JALDS offers a focused venue for scholarship addressing complex issues in applied language studies and discourse analysis. The journal welcomes original empirical research, robust theoretical frameworks, and comprehensive critical reviews exploring language acquisition, use, and instruction across diverse contexts. Key areas of interest include:
We particularly encourage work that bridges traditional divides—between the literary and linguistic, theoretical and pedagogical, analog and digital. By curating this diverse scholarship, JALDS aims to serve as an indispensable resource for those seeking to understand and shape the evolving discourse of our global society.