The journal (MEJTEFL) is based on current theory and research in the field of ESOL. It aims to address foreign language educators’ concerns at all levels. It focuses on the teaching practices and perspectives in the Middle East. The Journal accepts empirical research and systematic review studies on teaching and learning English as a foreign language at all education levels. It welcomes contributions in, but not limited to, the following areas:

1. Teaching the 4 skills in Prep Year Programs: speaking/listening/reading/writing
2. New Trends in Teaching English in the Middle East
3. Evaluation and Assessment of English Language
4. Language Testing and Evaluation
5. Students in Transition: First Year Students Experience of English Language
6. English for academic purposes
7. English for specific purposes
8. E-learning

Types of submissions

1. Full-research articles (6000-8000 words)
2. Brief reports (3000-6000 words)
3. Review articles (2500-3500 words)

Writing style

The American Psychological Association (APA), 7th edition

Latest Edition

MEJTEFL Volume 3 Issue 1 June 2023

July 27, 2023MEJTEFL

Welcome to the fourth edition of the Middle East Journal of TEFL. Over the past weeks we have been undertaking extensive teacher professional development in the field of English teaching in South East Asia, Japan and Korea. One of the themes that kept raising its head was the issue of culture underpinning English second language studies and the dichotomy of opinions ranging from the extensive effect culture plays in the classroom to the opposite view that culture does not play any role in language teaching. Do we or do we not incorporate English-culture learning into English-language learning by considering the perspectives of EFL learners?...

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Chief Editor

Abdulaziz Alfehaid Ph.D.
Professor of Applied Linguistics & TESOL
Dean of Preparatory Year & Supporting Studies
Head of Department of English Language
Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University
Dammam
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Senior Associate Editors

Ahmed Moumene
University Professor of English
English Department
Faculty of Letters and Languages
Constantine University, Algeria
moumene.ahmed@hotmail.com

Dr. Rajesh Arruri
Assistant Professor
English Language Department
Deanship of Preparatory Year Programme (PYP)
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
Dammam
Saudi Arabia

Senior Advisors

Professor Rod Ellis
Curtin University, Perth, Australia
(Esteemed Distinguished Advisor)

Professor Stephen Krashen
Professor Emeritus
University of Southern California, USA

John Adamson, Ed.D.
Professor
University of Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Chief Editor, Asian EFL Journal 

Dr. Roger Nunn
Professor and Head of the Department of English
American University of Sharjah
Sharjah, UAE
rogercnunn@yahoo.co.uk

Dr. Beata Webb
Bond University
Australia
Orcid ID: 0000-0002-7177-9440

Dr. Liudmilla Bolsunovskaya

Tomsk State University
Russia

Distinguished Advisory Board

Dr. Kamal Yusra
The University of Mataram
Indonesia

Alex Tong
Hong Kong
PRC

Dr. Lucas Kohnke
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong
Chief editor, The Linguistics Journal

Editors

Robert J. Dickey
Keimyung University
S. Korea
Chief Editor, International Journal Law Language Discourse

Khalil Shehadeh Alqatawneh
Professor, English Language Teaching and Learning
Tafila Technical University, Jordan
qatawnehk@ttu.edu.jo; qatawnehk@gmail.com

Mahmoud Sulaiman Bani Abdelrahman
Professor, Applied Linguistics / Curriculum and Methods of Teaching English
Al-Hussein Bin Talal University /Jordan
Mahmoud.Sulaiman@ahu.edu.jo, Abugaith66@yahoo.com

Areej Hammad Albawardi
Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics
English Department, Imam Abdularahman bin Faisal University
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
aalbawardi@iau.edu.sa

Dedi Sanjaya
Manager, Research Management Centre
University College of Yayasan Pahang
Pahang, Malaysia
Chief Editor, SALTeL Journal

Sharif Alghazo
Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics
Department of English Language and Literature
University of Jordan
Amman, Jordan