SPECIAL ISSUES: CALL FOR PAPERS
IJLTR is planning to publish one Special Issue each year beginning with 2016 (in addition to two regular issues which appear on the 1st of January and July every year). Special Issues are theme-based and guest-edited by leading figures in the field. The Call for Papers for the following Special Issues is now open.
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2016 Special Issue:
Guest editor: Jack C. Richards, PhD (University of Sydney)
Theme: Teacher Education
Sub-themes:
teacher training, teacher development, professional development, multicultural perspectives on teacher education and any aspect of teacher education
Deadline for paper submission: 1 May 2016
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2017 Special Issue:
Guest editor: John I. Liontas, PhD (University of South Florida)
Theme: Idiomaticity and Language Teaching Research
Sub-themes:
attainment of native-like idiomatic competence in ESL/EFL
applications of new media and multimedia technologies for idiomatic learning
linguistic, pragmatic, or techno-pedagogical concerns in developing idiomatic competence
teacher training and professional development, materials and curriculum development, assessment
issues as related to developing idiomaticity
Extended deadline for paper submission: 1 May 2017
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2018 Special Issue:
Guest editor: Dan Douglas, PhD (Iowa State University)
Theme: Assessment for Teaching
Sub-themes:
Assessment for Learning (AfL)
Learning Oriented Language Assessment (LOLA)
Alternatives in Assessment (AA)
Language Assessment Literacy (LAT)
Testers' Professional Development (TPD)
and any practical aspect of language assessment
Deadline for paper submission: 1 March 2018
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2019 Special Issue:
Guest editor: Thomas S.C. Farrell, PhD (Brock University)
Theme: Reflective Practice in TESOL
Sub-themes:
Operationalizing Reflective Practice
Reflective Tools that Facilitate Reflection
Reflective Practice in Teacher Education
Reflective Practice in In-service Teacher Development
and any other aspect of Reflective Practice in TESOL
Deadline for paper submission: 1 March 2019
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2020 Special Issue:
Guest editors: Zia Tajeddin, PhD (Allameh Tabataba'I University) & Minoo Alemi, PhD (Sharif University of Technology)
Theme: Discourse in Second Language Classroom Context
Sub-themes:
Politeness and Impoliteness inTeacher and Learner Talk
Teachers’ and Learners’ Discoursal Identity
Teachers’ Discoursal Strategies for Learner Participation and Engagement
Discourse of Resistance in Teacher and Learner Talk
Discourse of Power and Agency in Teacher Talk
Gendered Discourse in the Classroom Context
Teachers’ and Learners’ Use of Speech Acts
Discourse of Humor in Classroom Context
Discourse of Turn Construction in Classroom Context
Deadline for paper submission: 1 March 2020
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2021 Special Issue:
Guest editor: Jack C Richards (University of Sydney)
Theme: On-line Professional Development in TESOL
Sub-themes:
Designing an on-line course
Teaching and learning models
Innovative approaches to on-line course delivery
Critical issues in on-line teaching
Case studies of effective practice
What can and cannot be taught on-line
Impact on teachers and learners
Current research approaches
Online assessment issues and practices
Deadline for paper submission: 1 March 2021
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2022 Special Issue:
Guest editors: Michael Byram PhD (Durham University) and Petra Rauschert, PhD (Muenchen University, Germany)
Theme: Language Teaching, Education for Democracy and Cross-curricular Connections
Deadline for paper submission: 1 March 2022
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Research-based papers can be submitted on the main theme and sub-themes of each Special Issue by the deadlines provided above. Potential contributors are invited to submit their manuscripts following guidelines for submission available at the journal website.
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2023 Special Issue
The theme for 2023 Special Issue of IJLTR is Technology Mediated Langauge Learning, Teaching and Assessment: Social Justice Considerations
Contributors are invited to submit their MSs online by the end of April 2023. Papers related to CALL, TALL, TELL, MALL, CALA and other technology applications to language education are welcome provided that significant attention is made to discussing and addressing issues related to social justice, more specifically in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2024 Special Issue
Theme: New Insights into the Study of Classroom Emotions: Emerging Research Methods for Exploring the Implications of Positive and Negative Emotions in Language Education Environments
Guest Editords: Dr Ali Derakhshan, Golestan University, Iran; Prof Lawrence Zhang, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Sub-themes:
Emotions and Learners/Learning: Positive and negative meotions and langauge learners' well-being, willingness to communicate, behaviouiral, cognitive and emotional engagement, and academic success
Emotions and Teachers/Teaching: Positive and negative emotions and language teachers' organisational committment, turnover intentions, subjective and psychological well-being; professional growth and development, identity formation, agency, work engagement and professional success
Research/data collection methods encouraged: time-series design, nested ecosystem model, ecological momentary assessment, Q-methodology, retrodictive qualitative modeling, idiodynamic method, latent profile analysis and similar emerging resarch methods
Submission Deadline: 30 April, 2024
Publication: December 2024
Submission can be made using journal online submission system, by selecting 'Special Issue on Classroom Emotions' submission category.
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2025 Special Issue
Theme:
Belonging, Being and Becoming: Negotiating Identity as an Expatiate Langauge Teacher Abroad
Guest Editors: Dr Vincent Greenier (American University of Sharjah, UAE) and Prof Gary Barkhuizen (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Subthemes:
Examination of teacher experiences living/working abroad
Professional development/trajectory of expatriate teachers
Emotional issues related to teaching/settling in a foreign context
Cultural challenges/demands/expectations of transnational teachers
Examination of programmes that recruit foreign langauge teachers (such as JET in Japan)
Pedagogical and curricular adaptation and flexibility in teaching abroad contexts
Migration infrastructures and visa processes and their impact on languiage teachers abroad
any topic involving professional lives of expatriate language teachers
Submission Deadline: 1 June 2025
Submission Procedure: Online submission via IJLTR's website. Select Special Issue 2025 category.
Interested contributors are welcome to send an abstract of 300 words to Guest Editors by 15 February 2025.
