NEW!!!! GALE JOURNAL Vol 1 No1
CALL for Manuscripts for the:
The Journal and Proceedings of the Gender Awareness in Language Education (GALE) Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching. Volume 2, Number 1, 2009.
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Please send a letter of intention to submit by January 30, 2009. Deadline for submission: February 28, 2009.
This new academic journal is being published by the Gender Awareness in Language Education Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching. The publication is committed to excellence in research in all areas within the broad field of language teaching from a gender studies perspective. This journal will add to the growing awareness in Asia of how gender impacts on teaching, communication and society in a globalized world.
The next issue of the journal will be published in the Spring of 2009.
The journal includes the following sections:
Regular Papers [4,000 to 6,000 words]:
Forums [4,000 to 6,000 words]
Resource Reviews [1,000 to 2,000 words]
Manuscripts considered for publication will be double blind reviewed for their presentation and analysis of new empirical data using appropriate research methods, development of theories relevant to representations of gender in language, education, pedagogy and professional development. All manuscripts must be processed in APA format, double spaced throughout (including abstracts), and must include complete reference lists, footnotes or endnotes (where applicable) and appendices.
For empirical research, please send an abstract of about 100 words in length with your name, affiliation and manuscript title. The full manuscript should be between 4,000 to 6,000 words sent by email as a Microsoft Word Rich Text Format [RTF] from either a MacIntosh or PC platform.
Please note that there are no requirements of membership to JALT or GALE SIG for consideration for publication in this journal. All submissions and correspondence in English should be directed to editor@gale-sig.org. All submissions and correspondence in Japanese should be directed to editorj@gale-sig.org.
Information for Contributors
All submissions must conform to GALE Journal Editorial Policy and Guidelines.
Editorial Policy
The Journal and Proceedings of the Gender Awareness in Language Education (GALE) Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching is a refereed research journal of the Gender Awareness in Language Education SIG, a Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (Zenkoku Gogaku Kyoiku Gakkai).
We invite practical and theoretical articles and research reports on gender awareness in education and learning in Japanese and Asian contexts. Submissions from other international contexts are accepted if applicable to language teaching in Japan. Areas of particular interest are research related to gender, language and culture, or gender and language teaching.
The editors encourage submissions in four categories: (1) full-length articles, (2) short research reports (Research Forum), (3) essays on language education or reports of pedagogical techniques which are framed in theory and supported by descriptive or empirical data (Perspectives), and (4) book and media reviews (Reviews). Articles should be written for a general audience of language educators; therefore statistical techniques and specialized terms must be clearly explained.
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