Deadline: July 15, 2026
GUAVA member Trang Phan (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) and An Sakach (Arizona State University) are pleased to announce a call for chapter proposals for their forthcoming edited volume, Southeast Asian Languages on the Move: Teaching, Learning, and Multilingual Life Across Borders and Platforms, which they intend to submit to Springer Nature.
About the Volume
Southeast Asian languages are increasingly taught, learned, and used across two interconnected forces: mobility — through migration, diaspora life, and transnational study and work — and digital platforms, including online programs, social media, AI-mediated communication, and language exchange apps. Yet scholarship in this area is often siloed by single languages or narrow institutional contexts. This volume aims to change that.
The editors are seeking chapters that bring together empirically grounded research and transferable models for practice, across any Southeast Asian language(s) and across settings such as homes, community schools, universities, workplaces, and online communities.
What They’re Looking For
The volume welcomes four types of contributions:
- Empirical research chapters (qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods)
- Design-based / pedagogical chapters (tasks, materials, curricular models with implementation evidence)
- Program or policy case studies grounded in real data and local context
- Critical or conceptual chapters that advance an analytic framework using Southeast Asian cases
All chapters must speak to teaching, learning, multilingual life, or language-related policy and practice — and must clearly address the volume’s core themes of Borders (mobility, institutions, ideologies) and/or Platforms (digital, online, AI).
Suggested topics include heritage and L2 teaching in diaspora contexts, virtual exchange and online tutoring, translanguaging and multilingual repertoires, digital literacies, assessment in hybrid/online ecologies, institutional language policy, and AI tools for under-resourced Southeast Asian languages.
How to Submit
Send a single .docx file to both editors at thihuyentrang.phan@unive.it and an.sakach@asu.edu with the subject line: SEA Languages on the Move – Chapter Proposal – [Lead author surname].
The proposal package should include a structured abstract (500–700 words), a chapter outline (1–2 pages), an evidence appendix, and author information. Full details are available in the call for chapters document — reach out to the editors to request a copy.
Key Dates
- Chapter proposals due: July 15, 2026
- Invitation decisions: August 15, 2026
- Full chapter drafts due: February 15, 2027
- Final manuscript submission to publisher: July 15, 2027
Please share this call widely with colleagues who work on Southeast Asian languages — the editors welcome contributions from researchers, educators, and community practitioners across the field. This is a timely and important project, and we’re proud to help spread the word!
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