Dear all,
Language Issues
Issue: Summer 2016, 27.1 Community Languages: issues and opportunities
The Editorial Board for Language Issues invites articles for the summer 2016 (27.1) issue. This issue will focus on the learning
and teaching of community languages.
Census
2011 figures show a significant proportion of people in the UK reporting a
language other than English as their main language. We welcome contributions on
all languages other than English used in communities in the UK.
Articles could be about policy, social and political issues , practical teaching, language learning, linguistic features, corpora and their uses, teacher training,
resources and other related topics.
We
are interested in research contributions from academics and practical and
personal perspectives from teachers and learners.
While
our journal readership is mainly from the adult education sector, we are
interested in hearing from colleagues working in the field of children's
education. We appreciate that much of
the current work in the UK on community languages research and teaching relates
to children's language development. We
would of course be delighted to hear from contributors with experience of the
post 16 sector.
Background
to Language Issues
Language Issues is a part
peer-reviewed journal where ESOL and community language professionals share
ideas on language teaching and learning. It is published by NATECLA, the
national association for teaching English and other community languages to
adults. The main focus of Language
Issues is the exploration of
the middle ground between academic research and classroom practice, including:
• current practice in teaching, training and management
• up-to-date information regarding current political
and social issues related to the field
• education research
• conference
reports and reviews of relevant books and materials.
Hope to hear from you.
Sally
Bird and Jo-Ann Delaney
Co-Editors
Language Issues