LINGUIST List 21.4435 Fri Nov 05 2010 Calls: Applied Linguistics/Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics (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.     saihua xia , Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics Message 1: Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics Date: 05-Nov-2010 From: saihua xia <saihua.xiamurraystate.edu> Subject: Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics Call Deadline: 05-Dec-2010 Second Call for Papers 2012 Special Issue for Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics (IJAL) IJAL is peer-reviewed and internationally distributed journal (www.bahripublications.in), which started in 1975. The theme for this special issue is Classroom Research on Second Language Acquisition (SLA): Advanced Learner Issues. How to develop a new level of language proficiency (e.g. discourse-level) has always been the question that second language learners ask after they have achieved a survival level of proficiency. From SLA research and pedagogy over the past 15 years, we find each of these areas has devoted systematic and sustained attention to the development of survival language skills. Beginning and intermediate levels of students have constantly been the focus of research. This sustained attention has significantly promoted learners' language proficiency, especially at the survival level. However, for a significant number of second language learners, the language learning journey does not end at the survival level; it must continue at advanced academic and professional levels. To be successful at those levels, discourse-level proficiency is crucial. To help optimize learners' attention and self-practice at the discourse level, researchers must consistently investigate problems and issues that hinder advanced learners. Therefore, we are interested in bringing scholarship together that will comprehensively and coherently address classroom SLA issues pertinent to advanced language learning at a discourse level. Specifically, we are interested in data-driven contributions on the following topics (but are not limited to) that are relevant to the theme: Linguistic Issues: Discourse-level language skills-advanced writing, clarity of speaking, topic maintaining or developing, summarizing, conceptual understanding of texts, advanced listening Cognitive Issues: Strategies, awareness, perceptions, thought pattern differences between languages, attention, fluency, top-down/bottom-up processing, self-study skills Pragmatic Issues: Politeness, effectiveness, context, face, conversation norms and nuances, speech acts in discourse Cultural Issues: Cultural behaviors, cross-cultural discourse proficiency, intercultural conflicts and negotiations, home culture vs. target culture in either second or foreign language context Ethic Issues: Plagiarism, teamwork, group dynamics Tentative Publication Timeline Dec. 5, 2010 Abstract/Proposal Due Dec. 20. 2010 Notification of Acceptance of Proposals Mar. 31, 2011 Manuscripts Due July 31, 2011 Blind Reviewers' Feedback Due Oct. 31, 2011 Revised Manuscripts Due Jan. 2012 Sent to the Publisher Mar. 2012 Scheduled Publication Submission Guidelines Abstract and manuscript submissions should follow APA manuscript style format. All submissions must be sent electronically in Microsoft word, PDF or RTF format. In the submission, indicate your full name, affiliation, contact information on a separate page and submit both the abstract, including the information page, and manuscript to this email address: advancedlearnerissuesgmail.com. Length of abstract should be a maximum of 600 words and the manuscript should be a maximum of 6000 words. The abstract is due by Dec.5, 2010. Direct any questions to the guest editors: Drs. Saihua Xia or Latricia Trites, Dpt. of English & Philosophy, Murray State University, KY, 42071. Phone: 270 8094548; Email: saihua.xiamurraystate.edu or latricia.tritesmurraystate.edu Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 05-Nov-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.