Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics

Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics

Australian Journals of Applied Linguistics

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Editor-in-Chief: Glenn Stockwell
First Published: April 2018
Frequency: Three times per year
ISSN: 2209-0959 (Online)

Aims & Scope:

The Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics is a peer-reviewed international open access journal focussing on all areas of applied linguistics including natural and instructed second language acquisition, pragmatics, language learner identity, code-switching, translanguaging, language teaching methods, language change, language policy, language teacher education, approaches to language teaching and learning, the use of technology in language teaching and learning, theories of second language acquisition, cognitive and social aspects of language learning, and other relevant areas of research. Submissions about teaching, learning, and researching any human language or languages are welcome from any part of the world.

Publication Details:
This is an open access journal.
All articles are freely available immediately on publication.
There are no fees for submitting to or publishing in this journal.

Publisher Information:
Ground Level, 470 St Kilda Road
Melbourne VIC 3004 Australia
Email: journals@castledown.com

Speed/Acceptance
  • 25 days from submission to first editorial decision
  • 47 days to submission to accept
  • 13 days from accept to online publication
  • 24% acceptance rate
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Multilingual practice and multilingual selves: A mixed-method study of EMI international students in Japan

Siyan Dang – This study employed a mixed-methods investigation comprising both quantitative and qualitative elements to examine the relationship between EMI international students and the local language they have acquired, as well as the multilingual selves they have constructed through…

Examining Fijian first-year university students’ English proficiency on CEFR levels

Prashneel Ravisan Goundar – This study analysed the level of difference in writing abilities at the beginning of the first year of study and at the end of the first-year program of undergraduate students.

Insights into L2 connected speech segmentation: A gating experiment with listeners of different English proficiency levels

Naouel Zoghlami – This study used the gating paradigm to investigate the segmentation processes of adult L2 English listeners with different proficiency levels, by looking at the type of cues they exploit and how they revise their hypotheses as connected…

The academic literacy journey of student writers at transition to an English Medium Instruction (EMI) university programme in Japan

Oliver Hadingham – The present study traces the academic literacy challenges of 40 1st year EMI social science students during their initial 14-week academic writing preparatory course at a university in Japan.

Prioritizing and addressing perceived listening challenges of IELTS test takers in Bangladesh

S. M. Akramul Kabir, Una Cunningham – The purpose of this study is to explore the difficulties in the IELTS listening test perceived by Bangladeshi test takers; how test takers are prepared for the test and how experienced test takers…

Prioritizing and addressing perceived listening challenges of IELTS test takers in Bangladesh

S. M. Akramul Kabir, Una Cunningham – The purpose of this study is to explore the difficulties in the IELTS listening test perceived by Bangladeshi test takers; how test takers are prepared for the test and how experienced test takers…

Review of The Routledge Handbook of Discourse Analysis (2nd ed.)

Muhammad Ajmal  – Review of “The Routledge Handbook of Discourse Analysis (2nd ed.)” (edited by Michael Handford and James Paul Gee)

The academic literacy journey of student writers at transition to an English Medium Instruction (EMI) university programme in Japan

Oliver Hadingham – The present study traces the academic literacy challenges of 40 1st year EMI social science students during their initial 14-week academic writing preparatory course at a university in Japan.

Insights into L2 connected speech segmentation: A gating experiment with listeners of different English proficiency levels

Naouel Zoghlami – This study used the gating paradigm to investigate the segmentation processes of adult L2 English listeners with different proficiency levels, by looking at the type of cues they exploit and how they revise their hypotheses as connected…

Examining Fijian first-year university students’ English proficiency on CEFR levels

Prashneel Ravisan Goundar – This study analysed the level of difference in writing abilities at the beginning of the first year of study and at the end of the first-year program of undergraduate students.

Multilingual practice and multilingual selves: A mixed-method study of EMI international students in Japan

Siyan Dang – This study employed a mixed-methods investigation comprising both quantitative and qualitative elements to examine the relationship between EMI international students and the local language they have acquired, as well as the multilingual selves they have constructed through…

Review of The Routledge Handbook of Materials Development for Language Teaching

Kin Tat Wong  – Review of “The Routledge Handbook of Materials Development for Language Teaching” (edited by Julie Norton and Heather Buchanan)

Examining Fijian first-year university students’ English proficiency on CEFR levels

Prashneel Ravisan Goundar – This study analysed the level of difference in writing abilities at the beginning of the first year of study and at the end of the first-year program of undergraduate students.

Insights into L2 connected speech segmentation: A gating experiment with listeners of different English proficiency levels

Naouel Zoghlami – This study used the gating paradigm to investigate the segmentation processes of adult L2 English listeners with different proficiency levels, by looking at the type of cues they exploit and how they revise their hypotheses as connected…

Multilingual practice and multilingual selves: A mixed-method study of EMI international students in Japan

Siyan Dang – This study employed a mixed-methods investigation comprising both quantitative and qualitative elements to examine the relationship between EMI international students and the local language they have acquired, as well as the multilingual selves they have constructed through…

The academic literacy journey of student writers at transition to an English Medium Instruction (EMI) university programme in Japan

Oliver Hadingham – The present study traces the academic literacy challenges of 40 1st year EMI social science students during their initial 14-week academic writing preparatory course at a university in Japan.

Prioritizing and addressing perceived listening challenges of IELTS test takers in Bangladesh

S. M. Akramul Kabir, Una Cunningham – The purpose of this study is to explore the difficulties in the IELTS listening test perceived by Bangladeshi test takers; how test takers are prepared for the test and how experienced test takers…

Fluency, comprehensibility, and accentedness in L2 speech: Examining the role of visual and acoustic information in listener judgments

Burcu Gokgoz-Kurt – The purpose of the present study was to examine (a) the effects of audio-visual information and (b) the role of temporal measurements associated with the perceptual ratings of fluency, accentedness, comprehensibility, pronunciation, and oral proficiency in second…

Review of The Routledge Handbook of Discourse Analysis (2nd ed.)

Muhammad Ajmal  – Review of “The Routledge Handbook of Discourse Analysis (2nd ed.)” (edited by Michael Handford and James Paul Gee)

Selected Linguistics Articles

The internal consistency and accuracy of automatically scored written receptive meaning-recall data: A preliminary study

The internal consistency and accuracy of automatically scored written receptive meaning-recall data: A preliminary study

Stuart McLean, Paul Raine, Geoffrey G. Pinchbeck, Laura Huston, Young Ae Kim, Suzuka Nishiyama, Shotaro Ueno - Vocableveltest.org is a testing platform on which users can create online self-marking meaning-recall (reading or listening) and form-recall (typing) tests that address a…
An examination of the New General Service List

An examination of the New General Service List

Tim Stoeckel - The New General Service List (NGSL, Browne, Culligan, & Phillips, 2013b) was published on an interim basis in 2013 as a modern replacement for West's (1953) original General Service List (GSL).
Editorial: Cultural and linguistic integration from the network perspective

Editorial: Cultural and linguistic integration from the network perspective

Eva Maria Luef , Sang Hwan Seong - Editorial: Cultural and linguistic integration from the network perspective.
Spoken Internet to go: Popularization through podcasting

Spoken Internet to go: Popularization through podcasting

Steve McCarty - Diem (2005) provides a useful introduction to podcasting and its applicability to Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL).
Beginning again

Beginning again

Glenn Stockwell - Beginning again.
Review of Digital Games and Language Learning: Theory, Development and Implementation

Review of Digital Games and Language Learning: Theory, Development and Implementation

Kin Tat, Wong - Review of Digital Games and Language Learning: Theory, Development and Implementation.
A Case for the Drupal Content Management System

A Case for the Drupal Content Management System

Paul Collett - A Case for the Drupal Content Management System.