Focus and Scope

Focus and Scope

Focus

This journal disseminates original research on language, literature, and language and literature education in Indonesia, covering Indonesian, regional languages, and foreign languages taught in the Indonesian context. It aims to advance theoretical, empirical, and pedagogical understanding, and to connect researchers, teachers, and practitioners.

Scope

The journal publishes research articles in the following areas:

1. Linguistics
Phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics; sociolinguistics (language variation, code-switching, language attitudes, language shift and maintenance); psycholinguistics; discourse analysis; applied, corpus, and forensic linguistics; language documentation and revitalization; translation studies.

2. Literature
Indonesian and regional literature; oral tradition and folklore; literary theory and criticism (structuralism, semiotics, feminism, postcolonialism, ecocriticism, and others); comparative literature; literary sociology and reception; children's and young adult literature; digital literature and adaptation.

3. Language Education
Teaching of Indonesian (including BIPA), regional languages, and foreign languages; second and foreign language acquisition; the four language skills; assessment and evaluation; curriculum and learning materials; learning models, methods, and strategies; technology-enhanced language learning; teacher education; digital, critical, and multimodal literacy.

4. Literature Education
Literature teaching at all educational levels; literary appreciation and creative writing pedagogy; character and values education through literature; local wisdom and cultural heritage in learning; literature-based teaching materials.

5. Interdisciplinary Studies
Language, literature, and culture; language policy, planning, and ideology; linguistic landscape; language and literature in relation to media, religion, politics, and digital transformation.

Article Types

Original research (quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, R&D), classroom action research, systematic literature reviews, and conceptual papers.