33.260, FYI: Research in Russian as a Heritage Language: Lessons for the Classroom

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LINGUIST List: Vol-33-260. Mon Jan 24 2022. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 33.260, FYI: Research in Russian as a Heritage Language: Lessons for the Classroom

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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2022 05:00:57
From: Oksana Laleko [lalekoo at newpaltz.edu]
Subject: Research in Russian as a Heritage Language: Lessons for the Classroom

 
Editors: 

Olesya Kisselev, University of Texas at San Antonio (olesya.kisselev at utsa.edu)
Oksana Laleko, University of New York at New Paltz (lalekoo at newpaltz.edu)
Irina Dubinina, Brandeis University (idubinin at brandeis.edu)

The demographics of Russian language classrooms in North America have changed
significantly in the past three decades: they no longer serve only mainstream
second language (L2) learners whose primary exposure to the target language
takes place in the classroom. Our classrooms teaching Russian as a “foreign”
language now often include heritage language (HL) learners, whose initial
exposure to the language began at home and whose language developmental
trajectories differ significantly both from those of the L2 learners and those
documented for the acquisition of a dominant language.

The field of Russian language pedagogy has acknowledged the unique challenge
of educating HL learners, who arrive at college-level language programs with
varying degrees of general proficiency and variably developed linguistic
skills. A number of scholars have devoted energy towards developing coherent
proposals for Russian HL instructional approaches (Andrews, 2001; Kagan &
Dilon, 2006; Kisselev, Dubinina & Polinsky, 2020). To advance the development
of Russian HL pedagogy, Kisselev et al. (2020) argue that the field must
further both classroom-based research as well as linguistic profile studies.

The proposed volume will address this call for action, gathering papers
describing most up-to-date research including classroom-based, applied, and
theoretical studies that investigate different aspects of Russian HL. The goal
of the volume is to build explicit connections between applied and theoretical
research and the practice of teaching Russian as a heritage language across
different countries, contexts, and proficiency levels. The volume will
encourage a mutually beneficial conversation between researchers and classroom
practitioners.

Contributions may focus on Russian HL acquisition, linguistic knowledge of
heritage speakers/ learners of Russian, or instructional approaches to Russian
HL. Topics can be investigated through various methodological approaches,
including but not limited to survey-based, corpus-based, sociolinguistic,
variationist, behavioral, experimental, and interview-based investigations, as
well as research based on case studies and classroom intervention. 

To support the goal of the volume in highlighting implications of research
studies for teaching and learning, each paper in the volume must include a
thorough review of previous studies on the topic and a systematic account of
pedagogical implications of the study. Proposals and (if accepted) chapters
must be written in English. Chapters must be original and should not have been
submitted for publication elsewhere.

Submission instructions: 

The editors welcome proposal submissions by February 7, 2022. Proposals must
be 350-500 words and should contain the following information: 
- Proposed chapter title 
- Author name(s) and affiliation(s) 
- Chapter overview 
- 50-100 word biography for each author 

Proposals should be saved as a single Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx)  file and
emailed to the editors at olesya.kisselev at utsa.edu, lalekoo at newpaltz.edu,
dubinin at brandeis.edu.

Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by April 1, 2022. We have had
detailed discussions about this volume with an internationally reputable
publisher, to which a full book proposal will be sent following the selection
of proposals. Upon acceptance, chapter authors will be sent detailed
guidelines. 

Anticipated Project Timeline:
July 1, 2022 - Authors submit full chapters of 6,000 - 8,000 words (after
which chapters undergo double-blind peer review; contributors may also be
asked to review)
August 31, 2022 – Authors receive feedback
October 31, 2022 – Authors submit revisions
November 31, 2022 – Manuscript submitted to publisher
 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics

Subject Language(s): Russian (rus)





 



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