28.5035, FYI: Call for an Edited Volume in Language Testing

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LINGUIST List: Vol-28-5035. Thu Nov 30 2017. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 28.5035, FYI: Call for an Edited Volume in Language Testing

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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 22:16:37
From: Pankaj Dwivedi [pankaj.linguistics at gmail.com]
Subject: Call for an Edited Volume in Language Testing

Contributions are invited for chapters for an edited book titled current
trends in language testing and evaluation. The manuscript aims to bring
together multiple perspectives from different parts of the world where Indian
languages are learned and taught as a second or foreign language. The proposed
book is expected to be ready for publication by the month of July, 2018. The
submitted manuscript should address topics covering the following and other
related areas:-

- Newer philosophy of language education
- Testing of less tangible concepts - attitudes, appreciations, interests and
personal-social adaptability of the students
- Authentic assessment. 
- Evaluating all round growth of language learners 
- Teaching and testing of language in lower resource classrooms 
- Use of ICT in language testing   
- Use of Computerized Adaptive Test (CAT)
- Innovations in language Testing and Evaluation
- Formal vs. Informal Evaluation in process of language learning and teaching
- Emphasis on qualitative assessment.
- Use of Internet for the purpose of assessment 
- Product vs. Process Evaluation   
- Testing of Hindi for pan-Indian communication (including the neighboring
countries)
- Role of self-assessment in language learning.
- Specification of language use parameters for various social contexts and
purposes.
- New approaches to language Testing. 
- Any other relevant topic 

Guidelines for the preparation of manuscript:

1. Submitted manuscript must be accompanied by an abstract of about 500 words
and should not exceed 5,000 words in total. 
2. It is recommended that author should submit their short bio mentioning
their current position, research interests and publications along with their
manuscript.
3. The authors must submit an undertaking stating that submitted manuscript
has not been published before or/and is not under consideration for
publication, anywhere else. Authors must ensure that submitted manuscript is
their own original work and is free from plagiarism in any form. 
4. Only manuscript written in English will be accepted. 
5. The style sheet to be adopted for referencing is the current APA format.
6. Manuscript submitted only in correct APA format will go through the review
process.
7. It is suggested that submitted manuscript may broadly contain following
components in relevant order: 

- Title
- Purpose of the chapter
- Theoretical framework
- Methods (for empirical papers)
(Discussion)
Conclusion
- References
Suggested readings
- Author(s): full name, contact details (including postal address),
affiliation

8. Received manuscript will go through double blind review process. The
authors will have to revise/modify/improve their manuscript in accordance with
the suggestions and comments made by the reviewers. 
9. Deadline for the submission of the final manuscript is February 28, 2018.
All submissions should be sent electronically to headnts at gmail.com  and
conf.ws.nts at gmail.com.
10. An author can submit only one independent or joint manuscript. 
11. Any queries in regard to the above publication may be sent to
headnts at gmail.com 

About National Testing Service-India

National Testing Service-India (NTS-I) was established by Ministry of Human
Resource Development, Government of India in the year 2006 under the aegis of
Centre for Testing and Evaluation, Central Institute of Indian Languages,
Mysore with an objective to undertake research and development activities in
the areas of material production, methods and manpower in the field of
language testing and evaluation. NTS-I focuses on teaching and testing of
Indian Languages and it has been working on Hindi, Kannada, Urdu, Tamil,
Telugu, Bengali and many other Indian Languages for more than a decade. So
far, more than 60 volumes of works in various languages have been published by
NTS-I. More information about activities and publications of NTS-I may be
found in http://www.ciil-ntsindia.net/Home_NTS.aspx 

About Central Institute of Indian Languages Mysore:

Central  Institute  of  Indian  Languages (CIIL)  was established on 17th July
1969, to co-ordinate the development  of  Indian  Languages,  to  bring about 
the  essential  unity  of  Indian  languages through  scientific  studies, 
promote  interdisciplinary  research,  contribute  to  mutual  enrichment  of 
languages,  and  thus  contribute towards  emotional  integration  of  people
of India. More information about activities and publications of CIIL Mysore
may be found in http://www.ciil.org

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     General Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition
                     Ling & Literature

Subject Language(s): Hindi (hin)

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