Call for Papers:

Special Issue of Studies in Second Language Acquisition, July 2025

Studies in Second Language Acquisition (SSLA) is now entertaining proposals for the thematic issue of Volume 47:3, to be published in July 2025. Thematic issues of SSLA focus on areas of current interest and are an excellent venue to bring together in one issue numerous approaches to a problem or methodology in the field of SLA. For examples, see previous special volumes of SSLA.

A proposal should include (a) a rationale (up to two single-spaced pages plus references) for the thematic issue and (b) tentative titles and abstracts (250 - 300 words) from the authors of the manuscripts that the editor intends or expects to include. Part (b) can also include a list of possible topics and/or names of authors that may be invited to contribute. Note that the articles in a special issue can belong to any of the article types published in SSLA. These include: Research article, Critical Commentary, Research Report, Replication Studies, Methods Forum, and State-of-the-Scholarship Review.

Proposal submissions are due by email to [email protected] by January 14, 2024. Other manuscript and production deadlines are as follows:

-January 12, 2024 Proposals due in SSLA office
-February 16, 2024 Final decision reached
-May 10, 2024 Submission of first-draft manuscripts to SSLA via ScholarOne
-January 24, 2025 All final manuscripts due, submitted via ScholarOne

Please feel free to distribute this announcement to interested colleagues. If any other questions arise, please feel free to contact us at [email protected].
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Luke Plonsky, Editor
Studies in Second Language Acquisition
Northern Arizona University