Editorial: Special Issue in Honour of Diane Larsen-Freeman’s Contributions to Language Teaching and Second Language Development

The Past and the Future of Language Learning and Teaching: An Interview with Diane Larsen-Freeman

Exploring Research by Diane Larsen-Freeman: A Scientometric Analysis

Diane Larsen-Freeman: Seven Personal Vignettes of the Person and the Scholar

Learning from Diane: Her Achievements and Profound Influence on Researchers and Language Teachers in China

A Narrative Exploration of Diane Larsen-Freeman's Influence on My Professional Development: From Language Learner to Teacher Educator

Complex Dynamic Systems Theory in Second Language Learning and Teaching: A Textometric Review from 2008 to 2022

Rethinking Grammar Teaching: Dynamic Approach in Portuguese as a Foreign Language

Genealogy of Novice Teachers’ Beliefs about Pronunciation Instruction: A Complex Systems Approach

Exploring Co-adaptation in an Ecosystem of Dyadic Interaction

Reconciling the Divides: A Dynamic Integrative Analysis of Variability and Commonality in (Pre)primary School English Development in Switzerland

Grammar Learning Strategies: Towards a Pedagogical Intervention

Larsen-Freeman’s Writings in Teacher-Preparation Grammar Courses: Indispensable Resources for all Levels

EFL Grammar Teaching Applying the Just-in-Time Teaching Methodology: An Exploratory Study

Task-based Language Teaching and L2 Writing: The Performance-Development Divide

“Ice Cream is Delicious.”: Shared Codes that Emerged through Interactions in Two ESL Academic Writing Classrooms

A DLF Case Study: The Dynamics of Writing Development in Adulthood

On the Value of Explicit Instruction: The View from Sociocultural Theory

The Impact of Corrective Feedback on L2 Pragmatics Production in Face-to-face and Technology-mediated Settings

Precarious Language Learning and Teaching: The Case of German, French and Mandarin in South African Schools

Language Development Research, Teaching, and Learning: A Cross-field Perspective

The Role of Age in Second Language Development

Diane Larsen-Freeman’s Fifty-Year Contributions to Language Learning and Teaching: A Systematic Review and Diane Larsen-Freeman’s Personal Reflection

Language Teaching Research Quarterly&nbsp;is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes research within the area of second language teaching. We aim to publish high quality research to disseminate knowledge about language education to language teachers, testers, material developers, learners, researchers, and practitioners. The Journal publishes articles reporting research in the field of second and foreign language teaching with a main focus on language teaching and testing in different contexts of language learning. We welcome qualitative or quantitative or mixed-methods research. Submissions should not only be methodologically sound, but also have significant implications for the target reader of the journal.&nbsp;LTRQ publishes a series of special issues in honor of distinguished scholars who have played key role in research in this field. It is our vision and mission to cultivate culture and pay tribute to the scholars who have shaped language education field. These special issues are theme-based too as the articles focus on the main research stream of such scholars. LTRQ sometimes publishes thematic issues too when there is an ongoing debate on a topic,&nbsp;like volume 43, which focuses on AI. We have a two-stage review procedure: an initial internal in-house review by the editors and an external double-blind review by at least two reviewers. We publish four regular issues per year, two and/or three special issues in honor of distinguished researchers, and occasional thematic issues annually.

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Call for Papers: Special Issue of Anne Burns (2026)

Call for Papers: Special Issue of Suresh Canagarajah (2026)

Guest-editors: 
Zhisheng (Edward) Wen, PhD, College of Professional and Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Hassan Mohebbi, PhD, Independent Researcher, Turkey




Special Issue: In Honour of Diane Larsen-Freeman’s Contributions to Language Teaching and Second Language Development

Guest-editors: 
Christine Coombe 
Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai, UAE 
Tony Clark 
Cambridge University Press & Assessment, UK 
Hassan Mohebbi 
European Knowledge Development Institute, Turkey


Special Issue: In Honour of Carol A. Chapelle’s Contributions to Language Assessment and Learning (Volume 51-Second Part)

Special Issue: In Honour of Carol A. Chapelle’s Contributions to Language Assessment and Learning (Volume 50-First Part)

Guest-editors: 
Mirosław Pawlak, PhD, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland University of Applied Sciences, Konin, Poland
Zhisheng (Edward) Wen, PhD, College of Professional and Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Hassan Mohebbi, PhD, Independent Researcher, Turkey


Special Issue: In Honour of Peter D. MacIntyre’s Contributions to Psychology of Language and Communication and Second Language Research Methodology

Special Issue: In Honour of James P. Lantolf’s Contributions to Sociocultural Theory, Second Language Development and Language Pedagogy

Guest-editors: 
Zhisheng (Edward) Wen, PhD, College of Professional and Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Hassan Mohebbi, PhD, Independent Researcher, Turkey


Special Issue: In Honour of Brian MacWhinney's Five-Decade Contributions to Language and Psychology Research

Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT for Language Education: A Research Agenda


Guest-editors: 
Carol Griffiths, PhD, Girne American University, North Cyprus
Hassan Mohebbi, PhD, Independent Researcher, Turkey







Special Issue: In Honour of Rebecca L. Oxford’s Contributions to Language Learning Strategies, Language Teaching, and Peacebuilding

Guest-editors: 
Christine Coombe, PhD, Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai, UAE
Tony Clark, PhD, Cambridge University Press & Assessment, UK
Hassan Mohebbi, PhD, Independent Researcher, Turkey


Special Issue: In Honour of James Dean Brown’s Five-Decade Contribution to Language Testing

Guest-editors: 
Carol Griffiths, PhD, Girne American University, North Cyprus
Hassan Mohebbi, PhD, Independent Researcher, Turkey


Special Issue: In Honour of Jack C. Richard’s Six-decade Contribution to Language Teaching

Guest-editors: 
Zhisheng (Edward) Wen, PhD, College of Professional and Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Hassan Mohebbi, PhD, Independent Researcher, Turkey 


Special Issue: Rethinking Individual Differences in SLA: A Special Issue in Honour of Richard Sparks

Guest-editors: 
Lee McCallum, PhD, Coventry University, UK
Christine Coombe, PhD, Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai, UAE
Hassan Mohebbi, PhD, Independent Researcher, Turkey


Special Issue: In Honour of Glenn Fulcher's Contribution to Language Testing and Assessment

Guest-editors:
Icy Lee, PhD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Hassan Mohebbi, PhD, Independent Researcher, Turkey


Thematic Issue: Written Corrective Feedback (WCF): Teachers’ Knowledge, Beliefs and Practice

Guest-editors: 
Ana Bocanegra-Valle, PhD, University of Cadiz, Spain
Hassan Mohebbi, PhD, Independent Researcher, Turkey


Special Issue: Future Perspectives and Challenges of ESP/EAP. In Honor of Helen Basturkmen’s Contribution to ESP/EAP Research

Guest-editors: 
Christine Coombe, PhD, Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai, UAE
Hassan Mohebbi, PhD, Independent Researcher, Turkey


Special Issue: Pathways to the Successful Teaching and Learning of an L2: In Honour of Andrew D. Cohen

Guest-editor: 
Isaak Papadopoulos, PhD, European University Cyprus, Cyprus

Thematic Issue: Interculturalism in Second Language Teaching

Special Issue: Material Development: In Honour of Brian Tomlinson

Special Issue: Task-based Language Teaching and Testing: In Honour of Rod Ellis