Special Editions

Special Issue Call for Submissions

English Language Teacher Education and Development:
Issues and Perspectives in Asia

 Guest Editor: Dr Eva Bernat
The Asian EFL Journalis one of the world's leading refereed and indexed journals in the field of teaching and learning English. It provides a unique and major forum devoted to discussions on English as an International Language research and development. The journal plans to publish a Special Issue on English Language Teacher Education and Development in September, 2010. The aim is to provide a variety of perspectives on matters related to language teacher education and professional development in the Asian context.
The global spread of English has resulted in increasing diversity and development in the field of language teaching and, by extension, in language teacher education. By bringing together research, theory and best practices from a variety of contexts, this special issue aims to contribute to building meaningful professional dialogue among language educators, curriculum planners, and policy makers within Asia and beyond.

Authors are encouraged to submit proposed manuscripts that are theoretically sound and oriented towards practical aspects of teacher education and development. The deadline for submissions is 30th May, 2009.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

• Emergent approaches and theories in language teacher education
• Design, development and evaluation of ELT teacher education programs
• Action research in language teacher education and language teaching performance
• Issues in ongoing teacher training and professional development (e.g. performance appraisal, supervision, mentoring, etc.)
• Exploration of current issues in language teacher employment (e.g. native/non-native bias, work ethics, standards, policies and agendas, etc.)

We welcome papers from all corners of the globe, but preference will be given to those with links to the Asian context, including Australasia and the Middle East. Manuscripts should not have been submitted for consideration or published elsewhere, and should report on original research, or present an original framework related to previous research, theory and/or practice.
Manuscripts and biographical details should be sent via email attachment to:
Dr Eva Bernat
Department of Linguistics
Division of Linguistics & Psychology
Macquarie University, Sydney
AUSTRALIA
Email: Eva.Bernat@ling.mq.edu.au

* Please note that manuscripts will be subject to anonymous review by a panel of experts. Selection at this stage does not guarantee publication.

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The Asian EFL Journal

Language & Brain Studies

The Asian EFL Journal invites submissions of articles to be considered for publication in a forthcoming special issue of the Journal entitled Language Acquisition & Brain Studies , scheduled for publication in January 2010.

This special edition will focuses on the relationship between linguistic theories and actual language use by children and adults. Articles can be on, but are not restricted to, topics like:

Imaging Studies
Research studies
Neuro-imaging studies
MRI's
Bilingualism and brain studies
Gender differences in the brain's language organization
Language translation & the brain
Language acquisition and the brain
Other areas of research and study

See for example

"Learning languages boosts brain"

"Two research groups recently examined the relation between brain changes and learning a second language, the level of proficiency, and the age at learning."

"The rapidity with which children acquire language is one of the mysteries of human cognition. A view held widely for the past 30 years is that children master language by means of a language-specific learning device "

The closing date for receipt of first drafts of papers for this special issue is August 30th 2009. All papers will be subject to the normal peer review process of the Journal.

Dr. Paul Robertson (asianefl@gmail.com) is the lead Editor. Please address all enquiries or submissions to him.