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<mark>Journal publication date</mark> | 1/03/2020 |
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<mark>Journal</mark> | Annual Review of Applied Linguistics |
Volume | 40 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-8 |
Publication Status | Published |
<mark>Original language</mark> | English |
It is a privilege to be Editor-in-Chief of the Annual Review of Applied Linguistics in 2020 as it celebrates its 40th year. This is my fifth issue as Editor. I will begin this short introduction by paying tribute, with the help of Bill Grabe (Northern Arizona University), to the founding editor of the journal, Robert Kaplan (1929-2020). Without Robert Kaplan, none of us would be reading these pages. We will then turn to some comments from each of the previous editors on a few of the highlights of their time editing the journal, along with words for the future. After this, I will describe some recent updates, go through a few of the historical successes of the journal, and then turn to the contents of the exciting current issue, Looking back and moving ahead.