A new issue from Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL (SALT)
Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL (SALT) is pleased to share the release of Volume 25, Issue 2, now available online. The editorial board extends its deepest gratitude to the contributing authors, reviewers, and editors whose efforts made this issue possible.
The issue opens with Chanyoung Park’s research article, Resolving an Understanding Problem through an Extended Sequence, which examines the resolution of misunderstandings through complex repair practices in Korean conversation.
The issue also features a forum on Co-adaptation in an Ecosystem of Human–Machine Dyadic Interaction, co-edited by Ashley Beccia and Abby Massaro. The forum brings together multiple analytic perspectives on how linguistic alignment unfolds in iterative dialogues between ChatGPT and an English as a foreign language (EFL) learner:
- Abby Massaro and Ioana Wicker explore co-adaptation through the lens of communicative naturalness;
- Ashley Beccia, Sue Min Park, and Jill Williams present a multi-leveled linguistic analysis of co-adaptation using process tracing; and
- Zhizi Chen and Liza Melanie Ostolaza employ a longitudinal mixed-methods approach, integrating quantitative analyses of linguistic indices with qualitative, turn-by-turn interactional analysis.
The issue concludes with a book review by Zarin Tasnim of Gary Ockey’s Introducing Second Language Assessment.
The full issue is available here.
As Editor-in-Chief, Ashley Beccia warmly invites researchers and practitioners worldwide to consider submitting their work to SALT’s upcoming Spring 2026 issue, and to stay connected with SALT via Facebook, X, Bluesky, Instagram, and the SALT listserv.