Journal of Second Language Studies

General Editor

Boping Yuan | University of Cambridge, UK

Executive Editors

Shiyu Wu | Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China | jsls2016126.com

Hui Chang | Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China | jsls2016126.com

Assistant Editors

Yanjiang Teng | Michigan State University, USA

Ying Xiong | Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

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Journal of Second Language Studies (JSLS) is an international refereed journal that is dedicated to promoting scholarly exchanges, advancing theoretical knowledge, and exploring pedagogical implications in second language acquisition and teaching. The journal particularly welcomes interdisciplinary research dealing with theoretical and practical issues of second language learning and acquisition in relation to linguistics, psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and social cultural studies. It also seeks to promote scientific studies on the learning and teaching of Chinese as a second (foreign) language.

JSLS publishes its articles Online First.

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ISSN: 2542-3835 | E-ISSN: 2542‑3843

https://doi.org/10.1075/jsls

20 January 2026

The acquisition of copular constructions in European Portuguese by Chinese native speakers: A nanoparameter effect

Ana Espírito Santo, Anabela Gonçalves & Nélia Alexandre

1 December 2025

An exploratory systematic review of self-citations in the top-tier journals of applied linguistics

Anna Zólyomi, Zsófia Széll & Katalin Piniel | JSLS 8:2 (2025) pp. 244–263

14 November 2025

Research ethics awareness among practitioner-researchers of an intensive English as a foreign language program

Shannon Dunn & Asma Alshehri | JSLS 8:2 (2025) pp. 313–343

The predictive role of motivational orientations in L2 writing task performance across proficiency levels

Mahmoud Abdi Tabari & Mahsa Farahanynia | JSLS 9:1 (2026) pp. 140–170

Expanding the scope of questionable research practices in applied linguistics

Luke Plonsky, Scott Sterling, Katherine Yaw, Tove Larsson & Merja Kytö | JSLS 8:2 (2025) pp. 183–191

6 November 2025

Stance and engagement in digital oratory: A corpus-based approach to interactional metadiscourse between TED talks and L2 student persuasive speeches

Michelle Zeping Huang, Mariah Chan & Jianwen Liu | JSLS 9:1 (2026) p. 73

Uncovering motivations behind authors’ questionable research practices: A collaborative autoethnographic investigation of editors’ experiences of academic publishing

Theron Muller & John Lindsay Adamson | JSLS 8:2 (2025) pp. 375–408

3 October 2025

Adult second language acquisition under negligible exposure and no instruction: A self-paced reading study on adjuncts obligatory control

Stefano Rastelli, Giada Antonicelli, Beatrice Iaria, Pietro Mingardi & Francesca Pagliara

1 October 2025

J. Muñoz-Basols, M. Fuertes Gutiérrez & L.Y. Cerezo. 2025. Technology‑Mediated Language Teaching: From Social Justice to Artificial Intelligence

Reviewed by Shikun Li | JSLS 9:1 (2026) pp. 171–177

23 September 2025

Self-citation practices in applied linguistics: A bibliometric review

Luke Plonsky & Ekaterina Sudina | JSLS 8:2 (2025) pp. 264–280

12 September 2025

Exploring questionable research practices in applied linguistics mixed methods research studies

Mohammad Amini Farsani & A. Mehdi Riazi | JSLS 8:2 (2025) pp. 344–374

6 September 2025

An attempt to identify language-universal and language-specific patterns in the use of filled pauses and prolongations: Evidence from monolingual and bilingual speakers of Russian, Hebrew, and Mandarin Chinese

Marianna Beradze, Tatiana Verkhovtceva, Xiaoli Sun, Kristina Zaides, Natalia Bogdanova-Beglarian & Natalia Meir | JSLS 9:1 (2026) pp. 1–44

18 August 2025

Conceptualization and frequency of sampling (mal)practices in L2 inferential quantitative research: Towards a potential QRP?

Joseph P. Vitta, Aaron Hahn, Derek Canning, Daniel R. Isbell, Ali H. Al-Hoorie & Christopher Nicklin | JSLS 8:2 (2025) pp. 281–312

28 July 2025

Investigating researcher perceptions of Questionable Research Practices

Scott Sterling, Kate Yaw, Luke Plonsky, Tove Larsson & Merja Kytö | JSLS 8:2 (2025) pp. 219–243

17 June 2025

The effects of interleaving and blocking practice on L2 contextualized grammar learning

Nicolas Buhot & Qiang Xing | JSLS 9:1 (2026) pp. 45–72

22 April 2025

The knowledge lost in information: Questionable research practices from the perspective of a manuscript reviewer

Esmat Babaii | JSLS 8:2 (2025) pp. 409–422

14 April 2025

The Ulysses pact: An emic perspective on registered reports in applied linguistics

Meng Liu, Yuan Sang, Phil Hiver & Ali H. Al-Hoorie | JSLS 8:2 (2025) pp. 192–218

11 March 2025

Assessing Chinese EFL learners’ speaking proficiency levels: The distinguishing and predictive roles of cohesive devices

Qi Xu & Dandan Zhou | JSLS 8:1 (2025) pp. 146–167

10 February 2025

L2 Chinese learning motivation and learning strategies: A study about L2 Chinese learners among European universities

Zhao Cheng, Mengjuan Zheng, Yupeng Yan & Chang Zhu | JSLS 9:1 (2026) pp. 101–139

6 January 2025

Modeling expression of the research gap in text-based reading instruction: A corpus-based approach

Sandi Ferdiansyah & Michelle Picard | JSLS 7:2 (2024) pp. 295–319

19 December 2024

N-N compounds in L2 French and L3 English: Early L1 transfer and nativelike ultimate attainment

Abdelkader Hermas | JSLS 8:1 (2025) pp. 1–23

Marta Velnić, Anne Dahl & Kjersti Faldet Listhaug. 2024. Current Perspectives on Generative SLA — Processing, Influence, and Interfaces: Selected proceedings of the 16th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference

Reviewed by Lei Yang, Madina Dukenbayeva & Sifang Zheng | JSLS 8:1 (2025) pp. 168–182

16 December 2024

Linguistic complexity development in the writings of Chinese EFL learners across three proficiency levels

Zhihong Wang, Lianrui Yang, Ying Chen & Xukui Li | JSLS 7:2 (2024) pp. 227–266

12 December 2024

Corpus linguistics and second language studies

Dilin Liu, Xiaofei Lu & Isaiah W. Yoo | JSLS 7:2 (2024) pp. 193–197

Issues

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Editorial info

General Editor

Boping Yuan | University of Cambridge, UK

Executive Editors

Shiyu Wu | Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China | jsls2016126.com

Hui Chang | Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China | jsls2016126.com

Assistant Editors

Yanjiang Teng | Michigan State University, USA

Ying Xiong | Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Editorial Board

Kees de Bot | University of Groningen, Netherlands

Scott A. Crossley | Georgia State University, USA

Robert M. DeKeyser | University of Maryland, USA

Kenneth I. Forster | University of Arizona, USA

Stefan Th. Gries | University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Scott Jarvis | University of Utah, USA

Nan Jiang | University of Maryland, USA

James P. Lantolf | Pennsylvania State University, USA

Shaofeng Li | Florida State University, USA

Li Wei | University College London, UK

Dilin Liu | University of Alabama, USA

Charles A. Perfetti | University of Pittsburgh, USA

David Singleton | University of Pannonia, USA

Shigenori Wakabayashi | Chuo University, Japan

Chuming Wang | Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China

Clare Wright | University of Leeds, UK

Yan Jing Wu | Jiangsu Normal University, China

Feng Yang | Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Lianrui Yang | Ocean University of China, China

Hongliang Yu | Yangzhou University, China

Lawrence Jun Zhang | University of Auckland, New Zealand

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