Focus and Scope

Focus Areas & Topics of Interest

Key aims of IJMLSP include: 

  1. Promoting scholarly exchange: To facilitate international communication among researchers, educators, and professionals interested in the intersections of multilingualism and LSP.

  2. Focusing on global challenges: To address the demands of multilingualism in academic, professional, and specialized settings, including fields such as business, medicine, law, science, and technology.

  3. Advancing LSP-related research: To publish high-quality research that explores themes like the cognitive and social dimensions of multilingualism, LSP curriculum development, discourse analysis in multilingual environments, and the role of translation and interpretation in specialized communication.

  4. Contributing to global dialogue: To highlight the importance of multilingual practices across various professional domains and their impact on specialized communication in increasingly interconnected industries.

  5. Encouraging thematic depth:  The journal prioritizes research with universal relevance that explores the challenges and opportunities associated with multilingualism and its application in professional and academic contexts.

Scope of the IJMLSP includes: 

  • The exploration of multilingualism in professional and specialized communication, particularly within business, healthcare, law, science, and technology.

  • Research into LSP curriculum development and the adaptation of language policies to suit multilingual settings.

  • Discourse analysis in multilingual and professional contexts.

  • The role of translation and interpretation in facilitating communication within specialized industries.

  • Studies on cognitive and social aspects of multilingualism in professional environments.

  • Contributions that examine language policy, multilingual practices, and cultural integration in specialized communication.

By prioritizing thematic depth and interdisciplinary approaches, IJMLSP aims to provide an intellectual platform that contributes to the evolving understanding of multilingualism and its role in specific professional and academic fields.

Possible topics include, but will not be limited to:   

  • Linguistic Diversity and Linguistic Insecurity
  • Language Planning and Language Management
  • Critical discourse-ethnographic approaches to language policy
  • Discourse in Linguistic Policy
  • Language competencies for employability, mobility, and visibility
  • Multilingualism, Plurilingualism, and Multiculturalism 
  • Multilingualism and Socioeconomic Outcomes
  • Pragmatics and interaction within Teaching Languages and Cultures
  • Material Evaluation and Design for Language Teaching
  • Linguistic theories applied to LSP Teaching
  • Digital Educational Media in LSP Teaching
  • Benchmarking, intercultural communication, and LSP Teaching
  • Corpus Linguistics and LSP
  • Linguistic and Intertextual Analysis in Discourse Analysis  
  • Language assessment for LSP and principles of classroom practices  
  • Genre in Linguistic Research: Languages for Specific Purposes
  • Gender and Race in LSP Research
  • Intercultural Teaching in the LSP Classroom
  • LSP Curriculum Development and Evaluation
  • Evaluating FLT/LSP textbooks and materials
  • Needs Analysis in LSP Contexts
  • Contexts for ESP Writing
  • EFL Learning in Specialized Contexts
  • LSP Teacher Education: challenges and solutions
  • LSP teacher education needs
  • New Trends in LSP Teaching
  • LSP and Technology-enhanced Language Learning

 

Specific Focus Areas & Topics of Interest

Multilingualism in Migration and Digital Spaces

  • Digital Translanguaging practices among migrant youth on social media
  • Multilingual identity construction in online diaspora communities
  • Mobile-Assisted language learning for displaced populations
  • Cross-platform language choices of migrants
  • Linguistic inclusion/exclusion in digital public services for refugees

Artificial Intelligence in LSP Course Design

  • Adaptive LSP learning systems using AI-based learner analytics
  • ChatGPT as a language tutor in medical/legal/engineering LSP contexts
  • Automated feedback systems for writing in LSP courses
  • AI-driven needs analysis for curriculum personalization
  • Ethics and bias in AI-generated LSP content

Policy and Institutional Frameworks

  • National policies on ESP in Multilingual Higher Education
  • Institutional responses to language equity in LSP program design
  • Language policy and digital LSP access in Global South contexts
  • Governance of AI-assisted language instruction in higher education
  • Accreditation challenges for AI-integrated LSP programs

Neuroscience of Multilingualism

  • Cognitive load in multilinguals during domain-specific language tasks
  • Brain imaging studies on L1 interference in LSP learning
  • Neural correlates of multilingualism in professional settings
  • The role of working memory in multilingual LSP acquisition

AI-Driven Language Technologies

  • Multilingual LLMs for specialized vocabulary generation
  • Fine-tuning AI models for low-resource ESP languages
  • Speech recognition accuracy for multilingual professionals
  • Cross-lingual transfer in AI tools for ESP translation tasks
  • Evaluating cultural bias in multilingual AI chatbots for ESP support

 

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