Call for Papers
Anglica: An International Journal of English Studies
University of Warsaw
Thematic Issue 2024: Social-Emotional Learning in English Language Education:
Mapping the Landscape and Reflecting on the Way Forward
Guest Editor: Luis Javier Pentón Herrera,
Ph.D., University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw
ANGLICA: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGLISH STUDIES is an open-access,
annual, peer-reviewed journal in literary, cultural, and linguistic studies published both in
print and online under the auspices of the Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw,
Poland. The journal is indexed in SCOPUS, DOAJ, CEEOL, MLA, BazHum, EBSCO,
MIAR, Index Copernicus, ERIHPLUS, Sherpa Romeo, and included in the Norwegian
Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers. The editors encourage scholars from
across the academy to explore and provide their unique insight within the suggested thematic
focus of Social-Emotional Learning in English Language Education: Mapping the
Landscape and Reflecting on the Way Forward.
Social-emotional learning (SEL) is a teaching approach that focuses on supporting the
development of affective skills that individuals need to be healthy, happy, successful, and
responsible (Pentón Herrera & Martínez-Alba, 2021). To date, SEL has gained significant
attention in the general education scholarship, but it continues to be an ignored area of
exploration in English language education, with some exceptions (e.g., Bai et al., 2021;
Karam, 2021; McNair & Pentón Herrera, 2022; Pentón Herrera, 2019, 2020; Pentón Herrera
et al., 2022; Pentón Herrera & Martínez-Alba, 2022; Pentón Herrera & McNair, 2021; Yeh et
al., 2022). In this Thematic Issue (TI) of Anglica. An International Journal of English
Studies, I aim to situate and expand the SEL literature in English language education, and
reflect on opportunities and challenges on the way forward. As such, only empirical papers
will be considered in this TI, as the primary motivation is to build a robust, foundational
scholarship for the field.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
- Effects of SEL on English language teaching and learning
- SEL initiatives, challenges/opportunities, and explorations in language teacher
education - Social, political, and ideological considerations surrounding SEL in English language
education - Innovative approaches to SEL outside traditional English learning spaces
- Methodological considerations for researching SEL in English language education
- Research as SEL in English language education
- English teachers’ perceptions and attitudes toward SEL
- SEL and well-being in English language education