About the Journal

The International Journal of Language Education and Applied Linguistics (IJLEAL) is an open-access peer-reviewed international journal published by the Centre for Modern Languages, Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah, Pekan, Malaysia. IJLEAL content is freely available without any embargo or charge to the users or institutions. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any lawful purpose as long as proper acknowledgement is given to the authors of the original work, without asking prior permission from the authors or publisher.

IJLEAL welcomes global submissions aiming for dissemination of knowledge on topics relevant to the field of Language Education and Applied Linguistics of any language. IJLEAL invites research and intellectual discussions on relevant issues. Review articles that address significant challenges in the field and critical reviews that clearly address and minimise knowledge gaps, provide good direction, or provide a valuable guide to the readers are encouraged to submit.

IJLEAL accepts papers written in English or Malay. Papers written in Malay are encouraged for submission to IJLEAL to encourage researchers whose native language is Malay. These papers will be of interest to readers in Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, possibly in Singapore and southern Thailand, and other parts of the Malay-speaking world such as Sri Lanka and South Africa. This journal is published twice a year, in March and September.

IJLEAL is a non-profit publication supported by the Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah Publishing. The Publisher is committed to providing open access to scholarly content, which also serves as a service to the research community.

IJLEAL does not charge for the submission or processing of articles. The Universiti Malaysia Pahang Information & Communication Technology Centre supports scholarly content archived and backed up in the Digital Commons platform. All IJLEAL contents are copyright protected and licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial 4.0 International License.

JOURNAL TITLE
International Journal of Language Education and Applied Linguistics

JOURNAL TITLE ABBREVIATION
IJLEAL

e-ISSN
2289-9294

WEBSITE ADDRESS
https://journal.umpsa.edu.my/ijleal

CORRESPONDING E-MAIL ADDRESS
Email: ijleal@umpsa.edu.my

LICENSING POLICY

CC BY-NC 4.0 International

PUBLISHING RIGHTS
Authors give IJLEAL the right to publish the article, and designate Universiti Malaysia Pahang Publishing as the original publisher.

TYPES OF ARTICLES
Full Research Article; Review Article; Book Review; Editorial

PEER-REVIEW PROCESS
Double-blind peer-review process

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
IJLEAL accepts manuscripts written in English and Malay.

PUBLICATION SCHEDULE/FREQUENCY
Two issues (March; September) in one volume per year

ARTICLE SUBSCRIPTION FEE
Platinum open access

ARTICLE PROCESSING FEE
Free of costs

JOURNAL INDEXING
Ulrichsweb, MyCite, Google Scholar