36.1391, Calls: Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics - "First and Second Language Limited Literacy" (Jrnl)

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Subject: 36.1391, Calls: Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics - "First and Second Language Limited Literacy" (Jrnl)

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Date: 26-Apr-2025
From: Habib Habdesslem [habdesslem at yahoo.co.uk]
Subject: Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics - "First and Second Language Limited Literacy" (Jrnl)


Journal: Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics
Issue: First and Second Language Limited Literacy
Call Deadline: 30-Apr-2026

The Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics invites submissions for a
special issue focusing on First and Second Language Limited Print
Literacy among children, adolescents, and adults. We welcome
contributions that explore limited print literacy among (i) displaced
children and adolescents in conflict zones and (ii) refugees and
immigrant adults in the Western world and expatriates in the Middle
East.
Limited print literacy is defined here as the difficulty individuals
experience in decoding or encoding on paper or on screen language that
is necessary for their daily or occupational activities. Print
literacy in one’s native language or second language has different
levels and manifestations in different geographical and cultural
contexts. It is evaluated in accordance with various factors such as
age, educational background, ethnic background, gender, and
communication needs. Limited print literacy may be primarily a
consequence of inadequate language teaching, in the case of children,
and interrupted formal schooling, in the case of adults.
The Special Issue’s theme could be considered within Critical Applied
Linguistics, but we suggest the term Committed Applied Linguistics,
which we consider more adequate. Committed Applied Linguistics is
devoted to defending and preserving the fundamental human right to
literacy, i.e. the essential cornerstone of Education. Research on
limited print literacy seeks to expose linguistic injustices and their
multifaceted causes and consequences. It  aims at warding off the far
reaching consequences these injustices have on individuals,
communities, nations, and world peace. The mission of Committed
Applied Linguistics, we suggest, is to contribute to defending and
preserving Human Rights against language-related Human Wrongs.
This project was initially submitted to the editorial board of Arab
Journal of Applied Linguistics as a Call for Papers and to an
international publishing company as a book. Both have welcomed the
idea. Because AJAL does not object to having papers republished
(preferably after further improvements) as book chapters, accepted
typescripts will be published in an AJAL’s Special Issue and then
included, subsequent to consultations with and approval of all
parties, as chapters in a book.
Abstract proposals (400 to 500 words) are to be sent to the Guest
Editor (habdesslem at yahoo.co.uk) before July 30, 2025. Notification of
acceptance/rejection will be sent within 3 weeks following each
Abstact proposal’s submission. Typescripts (7000 to 8000 words) for
the approved Abstract proposals are to be sent to the Guest Editor and
uploaded on AJAL’s Home Page before April 30, 2026. Notifications of
acceptance, requested revision, or rejection will be sent within 4
weeks.
Habib Abdesslem
Guest Editor & Editor-in-Chief of Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics
Email: habdesslem at yahoo.co.uk      habdessalem at kku.edu.sa

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Discourse Analysis
                     Language Acquisition
                     Psycholinguistics
                     Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Language Family(ies): Indo-European



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