30.110, FYI: Call for Book Chapters: Speaking English
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Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2019 02:06:12
From: Dr. Alireza Jamshidnejad [alirezanejad.rus at cas.edu.om]
Subject: Call for Book Chapters: Speaking English
Speaking English as a Second Language: Learners' Problems and Coping
Strategies
Introduction:
Achieving fluency in oral communication (i.e. speaking) is the main dream and
the main motivation which a large percentage of learners bring to language
classes (Richards & Renandya, 2002). However, foreign language learners,
despite spending years developing their semantic and syntactic competences,
have probably all, at some point, experienced the frustrating feeling of not
being able to participate effectively in L2 oral communication. They often
struggle with a lack of the very resources needed to communicate their
intended meaning, so that what they ‘want to say’ must often be moderated by,
or even subordinated to, what they can say.
Objective of the Book:
This is the first book of its type in the field of Applied Linguistics
focusing on understanding the process of problem construction in oral
communication in foreign language contexts. The subject of the book (L2 oral
communication) has been attractive to a big group of senior and junior
researchers around the world, however, to my knowledge, there is no any
published book focusing primarily on the typology of learners' problems and
coping strategies in EFL oral communication. In this book, ‘communication’ is
a systematic, but not a simple and easy process, which is constructed by three
subsystems: communicators, the symbolic meaning (creating message, responding)
and the context. The concept of problematic communication is operationalized
in this framework as ‘an interruption in the normal flow of communication,
caused by interruption in any of its subsystems, resulting in a breakdown in
understanding’, in the sense that communicators are not satisfied with their
less-than perfect performance.
The main goal of this book is to bring together several lines of isolated
research and to provide a comprehensive overview of the various kinds of
problems in oral communication, the ways they are constructed and categorized,
and the strategies which can be used to deal with the problems in EFL (English
as a foreign language) contexts. By EFL context, we mean those contexts in
which learners’ exposure to language input is usually limited to their English
classes, and a teacher is the main source of language learning.
Target Audience:
The target audience of this book will be composed of professionals, teachers,
students, researchers and English teacher trainers working in the field of
TEFL speaking-listening (i.e. planning to write and design EFL speaking
tasks, teaching EFL speaking, and doing research on EFL Oral communication).
This book can help practitioners, teachers, researchers, university
professors, graduate students, and curriculum designers in Applied Linguistics
and TESOL to identify the challenges facing the learning, teaching and
researching of oral communication in EFL contexts.
Recommended topics: the highlighted chapters are in high priority
Section 1: Learners' challenges in L2 oral communication
1. Introduction: L2 oral communication in EFL contexts
1.1 Issues of L2 oral communication in EFL contexts
(To familiarize readers with general issues learners faced with when
communicating in a target language in an EFL context) recommended by
Reviewer3.
1.2 Current perspectives on learners' oral problems in different EFL
contexts(XXX)
(To pull together current literature on different learners' oral problems,
i.e. anxiety, self-confidence, willingness to communicate … in different EFL
contexts, and analyse the literature critically from different perspectives in
order to show the gap and needs to the current book)
2. Theoretical approaches to L2 oral communication
2.1 Transactional/interactional approaches to communication
2.2 Communication as a social action
2.3 Pragmatic nature of communication (XXX)
2.4 Effective communication
3. The nature and types of problems in L2 oral communication
3.1 Defining problem in L2 oral communication
3.2 Problem-construction processes in EFL oral communication
3.3 Typology of problems in L2 oral communication
3.3.1 Communicators' perception problems
3.3.1.1 Perception of self
3.3.1.1.1 Beliefs & attitudes
3.3.1.1.2 Anxiety
3.3.1.1.3 Lack of Self-confidence
3.3.1.1.4 Unwillingness to communicate
3.3.1.1.5 Lack of motivation
3.3.1.2 Perception of others
3.3.1.2.1 Face concerns
3.3.2 Language-oriented problems
3.3.2.1 Deficit linguistic sources
3.3.2.2 Difficulties in Listening (XXX)
3.3.2.3 Time pressure
3.3.3 Context- oriented problems (XXX)
3.3.3.1 Sociolinguistic rules
3.3.3.2 Cultural differences
3.3.3.3 Cross-cultural pragmatics
3.3.3.4 Lingua franca context
3.3.3.5 Educational system & Curriculum
Section 2: Coping strategies in L2 oral communication
4. The nature and functions of strategies in L2 oral communication
4.1 The nature of strategies in learning and using new language (L2)
4.2 Typology of functions of strategies in L2 oral communication
4.2.1 Perception- development strategies (XXX)
4.2.1.1 Self-development strategies (this section discuss strategies for
reducing anxiety, building self-confidence, increasing willingness to
communicate and developing positive attitudes and beliefs toward L2 oral
communication)
4.2.1.2 Others mediated strategies (this section discuss different strategies
to deal with the presence of other interlocutors and the effects of their
proficiency level, social status, power, gender and … on L2 oral
communication)
4.2.2 Communication- development strategies
4.2.2.1 Strategies for Meaning transfer in L2 communication
4.2.2.2 Strategies for Accuracy development in L2 communication
4.2.2.3 Strategies for keeping the interaction going
4.2.3 Contextual based strategies (XXX)
4.2.3.1 Sociocultural functions of communication strategies
4.2.3.2 Intercultural / cross cultural communication strategies
Section 3: Professional Practices in L2 oral communication
5. Educational practices in L2 oral communication
5.1 Teaching strategies in language education
5.2 Perspectives on teaching pronunciation in EFL context (XXX)
5.3 Challenges of listening in language education (XXX)
6. Doing Research on L2 Oral communication
6.1 Research approaches
6.2 Conversation analysis in communication breakdowns (XXX)
6.3 Innovative approaches to oral communication research
6.4 Tasks for oral data collection
Type of contributions and length:
- Full research papers: Both quantitative and qualitative contributions that
study a particular aspect of oral communication problems in EFL contexts, the
functions of strategies to cope with those problems and professional
implementation for teaching. Only completed research will be considered,
meaning that research in progress will not be considered to be included in the
book.
- Conceptual papers: Contributions that synthesize existing studies are
invited to write about sections 1.2(Current perspectives on learners' oral
problems in different EFL contexts), 2.2 (Communication and social action),
2.3 (Pragmatic nature of communication), 5.2 (Current perspectives on teaching
pronunciation in EFL context) and 6 (doing research on L2 oral communication)
Contributions should be original and not be submitted elsewhere.
Submission Procedure:
There will be a two-stage review process. In the first stage potential authors
will be invited to submit an abstract of 500 words. The editors will review
the abstract to evaluate if the proposed book chapter (1) fits to the theme of
the book, (2) makes a substantial practical or scientific contribution and (3)
is of interest to the target audience. In the second stage the selected
authors will be invited to submit a full version of the proposed book chapter.
(It is expected that the book will have 6 to 7 chapters.) This full version
will be reviewed by a reviewer, who is selected based on the topic of the book
chapter, as well as the book editors. The review process by the reviewers
(other than the editors) is double blind. Based on the outcome of the review
process, the authors will be requested to revise their book chapters and to
submit the final version. If the editors are satisfied with the revision of
the book chapter, the authors will be invited to submit a camera-ready version
of the paper.
Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to
this book publication, Speaking in second language: Learners' problems and
coping strategies. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer
review editorial process.
Publisher:
This proposal has been submitted to Palgrave Macmillan and they are
considering it for publishing when all the contributors' proposals are
approved. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2019.
Important Deadlines:
January 30, 2018: Submission of abstracts (500 words)
February 15, 2018: Invitation to submit full paper
February 30, 2019: Submission of full chapter
March 30, 2019: Review notification
April 15, 2019: Submission of revised paper
May 15, 2019: Final notification of acceptance
June 15, 2019: Submission of final version
Submission and formatting:
Abstracts should be submitted as plain Word (2010 or higher) or PDF files by
e-mail to alirezanejad.rus at cas.edu.om.
The abstract should contain:
1) Title of the proposed chapter
2) Author(s) of the chapter (including affiliation)
3) Type of contribution (full research paper or conceptual paper)
4) Estimated amounts of pages (excl. references)
5) Abstract of 500 words describing contents of the book chapter (incl.
methodology)
6) Keywords (at least 2 and maximum of 5)
Full book chapters will also be submitted through e-mail to
alirezanejad.rus at cas.edu.om. Full book chapters need to be formatted according
the Palgrave instructions and submitted in Word (2010 or higher) or PDF
format. These formatting instructions will be e-mailed together with the
acceptance notification of your abstract. For further questions please contact
Dr. Alireza Jamshidenjad alirezanejad.rus at cas.edu.om
Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
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