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JLLT edited by Thomas Tinnefeld
Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching
Volume 2 (2011) Issue 1
pp. 7 - 8


Editorial


The present issue opens up the second year of the Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching. We are proud to present another six articles and two book reviews which are of interest for the academic world and will potentially inspire language teaching.

During the first 16 months of its existence, a high number of manuscripts have reached us, out of which 18 articles could be published so far. In view of all these manuscripts – inclusive of those which are still being under review and those which will be published in one of the forthcoming issues, JLLT presently has a publication rate of around 50 percent, a figure which hints at the high quality standards applied in the Journal. 

The constant flow of manuscripts, which we have received and which we continue receiving, has not only assured the Journal’s existence but shows that JLLT represents an academic organ which has been given serious attention since its very creation.

In this context, I would like to point to our readers and the parts of the world they originate from, this perspective giving some further insight into the development of JLLT up to the present day. There has been a constantly rising, high-level quantitative interest in JLLT, which shows that JLLT fills a gap in the academic market because it responds to the requirements of modern publishing as well as to the wishes of authors and readers.

The geographic distribution of our readers provides further information on the Journal’s development. According to our statistical information, the largest group of readers originates from the United States of America, the second-largest coming from Germany. Altogether, JLLT’s readers are present in nearly the whole world, with South-America and Africa still representing regions in which JLLT’s presence leaves some room for improvement.

As far as the geographic origins of our authors are concerned, all the continents, apart from Australia, are represented, with Europe ranking first and America second. In terms of countries, Germany presently ranks first, the U.S. ranks second, with nine countries from which articles have been published. From the productive point of view, JLLT’s coverage is, thus, to be seen most positively.

This short description of the academic history of the Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching shows that we are on a good way and that this new academic organ does represent an interesting platform for those researchers who would like to publish their findings in a functional and modern way.

All these factors provide us with a huge motivation not only to keep on working, but to do so even more intensively than before, as we know that our work does make sense and that it is indeed needed – for linguistics, for language teaching, and by many colleagues who would like publish their academic findings in JLLT.

Thomas Tinnefeld
JLLT
Editor
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