Focus and Scope

FOCUS

Lingeduca: Journal of Language and Education Studies is an interdisciplinary journal focusing on research in language, literacy, and education that promotes transformative learning, intercultural understanding, and social justice. The journal prioritizes applied, critical, and textual studies of language practices, language education, and literacies across diverse social, cultural, and technological contexts, welcoming scholarship that challenges dominant paradigms and proposes pedagogical alternatives aligned with global and local educational challenges.

SCOPE

The journal welcomes empirical, theoretical, and textual manuscripts in the following areas:

1. Applied and Critical Language Studies

Language and identity, multilingual education, intercultural communication, and language use in marginalized communities.

2. Technology-Enhanced Language and Literacy Education

AI in language teaching, gamified learning, augmented reality, digital storytelling, and mobile-assisted language learning.

3. Multilingual and Multicultural Education

Pedagogical strategies and language policy for linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms.

4. Linguistic and Literary Textual Analysis

Grammatical, rhetorical, and literary analysis of texts, including classical, religious, and contemporary literary works, examined through linguistic or literary-critical frameworks.

5. Language, Literacy, and Social Justice

Critical literacies, inclusive practices, gender and linguistic equity, and the politics of language in education.

6. Curriculum and Assessment in Language Education

Competency-based curriculum design, digital formative assessment, interactive portfolios, and language teacher development.