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TESOL Journal Special Issue 20​20: Call for Proposals

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TESOL Journal (TJ) is seeking proposals for the 2020 special topic issue from interested guest editors. The TJ Editorial Advisory Board will consider proposals that address a theme of interest and relevance to the international readership of TJ. Successful proposals have an overarching theme that is timely and are of interest to the TJ international readership. The issue will appear in the September issue of 2020.

Examples of previous special issues are the following topics:
  • TESOL Teacher Identity Development
  • Creativity in Pre-K-12 Classrooms and Contexts
  • Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
  • Critical Perspectives on World Englishes
  • Engaged Teaching and Learning: Service-Learning, Civic Literacy and TESOL
  • Teacher Collaboration in TESOL
  • Learner-Centered Practices and TESOL
  • Constructing Meaning with Computers
  • Sustained Content for Language Learning
Please note that the topics listed above are meant to be illustrative and not restrictive. We are accepting submissions for feature articles and all other submission categories. Note that the acceptance of proposal does not guarantee publication. There will be a regular peer review process for all manuscripts submitted to the special issue. The guest editor(s) are responsible for managing the review process and selecting the content of the issue, in consultation with the general editors.

For complete TESOL Journal author guidelines please see TESOL Journal author guidelines.
Proposal content:
  • Concise rationale for this special issue
  • Potential contributors, if any
  • Call for abstracts for the issue
  • Curriculum Vitae of the guest editor(s)
Proposed Timeline:
  • SI proposal submission due: February 28, 2019
  • Notifications for SI invitation: March 25, 2019
  • Call for papers appears: April 1, 2019
  • Proposal submission due: May 31, 2019
  • Notifications for inviting full articles: June 30, 2019
  • Full manuscripts due: December 31, 2019
  • Publication: September or December 2020 issue
Please submit a proposal to TESOL Journal. Proposals will be reviewed initially by the
journal’s editors and then may be passed on to the editorial board for a second-stage review. Please
contact TJ editors Youngjoo Yi and Peter Sayer with any questions.