Dear Readers,<\/p>\n
This issue excites us! The scholarship of the articles, the international range of authors and the current significance of the Special Issue topic \u2013 \u201cPromoting Diversity and Inclusion in Language Education: Perspectives from Research and Practice in Global Englishes and Translanguaging\u201d makes this an issue which will surely be highly valued by the international ELT community.<\/p>\n
We congratulate the Special Issue team, Meng Huat Chau, Anita Lie, George Jacobs <\/strong>and Willy Renandya <\/strong>for a job well done. Not only did they whittle down over 20 \u201cexpressions of interest\u201d into ten quality articles, but went the extra mile by compiling a set of \u201cPerspectives\u201d on the issue by leading scholars in specific aspects of the ELT discipline. I’m sure that you will find their insights enlightening.<\/p>\n This special issue identifies and confirms two clear trends in ELT, 1) the rising interest in and acceptance of translanguaging and 2) the fact that the ownership of English, is not the “native speaker” but rather belongs to the actual users and their interlocutors. This has significant ramifications for pre- and in-service teacher training and presents us with the challenge to change the mind-set of all involved in language education both at the theoretical and procedural levels.<\/em><\/p>\n We all owe a debt of thanks to the TESL-EJ volunteer staff who had to spend an inordinate amount of time preparing this issue which offers nearly double the number of articles in a regular issue. I would like to single out Technical Editor, Aaron Campbell<\/strong>, and Production Editor, Nh\u1eadt Quang<\/strong>, in particular, for their efforts to get this issue out on schedule.<\/p>\n