Monthly Archives: October 2022

Call for Papers. Special Issue: Online advising and consultations in self-access.

SiSAL Journal Special Issue:  ‘Online advising and consultations in self-access.’

Editors: Jo Mynard and Adelia Peña Clavel

Submission deadline: December 20th 2022. Publication date: March, 2023.

In March 2023, we will publish a special issue on online advising and consultations in self-access. Online advising and consulting became the usual way to support students for extended periods during the COVID-19 pandemic when schools and campuses were closed and students were studying at home. However, some institutions had already been offering such support for many years, even before the pandemic. We are hoping to learn from our collective experiences and answer questions such as: 

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Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2022

Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2022

Edited by Jo Mynard

Contents

Articles

  • Mobile-Assisted Language Learning Applications: Features and Characteristics from Users’ Perspectives by Mohammad R. Alnufaie (312–331) [Full text] [PDF]
  • A Critical History of Autonomous Language Learning: Exposing the Institutional and Structural Resistance Against Methodological Innovation in Language Education by Santiago Betancor-Falcon (332–346) [Full text] [PDF]
  • Developing Learner Autonomy and Goal-Setting Through Logbooks by Diane Raluy and Ramon Mislang (347–366) [Full text] [PDF]
  • Investigating the Significance of Coxhead’s Academic Word List for Self-Access Learners by Thinley Wangdi and Ringphami Shimray (367–388) [Full text] [PDF]

Research Summaries

  • What do Chinese Learners of English Want from a University Writing Centre? A Chinese Tertiary Student’s Views on Writing Centre Peer Tutoring by Yu Hang Kwan (389–395) [Full text] [PDF]

Upcoming events

  • Inclusion and Accessibility in Self-Access Language Learning. The Japan Association for Self-Access Learning National Conference. Akita International University. Saturday 22nd October, 2022. https://jasalorg.com/jasal2022/