CALL FOR PAPERS 2001

• Book ID: 102288149
• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 30 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1056-7941
• DOI: 10.1002/j.1949-3533.2000.tb00236.x

✦ Synopsis

The Autumn 2001 special issue of TESOL Journal will focus on the use of sustained content for language learning. The role of content in language classes has frequently been discussed in ESL/EFL literature. In these discussions, researchers, materials writers, language teachers, and other specialists have focused on (a) the type and quantity of content to integrate into language classrooms and courses, (b) ways to adapt instruction to make content accessible to language learners, and (c) models of content-based instruction in the context of ESP, EAP, adjunct, sheltered, and theme-based curricula and courses. Some, but not all, of these models use sustained content (i.e., a type of curricula in which a single content area, such as psychology, earth science, or history, serves as a carrier topic and context for language learning). Much of the current literature focuses on the role of content-based instructional models for the acquisition of content. In contrast, this special issue will foc us on sustained content for the acquisition of language.