International Journal of Research on English Teaching and Applied Linguistics (IJRETAL) provides a forum for disseminating information and views which enables practitioners of and researchers in EAP to keep current with developments in their field and to contribute to its continued updating. IJRETAL publishes articles, book reviews, conference reports, and academic exchanges concerning the linguistic, sociolinguistic, and psycholinguistic description of English as it is used for the purposes of academic study and scholarly exchange. A wide range of linguistic, applied linguistic, and educational topics may be treated from the perspective of English for academic purposes; these include: -classroom language, -teaching methodology, -teacher education, -assessment of language, -needs analysis; -materials development and evaluation, -discourse analysis, -acquisition studies in EAP contexts, -research writing and speaking at all academic levels, -the socio-politics of English in academic uses and language planning.