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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">We seek proposals that address a research topic that will be of interest and relevance to the journal's international readership of language learning scholars. We are especially interested in special issue themes that will highlight work in </span><span lang="EN-GB">areas of inquiry, theoretical approaches, and methodological tools in language learning which are underrepresented and/or represent cutting-edge developments in the wider interdisciplinary field of language learning.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">The special issue will bring together seven to nine original contributions of standard article length (10,000 words including references, tables, and figures) and will be accompanied by an introduction written by the guest editor(s). See an example </span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/lang.2016.66.issue-3/issuetoc" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">here</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">It is envisaged that guest editors would directly invite their contributors. However, they might also want to put out a 'rapid-response' open call, to ensure that they are gathering the best of the relevant field.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">Proposals should include:</span><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard,serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">1. a general description of the issue and its potential contribution to the field (maximum 800 words);</span><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard,serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">2. a list of contributors and article abstracts (300-400 words each);</span><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard,serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">3. the name(s) and qualifications of the guest editor(s), including relevant editing experience (maximum 300 words per editor).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">Deadline: E-mail proposals in a single .pdf file to Associate Editor and Special Thematic Issues coordinator, Theres Grüter, at </span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:theres@hawaii.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">theres@hawaii.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">by 5 September 2021.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">Important dates:</span><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard,serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">- 5 September 2021: Proposals due</span><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard,serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">- 5 October 2021: Winning proposal announced</span><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard,serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">- 25 March 2022: Submission of first-draft manuscripts to <i>Language Learning</i> via ScholarOne</span><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard,serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">- 15 May 2023: All final manuscripts due, submitted via ScholarOne</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">Proposals will be reviewed by the Editorial Board of the journal. The special issue will appear in September 2023. Please contact Editor of Special Thematic Issues/Associate Editor Theres Grüter (</span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:theres@hawaii.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">theres@hawaii.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">) with any questions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">For announcement of call on journal website, see <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/page/14679922/homepage2023specialissueproposals" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p>
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Theres Grüter, PhD
<a href="http://theresgruter.homestead.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://theresgruter.homestead.com</a>
Associate Professor & Graduate Chair
Department of Second Language Studies
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Associate Editor, Language Learning
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