Focus and scope
The Journal of Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (JSLAT) is a publication of the University of Arizona Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT). This journal was conceived as a source for scholarly dialogue among SLAT students, SLAT faculty, and the second language research community at large. This journal is an opportunity for doctoral students in the field of second language studies to experience the publishing process as well as an outlet for established second language researchers to present completed research and work in progress.
Papers from a variety of disciplines are welcome
First language studies with relevance to second language acquisition and teaching will also be considered. Submissions are accepted in English as well as other languages (e.g., Spanish, French, Italian, German, Russian, Arabic, Mandarin, Turkish, etc.) if an abstract can be provided in English.
Topics of submissions – which may be empirical studies, pedagogical reports, research in progress, or conceptual/theoretical studies – may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Language pedagogy and program administration (e.g., ESL/EFL and foreign language curriculum development, skills development, testing and evaluation, educational technology, current theoretical approaches to second/foreign language curriculum design, program design, language proficiency assessment, study abroad, and program administration)
Language use (e.g., discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, multimodal communication, semiotics, linguistic anthropology, rhetoric, language policy/language planning, pragmatics, multilingualism, identity, language variation, and sociocultural factors)
Language analysis (e.g., grammar, contrastive linguistics/interlanguage studies, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, computational linguistics, and historical linguistics
Language processes (e.g., psycholinguistics, cognitive studies, language processing, foreign language learning and research, and interlanguage).
The Journal of Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (JSLAT) is a publication of the University of Arizona Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT). This journal was conceived as a source for scholarly dialogue among SLAT students, SLAT faculty, and the second language research community at large. This journal is an opportunity for doctoral students in the field of second language studies to experience the publishing process as well as an outlet for established second language researchers to present completed research and work in progress.
JSLAT began publication in 1993 as El Two Talk (ISSN: 2377-1828). In 1995 the journal title changed to Arizona Working Papers in Second Language Acquisition & Teaching (ISSN: 2377-1704). In 2019, the journal title was changed to Journal of Second Language Acquisition and Teaching.
JSLAT is indexed in ERIC.
Volume 31 • 2025
Front Matter
Articles
Using short films to achieve ACTFL world-readiness standards
Monica Rodriguez - Bonces, Jeisson Rodriguez-Bonces and Christopher Esposito
Linguistic and cultural authenticity of a Chinese literacy curriculum
Hsiaomei Tsai and Kathleen A. J. Mohr
Dialogue journal in L2 classroom: A sociocultural perspective
Reza Ghafar Samar and Zahra Parsaie
Shaping language attitudes: An exploratory look at the impact of discussing bilingualism in the language classroom
Kiley Specht, Estefania Galindo-Navarro and Rajiv Rao
Gifts of Indigeneity: Contributions to ELT/TESOL from Indigenous Miskitu teachers of English in Honduras
Jaime Fabricio Mejía Mayorga, Wesley Gerardo Miller Gostas and Zoila Maribel Goff Fonseca
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Posted by Brillana Temaat on 2026-01-16
Language in Motion: Research, Practice, and Innovation Across Linguistic Worlds The Journal of Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (JSLAT) invites scholars at any stage of their academic career to submit original full-length manuscripts to be considered for publication in Volume 32. Papers may be empirical studies, research in progress, or conceptual/theoretical studies. Possible [...]
Posted by Kate Shea on 2024-09-09
As a peer-reviewed, open-access publication of the University of Arizona’s Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT), JSLAT is a venue for scholarly dialogue among the second language community (both practitioners and researchers) at large. Our past issues feature a wide variety of classroom contexts, regions of the world, languages, and language [...]
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