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 editors Dmitrii Pastushenkov, Harvard University, and Liya Zalaltdinova, 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
Dmitrii Pastushenkov, Ph.D.
Preceptor in Slavic Languages and Literatures (Russian Language Program)
Harvard University, Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
Barker Center Office #341, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Email: dpastushenkov@fas.harvard.edu
Web: http://pastushe.msu.domains/
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