Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics

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Editor-in-Chief（主编）
WEN Qiufang (文秋芳), Beijing Foreign Studies University, China
E-mail: cjal@fltrp.com

Honorary Editor-in-chief （名誉主编）
HU Wenzhong （胡文仲）

Managing Editor（常务副主编）
LIU Xiangdong（刘相东）
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DING Yanren（丁言仁）
Duncan SIDWELL
Steve SAMUELS

Editorial Board（编审委员会）
Simon BORG, University of Leeds, UK
CHEN Huiyuan（陈慧媛), Yunnan University of Finance and Economics
CHEN Jianping（陈建平), Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
CHEN Xinren（陈新仁）, Nanjing University
Richard CULLEN, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
Peter DE COSTA, Michigan State University, USA
DING Yanren (丁言仁), Nanjing University
GAO Yihong（高一虹）, Peking University
GU Yongqi (顾永琦), Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
HAN Zhaohong (韩照红), Teachers College, Columbia University, USA
HUANG Guowen (黄国文), South China Agricultural University
Ken HYLAND, University of East Anglia, UK
James LANTOLF, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Diane LARSEN-FREEMAN, University of Michigan, USA
LI Wenzhong（李文中）, Zhejiang Gogshang University
LUO Shaoqian（罗少茜), Beijing Normal University
SHEN Li (沈黎), Fudan University
TAO Hongyin (陶红印), University of California Los Angeles, USA
WANG Churning (王初明), Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
WANG Lifei (王立非), Beijing Language and Culture University
Henry WIDDOWSON, University of London, UK
WU Hongyun (吴红云), Renmin University of China
YANG Dafu (杨达复), Xi'an International Studies University
Lawrence Jun ZHANG (张军), The University of Auckland, New Zealand
ZHANG Wenxia (张文霞), Tsinghua University
ZHOU Yan (周燕), Beijing Foreign Studies University
ZOU Shen (邹申), Shanghai International Studies University
ZOU Weicheng (邹为诚), East China Normal University

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