The Journal of Second Language Writing is a peer-reviewed

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 academic journal

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 in the fields of linguistics

Linguistics

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 and language education

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. Its scope encompasses all aspects of second

Second language

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 and foreign language

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 writing, including writing instruction and assessment. It was established in 1992 and is published quarterly by Elsevier

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. The current editors-in-chief are Rosa Manchon (University of Murcia

University of Murcia

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) and Christine Tardy (DePaul University

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). The founding editors were Ilona Leki (University of Tennessee

University of Tennessee

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) and Tony Silva (Purdue University

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).

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