First Published: July 2018
Frequency: Three times per year
ISSN: 2209-3591 (Online)
Aims and Scope:
Language Education and Assessment is a peer-reviewed international journal that provides full open access to its contents and aims to publish original manuscripts in the fields of second/foreign language (L2) education and language assessment. This journal offers a forum for those involved in these fields to showcase their work addressing such topics as L2 teaching theories and methods, innovations in L2 teaching, culture in L2 teaching and learning, individual differences in L2 learning, validity issues in assessing language proficiency, standardized language proficiency tests, classroom-based language assessment, computerized and computer-adaptive language testing, alternative language assessment, alignment of language instruction and assessment, and other relevant areas of inquiry.
Recently Published Articles:
Motivators for learners of languages other than English in college elective courses in a monolingual social setting
Shu-Chen Huang
Published: 26 August, 2021, Volume 4(2), pp. 59–80. 
Perceived effects of CET4 test preparation, language ability, and test performance: An exploratory study of Chinese EFL learners
Jiuliang Li
Published: 26 August, 2021, Volume 4(2), pp. 38–58.
An integrated approach to developing and assessing EFL students’ speaking ability and strategy use
Mu-Hsuan Chou
Published: 29 April, 2021, Volume 4(1), pp. 19–37.
Interpretations of spoken utterance fluency in simulated and face-to-face oral proficiency interviews
Ethan Quaid, Alex Barrett
Published: 29 April, 2021, Volume 4(1), pp. 1–18.
Beyond the washback of the English National Exam on learning: Subsequent impact on language learning strategies of first-year English majors
Minh Huu Thanh Nguyen
Published: 31 December, 2020, Volume 3(2), pp. 38–57.
English writing anxiety and preservice teacher's written corrective feedback
Qin Xie, Junting Yuan
Published: 31 December, 2020, Volume 3(2), pp. 58–84.
Assessing L2 listening at a Japanese university: Effects of input type and response format
Kerry Pusey
Published: 23 April, 2020, Volume 3(1), pp. 13–35.
Assessing threshold level of L2 vocabulary depth in reading comprehension and incidental vocabulary learning
S.J. Ehsanzadeh
Published: 22 April, 2020, Volume 3(1), pp. 1–12.
Building a validity argument for the use of academic language tests for immigration purposes: Evidence from immigration-seeking test-takers
Ngoc Thi Huyen Hoang
Published: 20 December, 2019, Volume 2(3), pp. 135–154.
The effect of cohesive features in integrated and independent L2 writing quality and text classification
Rurik Tywoniw, Scott Crossley
Published: 20 December, 2019, Volume 2(3), pp. 110–134.
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Review of The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Applied Linguistics
Maryam Barghamadi
Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics Published: 24 December, 2021, Volume 4(3), 155–157.
Emergency Remote Language Learning: Student perspectives of L2 learning during the COVID-19 pandemic
Gilbert Dizon, Benjamin Thanyawatpokin
The JALT CALL Journal Published: 28 December, 2021, Volume 17(3), 349–370.
Review of Language Learning Environments: Spatial Perspectives on SLA
Ali Panahi
Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics Published: 25 December, 2021, Volume 4(3), 152–154.
Exploring students’ perceptions about intercultural communication education: Rethinking the design and facilitation of a course in Japan
Todd James Allen
Intercultural Communication Education Published: 22 December, 2021, Volume 4(3), 213–233.
Computer-related metacognitive and self-efficacy beliefs of university students: A Japanese case study
James Saunders-Wyndham, Eleanor Smith, Travis H. Past
The JALT CALL Journal Published: 28 December, 2021, Volume 17(3), 325–348.
Irish language self-efficacy beliefs: Mediators of performance and resources
Shane Barry
Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics Published: 24 December, 2021, Volume 4(3), 103–118.
Automated identification of discourse markers using NLP approach: The case of okay
Abdulaziz Sanosi, Mohamed Abdalla
Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics Published: 24 December, 2021, Volume 4(3), 119–131.
What constitutes vocabulary learning difficulty? A classroom-based study of semantic relatedness and L1 familiarity effects on L2 word learning
Hanzhong Sun, Shaohua Fang
Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics Published: 24 December, 2021, Volume 4(3), 82–102.
Book Review: Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence: Revisited
Karen Risager
Intercultural Communication Education Published: 22 December, 2021, Volume 4(3), 251–256.
Design and evaluation of intercultural cooperative project-based learning in the field of inbound tourism in Japan: A tour guide training course with Chinese and Japanese learners
Satoko Sugie, Makoto Mitsugi
Intercultural Communication Education Published: 22 December, 2021, Volume 4(3), 234–251.