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About the journal
International Journal of TESOL Studies (IJTS) is a fully peer-reviewed international journal published by the International TESOL Union and indexed in Web of Science's Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) and Scopus (SJR Q1). IJTS publishes both original empirical research and systematic review studies on teaching and learning English as a second and foreign language at all education levels. It is broadly concerned with linguistics applied to education.
IJTS welcomes contributions in, but not limited to, the following areas:
IJTS is an Open Access journal and all published papers are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0. Users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles in this journal, or to use them for any other lawful purpose. Authors retain copyrights and full publishing rights without restrictions.
There are no article processing charges or submission charges applicable to authors.
Latest research
University of Bojnord, Bojnord, Iran
This article addresses the ergodicity problem in Second Language Learning and Teaching (SLLT), emphasizing the need for methodological advancements that account for the dynamic, no…
DOI 10.58304/ijts.260701
College of Arts, Jouf University, Saudi Arabia
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has unsettled a long-standing premise of second language (L2) writing research: that the language through which a writer’s voice is realised…
DOI 10.58304/ijts.260702
Universiti Malaya, Malaysia
Despite the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in informal English-speaking practice, there is still limited understanding of multilingual learners’ subjective pe…
DOI 10.58304/ijts.260602
Hannam University, South Korea · Yong In University, South Korea
Despite the growing uptake of Critical Content Analysis (CCA) in EFL education research, its methodological enactment remains insufficiently explicated. Many studies invoke CCA as…
DOI 10.58304/ijts.260501
Brigham Young University-Hawaii, United States · Florida State University, United States · Brigham Young University, United States
This study examined the defensibility of using GPT-4 for automated essay scoring, using a ManyFacet Rasch Model analysis. Forty English for academic purposes student essays were ra…
DOI 10.58304/ijts.2560213
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
This study investigates how task-based language teaching (TBLT) enacted in a metaverse environment supports Thai EFL undergraduates’ oral communication and how students experience…
DOI 10.58304/ijts.260210
Special issues
This special issue aims to advance definitions and frameworks for critical GenAI literacy tailored to TESOL, document teacher/learner practices, tensions, and c…
Special Issue on Teaching and Teacher Development in Technology-enhanced Language Learning
As applied linguists specialising in vocabulary studies, we wish to redress this imbalance and explore vocabulary teaching and learning in EMI settings.
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The International TESOL Union (ITU) is a globally recognized, non-profit professional body that brings together educational institutions, researchers, and policymakers in a shared commitment to advancing the theory, practice, and accessibility of English language education worldwide.
