Aims & Scope


CALESS aims to share original and qualified research in the fields of language, language education, education and social sciences, and to offer solutions to the problems in the related fields and to contribute to the existing literature in these fields. 

CALESS welcomes the following types of submissions:

  • Empirical Research
  • Conceptual Research
  • Case Studies
  • Literature Review
  • Viewpoint
  • Historical View
  • Letter to the Editor
  • Short Report
  • Book Review

In the the following fields:

Language Education 

  • Language teaching
  • First, second or foreign language teaching/learning
  • Applied linguistics
  • Bilingual and multilingual education
  • Theories and practices in language teaching/learning
  • Teaching of specific skills
  • Teaching for specific purposes
  • Literature, language and linguistics
  • Teacher training
  • Cross-cultural studies
  • New technologies/trends/practices in language teaching/learning
  • Pegagogical techniques
  • Testing and evaluation

Educational Sciences

  • Curriculum and instruction
  • Program development and evaluation
  • New approaches/methods/practices in education
  • Educational practices
  • Adult education
  • Educational administration/policy/planning
  • Measurement and evaluation in education
  • Psychological counselling and guidance
  • Teacher traning (pre-service/in-service teacher training practices)
  • Use of technology in education

Social Sciences

  • Philology, Philosophy, History, Geography

Note: Studies in social sciences are limited to the above four disciplines. Studies conducted outside these disciplines are not accepted.

The manuscripts submitted to the CALESS are rejected or sent back by the editor or the editorial board if the format and content is not suitable.