Calls for chapter proposals
Call for practical chapters
- Proposed book: Peer Review and Communicative L2 Writing Practices
- Editors: Ashton E. Dawes & Kathryn Jurns
- Deadline: May 31st, 2026 (Extended)
- More details and submission: www.cultivatingconfidencebook.com
- Contact the editors directly with any questions
The editors are inviting practical proposals (100-200 words) along with sample material for a forthcoming collection of innovative peer-review and communicative practices in L2 writing classrooms. The book will share second-language writing classroom practices that integrate communication to help address challenges, such as the isolating nature of writing tasks. It will introduce innovative peer review practices and tools to foster a communicative environment, benefiting both experienced and new teachers. By integrating these activities, writing teachers can help students build confidence as language learners and authors while engaging more deeply with the writing process and enhancing their overall language skills.
Each chapter should include a brief rationale and overview of the activity, a step-by-step guide to implementing the practice, and any accompanying materials. All accepted submissions will share classroom activities that promote the following:
- Peer review practices
- Strategies for training students to give and receive feedback
- Speaking in writing activities
- Techniques for verbalizing the writing process
- Strategies for scaffolding communication into the writing process
- Conversations about writing
- Comparisons of peer review practices
- Strategies for low-level learners
- Strategies to include shy & introverted students
- CLIL projects that combine writing and speaking
- Skills-based practices to improve student confidence
Contributors are welcome to submit multiple proposals; however, please complete a new submission form for each practice you would like to be considered for inclusion. The deadline for submission is May 31, 2026.
The collection will be published as a companion volume to Cultivating Confidence in L2 Writing: Communicative and Peer Review Practices (Ashton E. Dawes & Kathryn Jurns, Eds.), expected to be published by Candlin & Mynard ePublishing in May 2026 as part of our Positive Pedagogical Praxis series. The series focuses on offering advice, sharing activities, and giving pragmatic guides to enhance teaching practices.