23.2916, FYI: Call for Book Chapter Proposals - Agency and SLA

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Subject: 23.2916, FYI: Call for Book Chapter Proposals - Agency and SLA

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Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:19:12
From: Elizabeth Miller [ermiller at uncc.edu]
Subject: Call for Book Chapter Proposals - Agency and SLA

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CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS

Submission Deadline:  September 15, 2012

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Theorizing and Analyzing Agency and 
Second Language Learning (Tentative title)

Edited by 
Dr. Ping Deters (Seneca College, Ontario, Canada)
Dr. Xuesong "Andy" Gao (University of Hong Kong)
Dr. Elizabeth R. Miller (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
Dr. Gergana Vitanova (University of Central Florida)

Second language researchers are increasingly treating agency as a 
fundamental construct in understanding language learning processes 
and language learner identities. This growing emphasis on learner 
agency reflects the broader shift in second language research to 
exploring learners as complex individuals whose language use, 
meaning making and actions are mediated by their social and cultural 
worlds. However, leading scholars in the field have commented on the 
lingering under-theorization of agency and the concomitant lack of 
clarity in defining agency that characterizes much of the current 
research. Others have noted the difficulty of establishing sound 
analytic procedures for investigating agency empirically.  In addition, 
the difficulty of translating theory into practice continues to challenge 
second language instructors. 

We are seeking proposals for chapters that address the construct of 
agency through theoretical and empirical research in second language 
studies. In particular, we are interested in manuscripts that correspond 
to one of the following three objectives for the volume: 
 
1.  Provide an interdisciplinary introduction to theories of agency and 
second language learning, e.g.:
-  practice theory,
-  sociocultural theory,
-  positioning theory,
-  performativity,
-  critical theory, and others. 
Separate chapters will demonstrate how their particular theoretical 
approaches lead to commensurate definitions or understandings of 
agency. 

2.  Present varying analytic approaches adopted in empirical studies, 
e.g.:
-  discourse analysis,
-  narrative studies,
-  systemic functional linguistics, and others.
These chapters will foreground the analytic procedures used and 
demonstrate how they have been applied in empirical research.

3.    Demonstrate how theory and empirical findings can be 
implemented into pedagogical practices that support learner agency or 
enable learner agency to emerge, in various learning contexts, e.g.:
-  second language,
-  foreign language,
-  classroom-based,
-  naturalistic,
-  TESOL, and others.


Chapter Proposal Submission Process:
 
You are invited to submit a 600-word proposal by September 15, 2012 
containing the following information:
-  Book section to which your chapter is being submitted  (theoretical 
focus, analytic focus, or pedagogical focus)
-  Proposed chapter title
-  Author name(s) and affiliation(s)
-  Overview of chapter which addresses how it aligns with the selected 
objective
-  4-6 keywords
-  Brief biography of author(s)

Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by November 1, 2012.

This volume has been discussed with an internationally reputable 
publisher. Once chapter proposals have been accepted, a full book 
proposal will be sent to the publisher. Upon acceptance by the 
publisher, potential chapter authors will be invited to submit full 
chapters (up to 8,000 words) and will be sent guidelines for preparing 
chapters along with submission deadlines (approximately three months 
from notification). Chapters should be original manuscripts and should 
not be submitted for publication elsewhere. All submitted chapters will 
be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be 
requested to serve as reviewers for this book project. 

Inquiries and chapter proposals can be submitted electronically (Word 
document) to the editors:

Ping Deters  -  ping.deters at senecacollege.ca
Xuesong "Andy" Gao  -  xsgao at hku.hk
Elizabeth R. Miller  -  ermiller at uncc.edu
Gergana Vitanova  -  gvitanov at mail.ucf.edu 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition
                     Sociolinguistics





 






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