Focus and Scope

The Journal of Language Intelligence and Culture is an international, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing research on language intelligence, understood as the cognitive, cultural, ethical, and social capacities that enable learners and educators to negotiate meaning across languages and cultures. The journal prioritizes studies that examine how intercultural awareness, cultural identity, sociocognitive processes, and value-based frameworks—including Islamic epistemological and ethical principles—shape language learning and teaching in multilingual and multicultural contexts. Particular attention is given to English and Arabic language education as sites of intercultural engagement, knowledge transmission, and identity formation.

The journal publishes empirical and theoretical research on intercultural communicative competence, culturally and ethically embedded language pedagogy, bilingual and multilingual education, and curriculum innovation that integrates linguistic skills with cultural and moral understanding. Contributions grounded in applied linguistics—including sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, pragmatics, and language ideology—are especially welcomed when they address real-world educational, social, or ideological challenges. In addition, the journal invites culturally informed literary, heritage (turath), and discourse studies that illuminate the role of language education in ethical development, social transformation, and cross-cultural engagement, particularly within Global South and Muslim-majority or minority contexts.