Overview
TESOL Quarterly, a professional, refereed journal, was first published in 1967.

The Quarterly encourages submission of previously unpublished articles on topics of significance to individuals concerned with English language teaching and learning and standard English as a second dialect. As a publication that represents a variety of cross-disciplinary interests, both theoretical and practical, especially in the following areas:
• psychology and sociology of language learning and teaching
• issues in research and research methodology
• testing and evaluation
• professional preparation
• curriculum design and development
• instructional methods, materials, and techniques
• language planning
• professional standards

The Quarterly also bridges between theory and practice, it particularly publishes manuscripts that address the implications and applications of research in, for example,
• anthropology
• applied and theoretical linguistics
• communication education
• English education, including reading and writing theory
• psycholinguistics
• psychology
• first and second language acquisition
• sociolinguistics

Impact factor:3.692
2020 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics): 53/265 (Education & Educational Research)10/194 (Linguistics)