Heritage: BILINGUAL RESEARCH JOURNAL -- special issue on HLs -- more details on submission

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Heritage Languages Listserve
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With thanks to Nariyo Kono of Arizona State University, here's some more
detailed information about preferred topics for the upcoming special HL
issue of BRJ, as well as general information about submitting manuscripts to
that journal

SPEICAL ISSUE OF THE Bilingual Research Journal: HERITAGE LANGUAGES IN THE
UNITED STATES -  TOPICS
Manuscripts that address the broad themes of heritage language promotion,
maintenance, loss, and/or reversal will be considered. Preference will be
given to papers that deal with

- psycho-social factors in heritage language acquisition, loss, and
maintenance;
- effective school/community-based programs for reversal of language shift,
language preservation, maintenance;
- promotion of bilingualism/biliteracy among heritage language families and
communities;
- language policies affecting the maintenance/loss of heritage languages;
- and the role/value of heritage languages in the family/community.

The guest editors request that the manuscripts submitted as featured
articles be a maximum of 30 computer-produced pages, double spaced, in 12
point type using 8.5 by 11 paper, with one inch margins all around.
Manuscripts for other sections may be shorter. Authors must follow the style
manual of the American Psychological Association (4th edition), submit a
title page, and, on a separate page, a one paragraph abstract. The full name
of the author(s) physical and e-mail address, and telephone and fax numbers
must appear only on the title page.

The closing date for receipt of the manuscripts is September 1, 2000.
Generally, submissions are based on original work that has not previously
been published. On an exceptional basis, contributions of high merit,
interest, or significance may be reprinted at the discretion of the editors.

Send manuscripts attention to: Guadalupe Valdes and Terrence Wiley, Guest
Editors, Bilingual Research Journal

SUBMITTING MANUSCRIPTS FOR PUBLICATION IN BRJ
The Bilingual Research Journal (BRJ) is published four times each year and
covers a wide range of topics relating to bilingual education, bilingualism
in society, and language policy in education. The journal contains three
sections: research and essays, the traditional formats of scholarly
discourse; "Research in Practice," which documents the experience of
teachers and other practitioners; and book reviews.

Submissions are encouraged from scholars and practitioners in a wide range
of areas: language assessment, policy analysis, instructional research,
language politics, all forms of bilingual education, bilingualism and
biliteracy, language planning, critical theory as applied to language
issues, action research, sociolinguistics, second language teaching and
learning, etc.

The preferred way to submit manuscripts is to send them as electronic
"attachments" to an e-mail message addressed to brj at asu.edu. The preferred
format for electronic file submissions is MS Word for Windows. Authors who
use the Macintosh platform may submit materials in one of the common
Macintosh file formats. MS Word for Mac is preferred.

The editors and staff of BRJ may be contacted by addressing e-mail to:
brj at aus.edu. We prefer that authors contact us by e-mail instead of telephone.

To view complete submission instructions for Bilingual Research Journal,
please see us online at brj.asu.edu