Arabic-L:PEDA:Mobile Language Learning

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1) Subject:Mobile Language Learning

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Date: 11 Jan 2012
From:National Foreign Language Resource Center <nflrc at hawaii.edu>
Subject:Mobile Language Learning

Call for Papers: Mobile Language Learning

Special Issue Editors: Glenn Stockwell & Susana Sotillo

There has been increased interest in portable technologies which allow
learners to access tools for learning languages in virtually any time
or place that suits them. The quickly developing functionalities of
mobile phones, MP3 players, laptop and tablet computers, and other
hand-held devices with touch screen technology mean that the range of
possibilities for language learning has greatly diversified.
Godwin-Jones (2011), for example, points out that iPhone and Android
phones have ushered in a phenomenal expansion in the development of
Apps for just about every topic under the sun, and educators have been
exploring the value of Apps for learning specific skills (e.g., math,
geometry) and language since 2009. The interest in such mobile
technologies for learning languages has also been reflected in recent
literature, with the appearance of studies using mobile technologies,
such as podcasts (e.g., Rosell-Aguilar, 2006), short message service
(SMS) (e.g., Levy & Kennedy, 2008; Sotillo, 2010; Thurlow, 2003,
2009), and mobile phones (Stockwell, 2010), to name a few. This
special issue of Language Learning & Technology seeks to provide a
variety of perspectives on learning through mobile technologies, with
a particular focus on corpus-based or empirical studies investigating
how the use of these technologies affect and are affected by the
language learning environment, or discussions of theoretical issues
associated with learning through mobile technologies.

Please consult the LLT Website for general guidelines on submission
(http://llt.msu.edu/contrib.html) and research
(http://llt.msu.edu/resguide.html) and note that articles containing
only descriptions of software or pedagogical procedures without
presenting in-depth empirical data and analysis on language learning
processes or outcomes will not be considered.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

     * Practical issues of mobile language learning
     * Theories applicable to mobile language learning
     * Autonomy and/or self-directed learning through mobile technologies
     * Teacher education for mobile language learning
     * Development of Apps and software for mobile language learning
     * Using mobile technologies for specialized language learning
     * Teaching second language pragmatics through mobile technologies

Please send letter of intent and 250-word abstract by February 1, 2012
to llted at hawaii.edu.

Publication timeline:

     * February 1, 2012: Submission deadline for abstracts
     * February 15, 2011: Invitation to authors to submit a manuscript
     * July 1, 2012: Submission deadline for manuscripts
     * October 1, 2013: Publication of special issue

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