Issues in Language Studies or ILS (e-ISSN 2180-2726) is an open-access online journal of the Faculty of Language and Communication, 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 (in June and December every year).  ILS welcomes articles relevant to language studies written in English and Bahasa Melayu (Malay). Manuscripts submitted in Malay should be accompanied by an English abstract. There are no submission charges. However, starting from the June 2022 issue, ILS will charge a publication fee of RM500 for articles that are accepted for publication. ILS has been indexed in SCOPUS since 1 September 2020. 

Call for Papers

Please take note that your review process will take approximately 3-4 months due to large number of submissions as well as reviewers' availability. We also suggest you to recommend qualified reviewers in your submission, this is to speed up the process. Recommendation can be done in the submission notes.

IMPORTANT: Authors who have published in ILS have to skip three issues before their next submission will be considered, regardless of whether one is an author or a co-author. The journal will validate every author before publication. Please ensure you and your co-authors have not published with us in our latest three issues before you proceed. 

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Reviewers

ILS would also welcome qualified academics to be our reviewers. Please send the following details to the Chief Editor, Associate Professor Dr Su-Hie Ting at ilsjournal@unimas.my :

  1. full name with title
  2. affiliation, and
  3. email address.

Also, our reviewers now have the opportunity to opt-in to receive recognition for their review contributions at Publons.com. Publons allows you to track, verify and showcase your review work and expertise without compromising anonymity. You can sign up and verify your review for Issues in Language Studies here: https://publons.com/journal/96163/issues-in-language-studies

  • Most Cited
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    • Gender-based differences in language learning strategies among undergraduates in a Malaysian public university by Ai Ping Ho, Lee Luan Ng (Vol 5 No 2)
    • Written corrective feedback in writing instruction: A qualitative synthesis of recent research by Pei Fen Dawn Sia, Yin Ling Cheung (Vol 6 No 1)
    • Malay, English and Religion: Language Maintenance in Multilingual Singapore by Mukhlis Abu Bakar (Vol 4 No 2)
    • Paraphrasing challenges faced by Malaysian ESL students by Ida Fatimawati Adi Badiozaman (Vol 3 No 2)
    • Aplikasi media sosial dalam pembelajaran Bahasa Inggeris: Persepsi pelajar universiti by Kee-Man Chuah (Vol 2 No 1)
    • Problematising unfocused written feedback: A case study on four university students’ essays by Daron Benjamin Loo (Vol 4 No 1)
    • Format Imej Rumput dalam Peribahasa Tamil: Suatu Kajian Semantik Inkuisitif by Tangaprabu Murthy, Mary Fatimah Subet (Vol 7 No 1)

    (*Based on Google Scholar Citations)