LINGUIST List 21.3710 Mon Sep 20 2010 Calls: Applied Linguistics\ Canadian Modern Language Review Editor for this issue: Dayn Schulert <daynlinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.    UTP Journals, Canadian Modern Language Review Message 1: Canadian Modern Language Review Date: 20-Sep-2010 From: UTP Journals <journalsutpjournals.com> Subject: Canadian Modern Language Review E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Canadian Modern Language Review Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics Call Deadline: 31-Oct-2010 Call for Papers SPECIAL ISSUE ON 'LANGUAGE BARRIERS IN ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE SERVICES' The Canadian Modern Language Review (CMLR) invites manuscripts to be considered for a special issue on 'Language barriers in access to healthcare services', to appear in September 2011. Language barriers can potentially compromise healthcare delivery when professionals cannot speak the patient's language or speak it poorly. Full and equitable healthcare is especially at risk in those areas where correct language usage--and the cultural values and norms such usage may reflect--plays a critical role in health communication. Such areas include, among others, obtaining informed consent; presenting bad news following diagnosis; discussing pain, sexual practices, or mental health; talking about death or suicide; discussing issues specific to youth and adolescents. It is now widely recognized that people from Canada's official language, First Nation, Métis and Inuit communities, as well as immigrants speaking languages other than English or French may, depending on where they live, risk experiencing language barriers to full and equitable healthcare. Similar problems exist worldwide. For this special issue, we invite submissions examining any language-related aspect of linguistic barriers to access to health care services. Relevant topics include, among others, the nature of linguistic differences as they relate to healthcare delivery, healthcare education, and second language training for health professionals. We especially welcome papers presenting results that might be applicable in the Canadian learning and teaching context. Our aim is to present the latest theoretical and pedagogical developments. We welcome articles in English or French presenting original research. Submitted articles will be subject to the normal peer review process of the CMLR. Final deadline for submissions: October 31st, 2010. For submission information, visit http://www.utpjournals.com/cmlr. Receipt of all manuscripts will be acknowledged within a week of their arrival. Questions about the special issue may be addressed to the co-editors: Norman Segalowitz Concordia University norman.segalowitzconcordia.ca Eva Kehayia McGill University eva.kehayiamcgill.ca Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 20-Sep-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.