TESL-EJ

Aims & Scope

TESL-EJ publishes original articles, books, or monographs in the research and practice of English as a second, additional, or foreign language. TESL-EJ welcomes studies in ESL/EFL pedagogy, second language acquisition, language assessment, applied socio- and psycholinguistics, and other related areas, for quarterly publication. Qualitative articles, as well as research using other approaches to ELT research, are welcome provided that their findings are useful across contexts and can raise questions regarding existing ELT practice and research. As with any journal, the purpose of publication is to advance knowledge of the field under study. Readers, whether novice or advanced professionals, must be able to take away something new from every published article. TESL-EJ also welcomes well-documented constructive discussions of the current and future state of specific aspects of ELT. Please note that literature reviews must critically review extant knowledge and indicate areas where further research is required. Take care with papers considered to be “action research” as they are often unsuitable due to issues such as theoretical grounding, N-size, generalizability, and other factors.

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Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

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