22.4312, FYI: Book Chapter Call: Computer-Assisted Lang Teaching

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Date: 29-Oct-2011
From: Bin Zou [bin.zou at xjtlu.edu.cn]
Subject: Book Chapter Call: Computer-Assisted Lang Teaching


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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:40:30
From: Bin Zou [bin.zou at xjtlu.edu.cn]
Subject: Book Chapter Call: Computer-Assisted Lang Teaching

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Proposal Submission Deadline: November15, 2011
Computer-Assisted Foreign Language Teaching and Learning: 
Technological Advances

A book edited by
Dr Bin ZOU, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
Dr Minjie XING, University of Manchester, UK
Dr Catherine Hua XIANG, The London School of Economics and 
Political Science, UK
Dr Yuping WANG, Griffith University, Australia
Dr Mingyu SUN, University of Wisconsin, USA

To be published by IGI Global: http://www.igi-
global.com/authorseditors/authoreditorresources/callforbookchapters/c
allforchapterdetails.aspx?callforcontentid=71fcd7a3-13ee-4d38-b2cf-
5fc0c1294b03 

Introduction
This book offers a unique way for budding foreign language teachers 
to gain the skills they need to succeed in their teaching with computer-
assisted language learning (CALL) context/Web 2.0 environments/an 
e-learning dimension. A number of foreign languages including 
Chinese, English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, 
Portuguese, etc and good e-learning practice and research are 
included, thus offers insights and implications for all.  

The chapters in this book cover an overview of CALL, mobile learning, 
comparison of traditional and virtual classrooms, corpus-based studies, 
e-learning resources and using Web 2.0 tools as open platforms for 
social learning. These chapters report on original research or present 
an original framework that links foreign language teaching, 
experiments and testing practices that utilize the most recent and most 
widely used e-learning. The chapters present results of surveys with 
empirical data on actual language teaching outcomes with pedagogical 
procedures and implications. Commentaries that discuss interesting 
opinions on issues related to foreign language teaching and e-learning 
are also included.

Recommended Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- CALL and Foreign language acquisition
- Computer-mediated communication 
- Learners' beliefs in CALL
- E-learning materials development for foreign language learning
- Collaborative learning in Web 2.0 environments
- Social networking in language learning and teaching
- Computer games in language learning
- Mobile learning
- Corpora in learning and teaching
- Using Web 2.0 tools in Foreign learning and teaching
- E-assessment
- Distance language learning
- Software program design
- Online program design
- Teacher support in CALL 

Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before 
November 15, 2011, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining 
the mission and concerns of their proposed chapter. They are required 
to explain how their chapter will meet the objectives of the book and to 
provide the provisional structure of their proposed chapter (name and 
indicative content of each section). Authors of accepted proposals will 
be notified by December 15, 2011 about the status of their proposals 
and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be 
submitted by February 15, 2012. All submitted chapters will be 
reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be 
requested to serve as reviewers for this project. 

Publisher
This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea 
Group, Inc.)。 For additional information regarding the publisher, 
please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be 
released in 2013.

Important Dates:

November 15, 2011: Proposals Submission Deadline
December 15, 2011: Notification of Acceptance 
February 15, 2012: Full Chapter Submission 
April 15, 2012: Review Results Returned 
June 15, 2012: Final Chapter Submission
July 15, 2012: Final Deadline

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded by e-mail to: 
Dr. Bin Zou                                                                   
English Language Centre
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
No.111 Ren'ai Road
Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu Province
P.R. China 215123
E-mail: bin.zou at xjtlu.edu.cn 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Computational Linguistics





 





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