AILA Review

Editor-in-Chief

Christopher J. Jenks | University of Utrecht, Netherlands

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AILA Review is the official journal of AILA, the International Association of Applied Linguistics. It is Scopus-indexed and addresses cutting-edge topics such as inter- and transdisciplinary issues in Applied Linguistics. Founded in 1989, AILA Review has always been an excellent publication platform for peer-reviewed contributions addressing socially relevant problems in which language learning, research, and practice play a key role.

Up to Volume 16, the journal was published by AILA itself. From Volume 16 onwards, AILA Review has been published by John Benjamins.

All articles are published under the Creative Commons license CC BY.

From Volume 34 onwards, AILA Review is published in two issues per volume: an open issue based on articles by scholars responding to open calls – and a special issue guest-edited by AILA Research Networks. AILA Review will be freely accessible to members of AILA.

AILA Review publishes its articles Online First.

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ISSN: 1461-0213 | E-ISSN: 1570‑5595

https://doi.org/10.1075/aila

11 December 2025

Individual differences in English-medium education: Comparing multilingual identity, beliefs, motivations and perspectives in EME in Spanish and Chinese undergraduates

Jennifer Ament & Mengjia Zhang | AILA 38:2 (2025) pp. 160–186

Virtual Exchange for English Language Teaching (VEELT): Engagement and inclusion challenges

Yu-Hua Chen, Sofia Di Sarno-García, Marina Orsini-Jones & Karina Guadalupe Díaz Pedroza | AILA 38:2 (2025) pp. 324–352

Equity, diversity and inclusion in academic production and dissemination in languages other than English: Possibility or wishful thinking?

Cláudio França & Kyria Finardi | AILA 38:2 (2025) pp. 130–159

Longitudinal civic engagement: Undergraduate students’ reflections on an intergenerational virtual exchange

Carolin Fuchs & Hannah Ferguson | AILA 38:2 (2025) pp. 294–323

Internationalisation at Home through Critical Virtual Exchange

Mirjam Hauck, Ana Cristina Biondo Salomão, Müge Satar & Gustavo Primo | AILA 38:2 (2025) pp. 262–293

Language teacher education in Brazil and the place of equity, diversity, and inclusion

Juliana Cristina Salvadori, Eduardo Henrique Diniz de Figueiredo & Bárbara Cortat Simoneli | AILA 38:2 (2025) pp. 216–236

Redefining English language teaching in Punjab: Embracing translanguaging and plurilingual competence for equity, diversity and inclusion

Preeti Suri & Marina Orsini Jones | AILA 38:2 (2025) pp. 187–215

Heritage speakers in Switzerland: Plurilingualism and social justice in a multilingual country

Andrea Wehrli | AILA 38:2 (2025) pp. 237–261

Guest Editors’ Foreword

AILA 38:2 (2025) p. 129

18 August 2025

Investigating reactivity in L2 listener verbal reports

Michael Yeldham & Rainbow Tsai-Hung Chen | AILA 38:1 (2025) p. 66

From medicine to technology: On the disciplinary breadth in applied linguistics

María Iglesias Vázquez, Karolina Waldon & Christopher J. Jenks | AILA 38:1 (2025) pp. 1–4

31 July 2025

Does the reading platform matter? An eye-tracking study

Akshay Mendhakar, Katarzyna Sierak, Kirren Chana & Helmut Leder | AILA 38:1 (2025) pp. 105–128

27 March 2025

Language challenges in medical education: Exploring predictors and variations among EMI students in Saudi Arabia

Zainab Mohammad Gaffas | AILA 38:1 (2025) p. 5

On the need for cross-contextual EMI research: Reports from a tri-context workshop at AILA 2024

Joseph Siegel, Masako Kumazawa & Beatrice Zuaro | AILA 38:1 (2025) pp. 45–65

6 December 2024

Unveiling task value and self-regulated language learning strategies among Japanese learners of English: Insights from different EFL learning scenarios

Akiko Fukuda | AILA 37:2 (2024) pp. 388–415

29 November 2024

Qualitative research on language learning strategies and self-regulation

Nathan Thomas, Jason Schneider & Sihan Zhou | AILA 37:2 (2024) pp. 177–187

22 November 2024

Investigating language learning strategy use in adult L2 literacy: A constructivist grounded theory

Kaatje Dalderop | AILA 37:2 (2024) pp. 334–359

21 November 2024

Problematizing and reexamining the notion of taking another introductory-level language class at college: Adding students’ voices to the conversation at secondary and post-secondary levels

Hsuan-Ying Liu

Frame analysis of the semantics of mental verbs of the Kazakh language: Semantics of mental verbs of the Kazakh language

Nazira Mamadiyarova, Balkiya Kassym, Kalbike Yessenova & Nurziya Abisheva

18 November 2024

Self-regulation to develop autonomy in language teacher education: Two case studies in an EFL Malagasy context

Dominique Vola Ambinintsoa & Eduardo Castro | AILA 37:2 (2024) pp. 416–440

Adult migrants’ Norwegian language learning investment strategies in the workplace

Nuranindia Endah Arum | AILA 37:2 (2024) pp. 290–308

Extremely virtual and incredibly physical: Investigating language students’ mediation strategies through digital storytelling and digital social reading

Ilaria Compagnoni & Fabiana Fazzi | AILA 37:2 (2024) pp. 360–387

Listening strategy instruction for EMI learners to understand teacher input in science classrooms

Daniel Fung | AILA 37:2 (2024) pp. 266–289

Learning vocabulary through listening: The role of strategy use and linguistic proficiency

Suzanne Graham & Pengchong Anthony Zhang | AILA 37:2 (2024) pp. 241–265

Understanding secondary school students’ challenges, language learning strategies and future selves at highly selective EMI schools in Kazakhstan

Anas Hajar | AILA 37:2 (2024) pp. 309–333

Longitudinal interactions of L2 learners’ motivations and strategic behavior in strategies-based writing instruction: A self-regulated learning perspective

Lin Sophie Teng, Jia Wei & Lawrence Jun Zhang | AILA 37:2 (2024) pp. 188–214

Strategic use of machine translation: A case study of Japanese EFL university students

Mariko Yuasa & Osamu Takeuchi | AILA 37:2 (2024) pp. 215–240

Volumes and issues

Online-first articles

Volume 33 (2020) Linguistic Recycling

Volume 32 (2019) Policy and practice in early language learning

Volume 31 (2018) Transdisciplinarity in Applied Linguistics

Volume 30 (2017) Meaning Making in the Periphery

Volume 29 (2016) Reflexivity in Late Modernity

Volume 28 (2015) Theory in Applied Linguistics Research

Volume 27 (2014) Research methods and approaches in Applied Linguistics

Volume 26 (2013) Applications in Applied Linguistics

Volume 25 (2012) Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education

Volume 24 (2011) Applied Folk Linguistics

Volume 23 (2010) Applied Cognitive Linguistics in Second Language Learning and Teaching

Volume 22 (2009) Multilingual, Globalizing Asia

Volume 21 (2008) Multilingualism and Minority Languages

Volume 20 (2007) Linguistic inequality in scientific communication today

Volume 19 (2006) Themes in SLA Research

Volume 18 (2005) Applied Linguistics in Latin America

Volume 17 (2004) World Applied Linguistics

Volume 16 (2003) Africa and Applied Linguistics

Editorial info

Editor-in-Chief

Christopher J. Jenks | University of Utrecht, Netherlands

Editorial Board

Grégory Miras | Université de Lorraine, France

Tarja Nikula | University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Hong Zhang | Beijing Foreign Studies University, China

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Current issue: 38:2, available as of December 2025

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Volume 39 (2026): 2 issues; ca. 240 pp.	EUR 186.00	EUR 258.00

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Available back-volumes

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Complete backset (Vols. 16‒38; 2003‒2025)	28 issues; 3,043 pp.	EUR 1,720.00	EUR 2,864.00
Volume 38 (2025)	2 issues; 240 pp.	EUR 181.00	EUR 243.00
Volume 37 (2024)	2 issues; 240 pp.	EUR 176.00	EUR 221.00
Volume 36 (2023)	2 issues; 240 pp.	EUR 171.00	EUR 201.00
Volumes 34‒35 (2021‒2022)	2 issues; avg. 240 pp.	EUR 171.00 per volume	EUR 197.00 per volume
Volume 33 (2020)	1 issue; 100 pp.	Open Access	EUR 128.00
Volume 32 (2019)	1 issue; 100 pp.	Open Access	EUR 125.00
Volume 31 (2018)	1 issue; 100 pp.	Open Access	EUR 121.00
Volume 30 (2017)	1 issue; 100 pp.	Open Access	EUR 117.00
Volume 29 (2016)	1 issue; 100 pp.	Open Access	EUR 114.00
Volume 28 (2015)	1 issue; 100 pp.	Open Access	EUR 111.00
Volume 27 (2014)	1 issue; 100 pp.	Open Access	EUR 108.00
Volume 26 (2013)	1 issue; 100 pp.	Open Access	EUR 105.00
Volume 25 (2012)	1 issue; 100 pp.	EUR 99.00	EUR 102.00
Volume 24 (2011)	1 issue; 100 pp.	EUR 96.00	EUR 99.00
Volume 23 (2010)	1 issue; 100 pp.	EUR 93.00	EUR 96.00
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Volume 17 (2004)	1 issue; 143 pp.	EUR 73.00	EUR 75.00
Volume 16 (2003)	1 issue; 100 pp.	EUR 68.00	EUR 70.00

Author info

AILA Review invites AILA members from all national affiliate organisations to submit proposals for the future issues of AILA Review. AILA Review is the Scopus-indexed Journal that focuses on cutting-edge research by research networks of AILA, the International Association of Applied Linguistics. It is published by John Benjamins, Amsterdam, and appears twice a year, once as a thematically oriented, guest-edited volume of 100-120 pages, and once as an open issue.

Open Issue

Submissions for the open issue should be between 8,000 and 10,000 words including references. Please submit via the Editorial Manager: www.editorialmanager.com/aila — AILA Review asks contributors to follow the most recent version of APA: https://apastyle.apa.org/

Thematic Issue

Proposals for thematic issues should include the following information:

the title of the proposed issue
the purpose of the proposed issue and its relevance
the table of contents
300-word abstracts of all papers included, along with author name(s) and affiliation(s)

The guest editor(s) is/are required to ensure that all papers comply with the Guidelines for Contributors of AILA review and that the papers are properly checked for formatting and language. Depending on the guest editor(s)' preference, each issue should contain 6-8 articles, which will normally each be of 10,000 (8 articles) to 15,000 words (6 articles) in length, including tables and figures. This sets AILA review apart from the usual length of articles of 8,000 words in other journals and allows for a more detailed discussion of the volumes' topics.

Proposals should be sent by e-mail to publications_coordinatoraila.info.

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