llt advisory board meeting

LLT Advisory Board Meeting

Amherst, MACALICO Conference

June 11, 2010

Meeting Agenda1. Report from the editors

a. Staff and Board changesb. Adoption of ScholarOnec. Website redesignd. Recognition and rankinge. Readership and subscriptionsf. Submission and Acceptance rateg. Publication scheduleh. Outreach

2. Future initiativesa. Action Research Columnb. Increasing number of quality submissionsc. Increasing number of non ESL/EFL submissions

ADVISORY BOARD:

Richard Schmidt (University of Hawai‘i at Manoa)

Susan Gass (Michigan State University)

SPONSORS:University of Hawai‘i National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC)

Michigan State University Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR)

CO-SPONSOR:

Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)

LLT EDITORS & STAFF

EDITORIAL BOARD:

LLT Staff Locations

2009 Highlights• 14th year of publication (1997)

• In the top 20 education journals (Thompson Reuters ISI index)

• ISI Impact factor: 1.222• 5-year impact factor: 2.067

• ACTFL Pimsleur Award winner • 2008 LLT Article by Belz and Vyatkina

• Ranked #1 in CALL/education technology journals • 2009 MLJ article by Smith and Lafford

13:1 Feb

FebFebFebruary

Special issue on Technology and Learning Grammar

Trude Heift

13:2 June Regular issue

2009

13:3 Oct Special issue on Technology and Learning Pronunciation

Debra Hardison

14:1 Feb

FebFebruary

Regular issue

14:2 June Special issue on Technology and Learning Vocabu lary

Irene Thompson & LLT editors*

2010

14:3 Oct Regular issue

15:1 Feb Special issue on Multilateral Online Exchanges Tim Lewis, Thierry Chanier, Bonnie Youngs

15:2 June Regular issue

2011

15:3 Oct Special issue on Technology and Learner Autonomy

Hayo Reinders & Cynthia White

16:1 Feb Regular issue

16:2 June Special issue on Hegemonies in CALL Marie Noel Lamy & Mark Pegrum

2012

16:3 Oct Regular issue

2013 17:1 Feb Special issue on Technology and Less Commonly Taught Languages

Irene Thompson & TBA

Recent and Future Issues

Journal Stats: SubscriptionsSubscriptions(81% since 2006)

20092008

15,430 (14%)13, 569

Top Subscribers (by languages taught)

EnglishSpanishFrenchOtherGermanChineseJapaneseRussian

8,7844,8384,5823,5593,2412,9212,8802,329

Journal Stats: Submissions

Submissions20092008 2007

139151144

Acceptance Rate 5%

Submissions by Country

General Website Stats for 2009

http://llt.msu.edu/report2009/

Most Active Countries

Most Active Countries

1. United States2. Vietnam3. China4. United Kingdom5. India6. Canada7. S. Korea8. Australia9. Germany 10. Malaysia

1. United States2. Vietnam3. China4. United Kingdom5. India6. Canada7. S. Korea8. Australia9. Germany 10. Malaysia

Top Referring Websites

Top Search Keywords

Smith, B., & Lafford, B. A. (2009). The evaluation of scholarly activity in computer-assisted language learning. The Modern Language Journal, 93, 868-883.