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nt-tech.com.au>M/C: A Journal of Media and Culture http://www.media-culture.org.au Published by Media and Cultural Studies Centre and the School of English, Media Studies and Art History, University of Queensland, Australia Call for Papers - "Self" The editors are pleased to announce that the feature article for the "Self" issue of M/C will be authored by Professor Michael Clyne (Director of the new Research Unit for Multilingualism and Cross-Cultural Communication at The University of Melbourne), author of Inter-cultural Communication at Work. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1994. The deadline for submissions is 26 August 2002 and the issue release date: 25 September 2002 Please see the CFP below for further details. Me? "I" am everywhere. Philosophers, social scientists, behavioural and medical scientists have been investigating the existence and significance of individual consciousness, self-perception, self-promotion and other notions of "the self" for centuries. The 'self' permeates contemporary culture. Through capitalist individualism and conservative politics 'self' must be considered first above the needs of the group - "looking after no. 1". In therapeutic, religious and consumerist discourses of self-improvement, self-help or self-actualisation, 'self' is obscured; an entity which needs to be sought and found, changed or accommodated, an entity which one needs to become "in touch with". Within these permutations "self" carries the assumption of its own existence, as either a stable, unchanging entity or as a contextually sensitive and dynamic identity. Either way, self is individuality - one's own interests. 'Self' is commonly a prefix which expresses an action done to one's self (self-hatred, self-discipline) or which describes an attribute of an entity (self-concerned, self-contained). It can also be a suffix, which carries a level of self-reflexivity (myself, yourself). The editors of M/C invite submissions of no more than 2000 words on the subject of "self", and welcome various interpretations of the term. Possible topics include, but should not be limited to "the first person era", first person media and Reality TV, 'factual' depictions of self in various media; notions of "true selves" within auto/biographical acts such as in writing, personal Webpages or documentary, the cultural celebration of self-awareness and autonomy, ideas relating to subjectivity and identity politics, social language behaviour such as im/politeness and its effects on 'self'; identity play in different media, the contextual variability and multiplicity of 'self', conflicting identities - for instance "immigrants against further immigration" groups. Issue editors: Felicity Meakins (dacnth-westlingMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
watarts.uwaterloo.ca>2nd Call for Papers - Reminder Special Issue of CALICO (peer-reviewed journal of the North American Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning) Error Analysis and Error Correction in Computer-Assisted Language Learning Editors: Trude Heift and Mathias Schulze Description Since the inception of the World Wide Web, the amount of on-line vocabulary and grammar exercises has been increasing steadily, partly due to useful authoring tools that have been developed over the past years. However, rather than merely describing the tools available, individual articles and conference presentations that report on empirical studies of error correction and error diagnosis in Web-based language learning systems are becoming increasingly frequent and are certainly needed for a better understanding of language learning processes and the development of effective CALL programs. Despite the increased research emphasis, however, there are no publications which provide a full range of articles that represent recent research on error diagnosis and error correction in CALL. In this special issue we plan to provide the reader with the latest advances in language technology and language learning theories that have contributed to a better or even new understanding of error classification in CALL. For instance, there are a number of scholars who are investigating the computational requirements of processing student input in truly interactive systems, the effect of different kinds of learner feedback, learner control in CALL and/or theoretical models of error diagnosis which derive from computational approaches to error processing. Generally, the focus of the papers in this special issue will be on theoretical models of error diagnosis and error correction as well as empirical studies on learner-computer interaction in CALL. Important Dates Deadline for paper submission: August 31, 2002 Notification: September 30, 2002 Final Submission: December 31, 2002 Submission Guidelines Articles should report on original research or present an original framework that links previous research, educational theory, and teaching practices. Submissions should be no more than 8-10 pages in length (single-paced) and should include up to five keywords and an abstract of no more than 200 words. Submissions should be in electronic format (MS Word, PDF, PS) and sent to heiftMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue