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Special issue, September 2011: Beliefs about
Second Language Acquisition Revisited This is the first announcement of a Special Issue of System which is planned for September 2011. It will be on the subject of Beliefs about Second Language Acquisition, as a follow up to the Special Issue on this topic published by this journal in 1999 as well as on the developments in this area since then. The Guest Editors will be Ana Maria Ferreira Barcelos, Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil & Paula Kalaja, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. A decade ago a special issue of System brought learner beliefs about language to the attention of SLA researchers. Since then a lot has happened in SLA and in Applied Linguistics, bringing changes to how we understand beliefs and their role in language learning and teaching. We believe it is time to review the changes and bring new understandings of this concept to the fore. Thus, to celebrate more than a decade of research on learner beliefs we propose this volume with key articles. In the first instance, intending authors are requested to submit proposals of 300-500 words to the Guest Editors. The deadline for submissions is September 1st, 2010. The proposed papers should focus on beliefs about second language acquisition or teaching held by students or teachers, or other agents in the field of language education (e.g., parents, school authorities). The papers should have a sound theoretical basis and should rely on interpretative, qualitative, sociocultural or contextual approaches to the investigation of this concept. Given the goals of the journal, empirical studies, review articles and state-of-the-art articles are all welcome on any of the following areas: · The relationship between beliefs and actions · The nature of beliefs · Methodological issues in doing research on beliefs · Challenges involved in doing research on beliefs · The application of findings concerning beliefs in the classroom · Benefits and limitations of research on beliefs (within any approach) · Ethical issues in investigating beliefs and belief attribution to participants · The relationship between beliefs and other variables in language learning such as motivation, styles, strategies, identities and affective variables · The relationship between students’ and teachers’ beliefs · Theoretical frameworks used in doing research on beliefs Proposals, which should not have been submitted elsewhere, should be sent as e-mail attachment to Ana Barcelos, anamfb @ ufv.br and Paula Kalaja, paula.kalaja @ jyu.fi and include the author’s name and e-mail details. Out of the proposals, a number will be chosen by anonymous review by a panel of specialists; note that selection at this stage does not guarantee publication. Authors will be notified by Oct 1st, 2010, of the outcome of the review; and the deadline for the submission of full papers will be February 1st, 2011. Papers should conform to the usual word length of 5000 words, maximum, in the body of the paper and to the house style of the journal (see Author’s instructions on the website at: www.elsevier.com/locate/system). A final selection will be made by the panel by April 1st, 2011; and versions incorporating any proposed revisions will need to be submitted by June 1st, 2011. All enquiries about the Special Issue should be directed to Ana Barcelos and Paula Kalaja at the e-mail addresses above. |
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