29.1102, Calls: Applied Linguistics / CALR Linguistics Journal (Jrnl)

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Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2018 10:20:38
From: Dr Hayat Al-Khatib [CALR at aou.edu.lb]
Subject: Applied Linguistics / CALR Linguistics Journal (Jrnl)

 
Full Title: CALR Linguistics Journal 


Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 30-Jul-2018 

Recent studies confirm that there has been a rapid decline in the number of
students studying English as their major in the past decade (Schalin 2015;
Bunch 2013; Bailey and Butler 2003). In the 20th century, the study of English
was the crown jewel of higher education; students came from an elite stratum
of society with inherent interests in acquiring knowledge (Gee 2012). Nowadays
enrollments have diminished; students are motivated by the need to prepare for
a career more than driven by the desire to become educated (de Courcy 2007).
In addition, salary premiums for technical and financial degrees are perceived
to further discourage enrolment in English studies. 

Some scholars argue that external market pressures on English departments are
bringing turmoil to the discipline; causing English departments to lose their
sense of purpose (de Jong, Harper, & Coady 2013; Dove & Honigsfeld 2010;
Grossman, Wineburg, & Woolworth 2001). The New York Columnist David Brooks
warns that ''humanities are committing suicide because they have lost faith in
their own enterprise''. Schalin (2015) adds English may be leading the pack
over the cliff. Schalin maintains that English programmes now focus on
superficial vocational or prevalent topics to attract students at the expense
of serious academic curricula. 

The explosion of courses, concentrations and degree programmes is bringing an
amalgam of incongruent parts that does not reflect progression of intellectual
or academic enquiry (Calderón, Slavin, & Sanchez 2011). From another angle,
the advancing state of technology is giving rise to new modes of communication
and new intersections; forcing departments to blur the line between
disciplinarity and interdisciplinarity, sometimes across unsuited disciplines.
The pressure is touching every aspect of the discipline: its curriculum, its
philosophical facet, its pedagogy and its purpose.

CALR invites linguist, researchers and faculty members working in the domain
of teaching English to present working papers, research articles and case
studies that provide new interpretations or suggestions to trace causes of the
decline and propose countermeasures. In particular, submissions are welcome in
the following areas:
- Whether we need English language graduates in a globalized world and why
- Whether political and situational factors will continue to impact the future
of ELT at local, regional and international levels
- Whether the discipline itself can be revived and how
- Whether incorporating English language in other degree programmes is the
future of ELT, and if so would restrictive or non restrictive
interdisciplinarity apply and how

Selected submissions will be included in CALR Linguistic Journal, vol.8, due
on December 2018.
CALR Linguistic Journal is an issn referenced and indexed journal by the
European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH Plus). ISSN number
2073-1175.

Important Dates
Deadline for submission of full paper is July 30, 2018
Conference on the Future of English Language Teaching will take place at the
Arab Open University, October 20, 2018 from 10:00 - 16:00
Registration and submission: CALR at aou.edu.lb
Programme Detail will be available by September 16, 2018.




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