CALL FOR PAPERS – THEMATIC DOSSIER: Voices, Pronunciations, and Identities: Applied Perspectives on Foreign Language Teaching

The Journal of Applied Studies in Literature and Foreign Languages invites researchers to submit articles for its thematic dossier: Voices, Pronunciations, and Identities: Applied Perspectives on Foreign Language Teaching. Pronunciation teaching constitutes a fundamental dimension of the foreign language teaching and learning process. Beyond mastering speech sounds or reproducing a model considered ideal, pronunciation is closely related to intelligibility, listening comprehension, fluency, interaction, linguistic variation, and the construction of speakers’ identities. Its teaching, therefore, requires approaches that integrate perception, reflection, production, and contextualized language use.

This thematic dossier emerges from the discussions fostered by the 1st Regional Symposium on Spanish Pronunciation Teaching – I SIMREPLE, held on November 26 and 27, 2025, through an interinstitutional partnership between the State University of Rio Grande do Norte (UERN) and the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN). The event brought together researchers, teachers, students, and professionals from basic and higher education to discuss perspectives and challenges related to Phonetics, Phonology, pronunciation, and linguistic variation.

Although inspired by the discussions held during I SIMREPLE, the dossier is not limited to papers presented at the event or exclusively to the Spanish language. This call seeks to bring together theoretical studies, empirical research, teaching material analyses, theoretically grounded accounts of teaching experiences, and pedagogical proposals addressing pronunciation and oral communication in different foreign languages.

Studies exploring the intersections between pronunciation, voice, and artistic and cultural expressions are also welcome, including oral literature, music, cinema, theater, audiobooks, digital storytelling, and other discursive practices that can contribute to raising awareness of linguistic diversity and developing oral communication skills.

The dossier thus aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue among Phonetics, Phonology, Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Language Teaching Methodology, Teacher Education, and Literary and Cultural Studies, strengthening teaching approaches that understand pronunciation as a communicative, social, cultural, and identity-related practice.

Thematic Dossier Editors:

Prof. Dr. Ana Maria Judith Pacagnini (Universidad Nacional de Río Negro – UNRN)
Prof. Dr. José Rodrigues de Mesquita Neto (Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte – UERN)

Submission Period: October 16 – November 30