Special Issue<br><br>Call for Papers for Special Issue of LLT<br><br>Theme: Technology and the Less Commonly Taught Languages<br><br>Special Issue Editor: Irene Thompson<br><br>This special issue of Language Learning & Technology will focus on the role<br>played by educational technologies in the learning and teaching of LCTLs<br>(i.e., languages other than the traditionally taught Western European<br>languages such as English, French, German, and Spanish). Currently, less<br>than ten percent of students enrolled in foreign language courses in the US<br>study languages such as Arabic, Farsi, Pashto, Chinese, Japanese, Russian,<br>Hindi, Korean, Indonesian, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, Swahili,<br>Yoruba, and other languages critically important to US national interests.<br>These languages are typologically different from English and are often<br>written in non-Roman scripts requiring extended seat time to attain a<br>working proficiency. With instruction often not offered at all, offered on<br>an irregular basis, or available only at the elementary levels, technology<br>presents a wide range of opportunities to develop and deliver instructional<br>materials and methodologies based on sound empirical research.<br><br>Please consult the LLT Website for general guidelines on submission<br>(<a href="http://llt.msu.edu/contrib.html">http://llt.msu.edu/contrib.html</a>) and research<br>(<a href="http://llt.msu.edu/resguide.html">http://llt.msu.edu/resguide.html</a>).<br><br>Possible topics include, but are not limited to:<br><br>* empirical studies of the impact of CALL-based materials on the acquisition of <br>speaking, listening, reading, writing, vocabulary, or grammar skills at various <br>levels of proficiency in a range of LCTLs<br><br>* intergration of authentic Internet-based materials into LCTL courses,<br>particularly at the intermediate and advanced levels<br><br>* uses of CMC to promote interactive speaking and writing in a range of LCTLs<br><br>* studies of the effectiveness of various technological tools in improving <br>pronunciation or listening in a range of LCTLs, particularly those with tonal <br>systems<br><br>* studies of the uses of technology in the acquisition of non-Roman scripts or <br>in reading non-Roman scripts (e.g., Arabic, Chinese, Hindi,<br>Korean, and Russian)<br><br>* uses of various types of media in LCTL teacher education<br><br>* uses of CMC to promote online intercultural exchanges<br><br>* evaluation of uses of technology in self-directed study of LCTLs<br><br>* uses of videoconferencing either for distance learning or for adding remote <br>classes to live LCTL classes<br><br><br>Please send letter of intent and 250-word abstract by June 1, 2011<br>to <a href="mailto:llted@hawaii.edu">llted@hawaii.edu</a>.<br><br>Publication timeline:<br><br>* June 1, 2011: Submission deadline for abstracts<br>* June 15, 2011: Invitation to authors to submit a manuscript<br>* November 1, 2011: Submission deadline for manuscripts<br>* February 1, 2013: Publication of special issue<br><br><div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>End of Arabic-L: 12 May 2011</div></body></html>