CALL for Proposals: Assessment of Russian as a Foreign Language

DEADINE: 15 April 2024

Call for Proposals for Research and Pedagogical Case Studies:

Assessment of Russian as a Foreign Language: Unlocking Proficiency

Do you teach Russian as a foreign, second, or heritage language? Are you interested in assessment?

Please consider submitting a proposal for the edited volume titled Assessment of Russian as a Foreign Language: Unlocking Proficiency in the Routledge series on Russian language pedagogy and research.

Here are some potential topics to be included in the volume:

- assessing the four language skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing)

- short- and long-term monitoring of academic achievement

- development of reliable and valid performance, task, and content-based assessment tools

- standardized and placement testing

- self-assessment

- technology-assisted language assessment using digital game-based learning platforms, generative AI tools, etc.

- corpus linguistics and assessment

- the washback effect

- grade inflation

- strategies, characteristics, and practices of ungrading

- assessment of, for, and as learning

- evaluation of student learning as a student-centered practice

- the principles of ethical and fair assessment

Language of publication: English; 3,000 to 5,000 words + references and appendices.

Consideration will be given to theory-heavy explorations, research, and submissions that focus on teaching practices. International participation is especially encouraged; please consider reaching out to a colleague outside your country. Submit proposals to the editor Dmitrii Pastushenkov, Harvard University, via https://forms.gle/tHHx5fEcj7oRJTvi7. Only if your country of residence does not allow access to Google, please send proposals via email to dpastushenkov@fas.harvard.edu.

Proposal requirements: up to a 300-word expression of interest, outlining main arguments and methodology, if applicable, along with a short professional background of the author/s.

Timeline:

- Up to 300-word expression of interest due: April 15, 2024

- Notification of acceptance: April 22, 2024

- First draft of chapters due: June 10, 2024

- Revisions following double-blind peer review: draft due August 10, 2024

- Final manuscripts due: September 22, 2024

- Publication: Spring of 2025