Language Teaching Research Quarterly
Call for Papers: Special Issue of Anne Burns (2026)
Call for Papers for a Special Issue (2026)
In Honour of Anne Burns’ Contributions to Second Language Education and Action Research
Language Teaching Research Quarterly
(Scopus, Q1, SJR- ISSN: 2667-6753)
Professor Anne Burns, University of New South Wales and Curtin University, Australia, has a PhD in applied linguistics from Macquarie University, Sydney where she became a Professor, Deputy Head of Department and Dean. She was also a Professor of TESOL in the School of Education at the University of New South Wales, where she is now an Honorary Professor. She is also an Adjunct Professor at Curtin University, Perth, Australia and a Professor Emerita at Aston University, UK as well as an Honorary Professor at the University of Sydney and The Education University, Hong Kong. She has published extensively on language teacher education and the teaching of speaking, and is particularly well known for her work on action research. She is a Series Editor for the Research and Resources Series published by Routledge. Her recent books include Sustaining action research: A practical guide for institutional engagement (with Emily Edwards and Neville Ellis, published by Routledge, 2022) and The Routledge handbook of language teacher action research (edited with Kenan Dikilitaș (Routledge, 2025). This handbook is the first major collection on action research in language education and has been described as ‘outstanding’ and a ‘landmark’. In 2017, she was recognised by TESOL International as one of the ‘50@50’ who have made an outstanding contribution to ELT. In 2019, she was listed on Wikipedia: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Burns_(linguist)
Through this Special Issue, the editors wish to honour the influential work of Professor Anne Burns and her contributions to second language education. We encourage scholars around the world to submit articles on the following themes:
Language Curriculum Development
Genre Theory/Text-Based Teaching and Learning
Teaching Speaking
Language Teacher Education
Teacher Cognition
Cognition and Practice Nexus
Qualitative Research
Action Research
Guest Editors:
Zhisheng (Edward) Wen
College of Professional and Continuing Education-Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9041-6920
Lawrence Jun Zhang
Faculty of Arts and Education, University of Auckland, New Zealand
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1025-1746
Hassan Mohebbi
European Knowledge Development Institute, Turkey
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3661-1690
Important Dates:
Extended Full Paper Submission Deadline: September 10, 2026
Publication: December, 2026
Submission Guidelines:
Potential contributors are invited to study the submission guidelines of the journal and then submit the full paper through journal’s online submission system:
https://eurokd.com/content/menu/73
*Publication in this special issue is free of charge for the accepted papers.
