Call for Papers

Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics /

Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée

Special Issue: Current Perspectives on Oral Communicative Competence of French Second Language Speakers

Guest Editors:  Dr. Leif French, Sam Houston State University

Dr. Suzie Beaulieu, Université Laval

The Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics (CJAL) invites manuscripts to be considered for a special issue on “Current Perspectives on Oral Communicative Competence of French Second Language Speakers” to appear in 2016. The CJAL is a peer-reviewed bilingual, scientific and professional journal dealing with the various aspects of applied linguistics published online through Open Journal Systems (OJS).

Research in the field of French as a second language (FSL) has traditionally focused on the acquisition of language phenomena that are common to both spoken and written French. Consequently, as a result of this focus, little is known about the acquisition of specific aspects of spoken French or specific factors that foster its development. The purpose of this special issue is therefore to present some of the latest theoretical developments and empirical results from a variety of key areas that directly and indirectly impact FSL learners’ oral communicative competence: fluency and accuracy in speaking, comprehensibility and intelligibility, sociopragmatic competence, and spoken norms promoted in formal learning contexts.

The CJAL welcomes articles in English or French presenting original research and scholarship on the specified topic. Manuscripts must not exceed 30 pages in length and must follow the “author guidelines” of the journal. When submitting please indicate that you would like your manuscript considered for the special issue—“Current Perspectives on Oral Communicative Competence of French Second Language Speakers.”

NEW EXTENDED submission deadline is May 15, 2016. For submission information, visit: http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/CJAL/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions

This special issue concerns the same topic as the conference “Perspectives actuelles sur la compétence communicative à l’oral en français L2,” organised by the two guest editors during the annual congress of ACFAS on May 16, 2014. 

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