LINGUIST List 20.658

Tue Mar 03 2009

Calls: Applied Ling/Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics (Jrnl)

Editor for this issue: Susanne Vejdemo <susannelinguistlist.org>


        1.    Wai Lan Tsang, Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics


Message 1: Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics
Date: 02-Mar-2009
From: Wai Lan Tsang <tsangwlhku.hk>
Subject: Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics
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Full Title: Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics

Call Deadline: 31-May-2009

Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics

Call for papers

The Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics is an international, refereedjournal which will be of interest to all persons professionally concernedwith issues related to the learning and use of English as a second orforeign language by Chinese first language background learners. It aims topromote the development of principled links between theoreticallinguistics, educational research, language planning and the implementationof practical teaching programmes within, or relevant to, a Chinese context.

HKJAL invites submissions of previously unpublished articles that addresslanguage issues in Hong Kong or the surrounding region and language relatedissues in other Chinese contexts, including Chinese students studyingoverseas. Book reviews and brief reports or summaries of work in progresswhich address similar issues are also welcome.

Notes for contributors

Submission of a manuscript implies that it has not been published and isnot being considered for publication elsewhere, either in the submittedform or in a modified version.

General requirements1. Authors should include a cover page which includes the author's name,full title of the paper, mailing address, contact telephone numbers and,where possible, an email address and a fax number. The author's name should_not_ appear elsewhere in the manuscript.2. Full-length manuscripts should not exceed a maximum of 20 typed,double-spaced pages inclusive of all references and appendices. An abstractof not more than 200 words and biographical data in not more than 50 wordsshould be included.3. Brief reports or summaries of work-in-progress should be between 4-6pages (including references and notes).4. Book reviews should range between 400-600 words.

For submission of manuscripts as an e-mail attachment, and questions aboutgeneral editorial policy, please visit the websitehttp://www2.vec.hku.hk/hkjal/ or contact the Editor at hkjalhku.hk.

Call Deadline: 31-May-2009