AIM AND SCOPE

Aim

The Journal of Language Education and Linguistics (VALODA) is a premier international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to advancing scholarly understanding and innovative practices in language education, applied linguistics, and intercultural communication. The journal serves as a global platform for researchers, educators, policymakers, and practitioners to disseminate cutting-edge empirical, theoretical, and methodological contributions that address the multifaceted challenges of language learning, teaching, and use in diverse sociolinguistic contexts. JLEL is committed to fostering interdisciplinary dialogue, promoting evidence-based pedagogical innovation, and supporting sustainable language policy development in response to globalization, digital transformation, and multilingual diversity.

Scope

VALODA publishes original research, systematic reviews, and critical perspectives across the following thematic areas:

1. Language Education and Pedagogy

  • Second and foreign language acquisition (SLA/FLA)
  • Curriculum design and syllabus development
  • Task-based, content-based, and project-based language learning
  • Technology-enhanced language learning (TELL/CALL/MALL)
  • Teacher education, professional identity, and cognition
  • Assessment literacy and alternative assessment practices
  • Multilingual and immersion education programs
  • Critical pedagogy and social justice in language education

2. Applied Linguistics

  • Psycholinguistics and cognitive approaches to language learning
  • Sociolinguistics and language variation
  • Discourse analysis, pragmatics, and interactional linguistics
  • Corpus linguistics and data-driven learning
  • Forensic linguistics and language law
  • Clinical linguistics and language disorders
  • Neurolinguistics and bilingual brain research

3. Language Policy and Planning

  • Language policy in education and governance
  • Minority and heritage language maintenance
  • Language revitalization and endangered language documentation
  • Multilingualism in institutional and community settings
  • Translanguaging and translingual practices
  • Global English and language ideology
  • Language rights and linguistic discrimination

4. Intercultural Communication and Literacy

  • Intercultural competence development
  • Multimodal and digital literacies
  • Academic and professional literacies
  • Transnational and diasporic language practices
  • Language and identity in migration contexts
  • Cross-cultural pragmatics

5. Educational Technology and Innovation

  • Artificial intelligence in language education
  • Learning analytics and adaptive learning systems
  • Virtual/augmented reality for immersive language learning
  • Open educational resources (OER) and MOOCs
  • Game-based language learning and gamification