LINGUIST List 22.4569 Tue Nov 15 2011 Calls: Language Acquisition/ Chinese as a Second Language... (Jrnl) Editor for this issue: Brent Miller <brentlinguistlist.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.     Istvan Kecskes , Chinese as a Second Language Research Message 1: Chinese as a Second Language Research Date: 15-Nov-2011 From: Istvan Kecskes <ikecskesuamail.albany.edu> Subject: Chinese as a Second Language Research E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Chinese as a Second Language Research Call Deadline: 01-Aug-2012 Chinese as a Second Language Research (CASLAR) Published by De Gruyter Mouton: Berlin/New York Editor-in-Chief: Istvan Kecskes, State University of New York, Albany, USA Co-Editor: Lizhen Peng, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Assistant Editor: Ned Danison, State University of New York, Albany, USA Journal website: http://www.degruyter.com/journals/caslar/detailEn.cfm Aims and Scope CASLAR is a bilingual, double peer-reviewed journal that publishes papers both in Chinese and English. It is the first bilingual journal (Chinese - English) published by a Western publisher. The journal will publish 3 papers in Chinese and 3 papers in English in each issue starting with 2 issues in 2012. Each paper in the journal will have a summary in both Chinese and English. The journal will provide a forum for scholars interested in Chinese as a Second Language Research and focus on research on the acquisition, development and use of Chinese as a Second Language. It supports interaction and scholarly debate between researchers representing different subfields of linguistics with a focus on Chinese as a Second Language. The journal intends to be a forum for researchers who are looking for new tools and methods to investigate and better understand CSL. We are especially interested in publishing articles and research papers that - address major issues of second language acquisition from the perspective of CSL, - explore the implications of CSL research for theoretical developments and practical applications, - focus on the acquisition, development and use of varieties of CSL, - study the nature of interaction between native speakers and non-native speakers of Chinese, - investigate how SLA theories can advance and develop better Chinese language teaching methodologies, - analyze the ways in which language is both shaped by culture and is the medium through which culture is created, . investigate how CSL research can support Chinese as a Second Language teaching. No deadline for submissions. Submission is continuous. Please send inquiries and submissions in English to Prof. Dr. Istvan Kecskes: icupuamail.albany.edu Please send inquiries and submissions in Chinese to Prof. Dr. Lizhen Peng: plizhenzju.edu.cn Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 15-Nov-2011       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.