Chinese as a Second Language (漢語教學研究—美國中文教師學會學報) | The journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, USA
漢語教學研究—美國中文教師學會學報 / Chinese as a Second Language — The journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, USA (CSL), is the academic journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, USA (CLTA). The journal publishes peer-reviewed original articles in English or Chinese (either simplified or traditional characters) that make a significant contribution to the theory and practice of Chinese as a second language. Articles in all areas of Chinese pedagogy and acquisition are welcome, especially those that are empirically based and offer new perspectives and/or refine or challenge existing practices of teaching Chinese as a second language. Contributions in areas such as Chinese program management, curriculum design and teaching Chinese culture and literature in Chinese language classrooms are also welcome. In addition to research articles, CSL also publishes book reviews, commentaries and short contributions that report on new discovery and development in the field of Chinese as a second language.
漢語教學研究—美國中文教師學會學報 / Chinese as a Second Language — The journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, USA is the continuation of the Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, USA (JCLTA).
John Benjamins Publishing Company is the official publisher as of Volume 51 (2016).
CSL publishes its articles Online First.
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Volume 58 (2023)
Volume 57 (2022)
Volume 56 (2021)
Volume 55 (2020)
Volume 54 (2019)
Volume 53 (2018)
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Guidelines
Manuscripts should be submitted through the journal's online submission and manuscript tracking site (see Submission).
If you are not able to submit online, or for any other editorial correspondence, please contact the editor by e-mail.
The CSL Style Sheet is provided in the first issue of each volume and is also available online: http://clta-us.org/publications/jclta-style-sheet/
Articles should be around 8000-9000 words or characters. Reviews should be around 2000-2500 words or characters.
Books for review should be sent to the Review Editor.
Readers who wish to comment on articles published in CSL may send letters – written in either Chinese or English - to the Editor. Selected letters will be published in the “Letters from Readers” column. These letters will also be shared with original authors, who will have the opportunity to respond in the same issue of the Journal.
Shuai Li
Email: sli12gsu.edu
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