Submission guidelines 

We invite chapter abstracts for Generative AI and the Language Learner, an edited volume being developed for submission to Candlin & Mynard ePublishing for their Generative AI and Foreign Language Education Series. 

Abstract deadline: August 15, 2026
Acceptance notification: October 1, 2026
Full chapter length: approximately 5,000–7,000 words
Abstract length: 300–400 words

Priority will be given to empirical and data-informed chapters that examine how generative AI is affecting second language learners. Theoretical and critical chapters may also be considered when they offer clear frameworks for understanding learner change in AI-mediated contexts.

Please submit one form per abstract. Multiple submissions are welcome.

Please visit the Target Audience, Chapter Topics, and Aim and Rationale sections to get a more detailed idea of this project's scope. 

On the submission form, please provide the following information:

Author(s)

Institutional affiliation 

Institutional email address 

Country/region 

Short bio, 50–75 words 

Research profile link 

Proposed chapter title (up to 12 words) 

Abstract, 300–400 words  

Keywords, 5  

Primary theme(s):

Gen-AI guidelines: This book will adhere to the intended publisher's (Candlin & Mynard) guidelines, which are as follows: In line with COPE’s position statement on AI tools, Large Language Models cannot be credited with authorship. In addition, "authors who use AI tools in the writing of a manuscript, production of images or graphical elements of the paper, or in the collection and analysis of data, must be transparent in disclosing in the Materials and Methods (or similar section) of the paper how the AI tool was used and which tool was used. Authors are fully responsible for the content of their manuscript, even those parts produced by an AI tool, and are thus liable for any breach of publication ethics" (COPE, 2023).