EFLIJ Volume 2 Issue 3 May 2022

In this May 2022 edition of English as a Foreign Language International Journal (EFLIJ), three research articles bear witness to the resiliency of EFL teachers in carrying their tasks of promoting English pedagogy in their respective workplaces while the worldwide pandemic, COVID-19, remains to challenge their efficient, relevant, and innovative delivery of language instruction.

1. Foreword
   Thi Thanh Binh Nguyen
   Critical Thinking: What it means in a Vietnamese Tertiary EFL Context
2. Jared R. Baierschmidt
   Grit as a Predictor of Foreign Language Proficiency: An Investigation of Grit and EFL Proficiency in Japanese University Students
3. Jiwon Lee
   Application of Metapragmatics to Language-Learning Research: A Longitudinal Study of Word Learning in Language Exchange Conversations