LINGUIST List 21.4292 Thu Oct 28 2010 Calls: Applied Ling/Lang Acq/ALSIC - Apprentissage des Langues... (Jrnl) Editor for this issue: Justin Petro <justinlinguistlist.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.     ALSIC Journal , ALSIC - Apprentissage des Langues et Systemes d'Information et de Communication Message 1: ALSIC - Apprentissage des Langues et Systemes d'Information et de Communication Date: 27-Oct-2010 From: ALSIC Journal <soumissions_alsicuni.lu> Subject: ALSIC - Apprentissage des Langues et Systemes d'Information et de Communication E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: ALSIC - Apprentissage des Langues et Systemes d'Information et de Communication Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2011 Call for abstracts for the special issue Social Media and Language Learning: (R)evolution? The ALSIC journal welcomes submission of abstracts for the special issue 'Social Media and Language Learning: (R)evolution?' See the full call for abstracts here: http://alsic.revues.org/index1695.html Abstracts (as well as full papers) in English or French will be accepted. The publication timeline is as follows: - January, 15, 2011: Submission deadline for abstracts (4,000 characters without spaces, to be sent to soumissions_alsicuni.lu) - March, 15, 2011: Invitation to authors to submit a manuscript - September, 1st, 2011: Submission deadline for manuscripts - April, 15, 2012: Publication of the special issue Topics for discussion We particularly welcome abstracts for papers that address one or more of the questions below: - Are the potential benefits of social media, reflected by their fundamental characteristics, i.e. horizontality, user-generated content and openness (Musser et al. 2007), really new in language learning? What is the essence of this novelty and what analytical frameworks does it refer to? - What relationship is becoming established between web 2.0 artifacts and usages; how is this two-way relationship transforming practices, from a sociocultural point of view? - Are there any indices leading to the conclusion that social media may lead to the creation a 'new' learning paradigm (cf. Felix, Bax, Levy, Pegrum)? What is the essence of this novelty in epistemological terms? - What about the different degrees of (non-) complementarity (parallel paths, paths that come together then divide, merge?) between formal and informal spheres of learning? - How do Personal Learning Environments (PLEs), as aggregators of web 2.0 resources, call into question language learning practices? - What is the role of social media in new learning times and spaces, aimed at lifelong learning? - What effect could social media have on processes of collaborative language learning? Expected contributions We welcome contributions in a variety of types including: - case studies, descriptive or ethnographic; - experimental research (with experimentation protocol and data analysis, social network analysis); - action-research or research and development type of studies; - position papers or critical studies; - prospective studies. See the full call for abstracts here: http://alsic.revues.org/index1695.html Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 28-Oct-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.