Language acquisition socialization: Sociocognitive and complexity theory perspectives; by Assia BAGHDADI (pp. 1-22); The impact of background knowledge on test performance: A multivariate G-theory approach; by Seyyed Mohammad ALAVI & Hossein KARAMI (pp. 23-44); A pragmatic analysis of diminutives in Palestinian society; by Mahmood K. M. ESHRETEH (pp. 45-62); Second language teacher education: Preparing teachers for the needs of second language learners; by Aseel KANAKRI (pp. 63-94); Exploring a novice Chinese EFL teacher's writing beliefs and practices: A systemic functional perspective; by Xiaodong ZHANG (pp. 95-118); A pragma-semiotic analysis of the Catholic bishops' communiqué on the Ebola epidemic: Impact on the University of Ibadan Catholic faithful; by Patience Obiageri SOLOMON-ETEFIA & Gerald Okechukwu NWEYA (pp. 119-142); Book Review by Azizeh Chalak (pp. 143-151).

Special issue on ESP: Reflections and perspectives; includes and editorial, an introduction, and nine papers on English for Specific Purposes and CLIL.

Papers in this issue by: James Dean BROWN (1-32); Peter MASTER (33-58); Glenn S. HADIKIN (59-78); Mohammad Ali SALMANI NODOUSHAN (79-102); Noparat TANANURAKSAKUL (103-116); Jonathan Rante CARREON & Richard WATSON TODD (117-138); Eliza C. ANDERSON, Aaron M. VANDERHOFF & Peter J. DONOVICK (139-150); Stephen Pax LEONARD (151-174); Azizeh CHALAK & Hossein HEIDARI TABRIZI (175-184)

Papers in this special issue: (1) Andrew DEMIL: Vocalising motherhood: Effectiveness of grammar activities in Portuguese teaching: An exemplar (pp. 1-18); (2) Scott KISSAU, et al.: The motivational profile of adolescent foreign language learners: An international comparison (pp. 19-40); (3) Abdulloh WAEDAOH & Kemtong SINWONGSUWAT: Enhancing English language learners' conversation abilities via CA-informed sitcom lessons: A case study of Thai high school students (pp. 41-56); (4) Fateme EMRANI & Mozhgan HOOSHMAND: A conversation analysis of self-initiated self-repair structures in advanced Iranian EFL learners (pp. 57-76); (5) Yunisrina Qismullah YUSUF, Chairina NASIR & Nurzaleni ANDIB: Power and solidarity: The pronoun of address ke [ke] used in Indonesian by Acehnese speakers (pp. 77-98); (6) John Odo ONU & Patience Obiageri SOLOMON-ETEFIA: A functional-semiotic investigation of traditional funeral rites and rituals in Elugwu Ezike in Igboland (pp. 99-128).

Papers in this issue by: Louise CUMMINGS (1-32); Finex NDHLOVU (33-58); Justin P. WHITE & Andrew J. DEMIL (59-88); Richard BALTUS & Hassan BELHIAH 89-118 (); Lan-fen HUANG (119-136); Gibreel Sadeq ALAGHBARY (137-140)

Professional reflection: Forty years in applied linguistics, by James Dean BROWN; Factors affecting multiple-choice cloze test score variance: A perspective from generalizability theory, by Takaaki KUMAZAWA; Modern Standard Arabic in Algeria: Problems and challenges, by Fatima Nor El-Houda DAHOU; Two approaches to the teaching of grammar and their implications, by Tamilla MAMMADOVA; Using learner corpora in language teaching, by Tsoghik GRIGORYAN; Linguicism and nationalism: A post-colonial gaze on the promotion of Afrikaans as a national language in apartheid South Africa, by Nene Ernest KHALEMA; Improving English conversation skills through online conversation lessons and classroom interactions with English speakers, by Hayas SANIBOO & Kemtong SINWONGSUWAT; La bindi nga que tu know-la nyass jusqu'a le feu sort seulement: Examining strategies of intensification in Camfranglais, by Lozzi Martial MEUTEM KAMTCHUENG; Book Review, by Patharaorn PATHARAKORN & Kendi HO.

Papers in this special issue: (1-32) The meaning of 'because' on a Gricean view, by Valandis BARDZOKAS; (33-50) A jurilinguistic analysis of selected libel cases in Nigeria, by Wasiu Ademola OYEDOKUN-ALLI & Joel Kehinde BABATOPE; (51-68) Mass generics in L3 English: Acquisition route and transfer recovery, by Abdelkader HERMAS; (69-90) The variations and changes of Portuguese in postcolonial Timor-Leste, by Nuno Carlos de ALMEIDA & Davi Borges de ALBUQUERQUE (91-108) The web as corpus in ESL classes: A case study, by Patrizia GIAMPIERI; (109-120) Clearing the mist: The border between linguistic politeness and social etiquette, by Mohammad Ali SALMANI NODOUSHAN; (121-128) Book Review, by Stuart FOSTER; (129-134) Book Review, by Azizeh CHALAK

Special Issue on African Linguistics. Guest Editor: Professor Lendzemo Constantine Yuka, University of Benin, Nigeria

The effect of storytelling format (dialogic vs. narrative) on linguistic recall and comprehension (1-28) by Alfonso Abad MANCHENO; practicing what they preach? A comparison of teacher candidate beliefs and practices (29-54) by Scott KISSAU, Marion RODGERS & Helga HAUDECK; Teaching the Dutch how to pronounce English (55-80) by Frans HERMANS & Peter SLOEP; Superstition in the works of Nizami Ganjavi: A phenomeno-semiotic analysis (81-90) by Fereshteh AHANGARI; An optimality-based account of diachronic lenition in Persian (91-108) by Mozhgan HOOSHMAND; On demystifying L2 learner goal differences in task-based production (109-132) by Mohamed Ridha BEN MAAD; Language testing: The state of the art (An online interview with James Dean Brown) (133-143) by James Dean BROWN & Mohammad Ali SALMANI NODOUSHAN.