Preface

Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition was founded as a forum of discussion for Polish as well as foreign scholars and seems to have fulfilled its mission as a journal on the rise.The present volume marks the beginning of the eighth year of its presence in the scholarly world.The journal has become more and more popular as we get more and more interesting submissions from both Polish and foreign researchers.Indeed, since its foundation, every consecutive issue of the journal has welcomed contributions from many renowned researchers, such as Peter MacIntyre, David Singleton, Larissa Aronin, Sarah Mercer, Tammy Gregersen, and Jean-Marc Dewaele, to name just a few.Also, a fast growing number of OA uploads has been observed as an indication of the journal's popularity, as is the queue of the articles already accepted and awaiting their turn to be included in the next volumes to be published.This is why we have decided to increase the number of research papers published in a single volume for the second time: in the first years of the journal's existence there were six, last year seven, and starting with issue 8(1) TAPSLA is going to include eight research contributions, followed by two book reviews.It is the journal's ambition to demonstrate new trends and unknown venues for research in SLA, focusing both on theoretical discussion and the practical solutions to problems based upon them.We aim not only to publish and share with our readers contributions from well-known and respected scholars but would like to promote young researchers from all over the world, who often present fresh and innovative ideas or open up new perspectives on issues already researched.In other words, the journal hopes to become a venue for the exchange of ideas between well-established academics and those inspired by them.In terms of its content, the journal presents contributions on issues ranging from purely linguistic and cognitively-oriented research on language acquisition processes to psycho-and sociolinguistic studies, always trying to feature the most recent developments in terms of topic choice, as well as in

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