Publication of Volume on Learning & Teaching

[Benjamin Rifkin]

The AATSEEL Committee on Testing and Professional Development is pleased to
announce that the volume "The Learning and Teaching of Slavic Languages and
Literatures:  Toward the 21st Century," edited by Olga Kagan and Benjamin
Rifkin, will be published by Slavica.  The deadline for the submission of
manuscripts for refereed review for this volume is April 7, 1997, but the
editors may be able to consider manuscripts submitted after the deadline as
space allows.  Papers are solicited on the following topics:

the proficiency movement and beyond;
testing;
culture (including literature);
classroom discourse;
cognitive psychology;
heritage speakers;
teacher training and education; and
technology.

Papers for the volume will be selected by means of annonymous refereed
process by an editorial board consisting of Slavists and non-Slavists from
institutions across North America.

The editors encourage submissions relevant to the learning and teaching of
ALL Slavic languages and cultures and submissions focusing on empirical
research.

In addition to refereed papers, each section of the volume will include a
keynote paper written by a prominent non-Slavist expert and a response
paper, written by a Slavist.  Keynote and response paper author include:
Heidi Byrnes, Patricia Chaput, Edna Coffin, William Comer, Madeline Ehrman,
Kathryn Henry, Carol Klee, Betty Lou Leaver, Judith Liskin-Gasparro, George
Mitrevski, David Nunan, Peter Patrikis, Maria Polinsky, Irene Thompson,
Guadalupe Valdes, and Olga Yokoyama.

Papers should be double-spaced, no more than 25 pages or 7,000 words in
length, and should conform to the style guidelines of the MLA Handbook for
Writers of Research Papers.  Papers, together with 100-word abstracts,
should be submitted in four (4) copies to

Prof. Benjamin Rifkin
Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1432 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Dr.
Madison, WI  53706

For questions about the volume, authors are encouraged to contact either
Benjamin Rifkin at the above address or by e-mail
(brifkin at facstaff.wisc.edu) or Olga Kagan at the Department of Slavic
Languages & Literatures, University of California at Los Angeles, 115
Kinsey Hall, Los Angeles, CA  90024 (e-mail:  okagan at humnet.ucla.edu)


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Benjamin Rifkin
Assistant Professor of Russian,
Coordinator of Russian-Language Instruction & Teacher Training
Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1432 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI  53706

e-mail:  brifkin at facstaff.wisc.edu
telephone:  608/262-1623, 608/262-3498
fax:  608/265-2814