Introduction

Issues in Language Studies or ILS (e-ISSN 2180-2726) is an open-access journal of the Centre for Language Studies, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. The journal publishes articles on teaching, learning and the study of languages covering areas of linguistics, applied linguistics, language education, technology-mediated language learning, and other related areas. It offers a forum for the discussion of local issues that are of global concern. It is a refereed open-access journal published biannually.

The articles are indexed in several directories and are also archived annually by Perpustakaan Negara or National Library of Malaysia.

ILS welcomes articles relevant to language studies written in English, Bahasa Melayu (Malay), Mandarin, Japanese, Arabic and French. Manuscripts submitted in languages other than English should be accompanied by an English abstract. Please follow the submission guidelines in order to facilitate your manuscript submission.