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Preface
TheoryandPracticeofSecondLanguageAcquisitionhasalreadyenteredits
fourthconsecutiveyearofpublication.Foundedin2015,whenveryfewjournals
ofarelatedprofilewereavailableinPoland,itfilledanicherecognizedby
notonlyPolish,butalsointernationalscholars.Followingthepublicationofthe
firstissue,itbecameclearthatitsscopewouldattractsubmissionsfrommany
specialistsandresearchersaroundtheworld.Thusfar,TAPSLAhasfeatured
articlesbysuchrenownedscholarsinthefieldasDavidSingleton,Larissa
Aronin,Jean-MarcDewaele,TammyGregersen,andmanyothersrepresenting
innovativemovementsinSLAresearchworldwide.Thejournalhasbecomea
venuefortheexchangeofideasforacademicsathomeandabroad,focusingon
oftenun-researchedissuesandnewcurrentsinSLAstudies.Especiallytoday,
whenjournalpublicationsareseenasthemostvaluedandhighlyrecognized
evidenceofacademicexcellence,theperspectivesforitsrapidandsuccessful
developmentseemtobeverypromising.Aguaranteeofthejournal’shigh
standardsisTAPSLA’sEditorialBoard,whichincludesbothPolishandforeign
expertsinthearea,representingthewiderangeofresearchinterestsofits
members.AllupdatedinformationonthejournalisavailableontheUniversity
ofSilesiaInstituteofEnglishwebpageatwww.ija.us.edu.pl(viaaspeciallink)
andthejournalwebpageatwww.journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/TAPSLA.
Thepresentissueopenswithafascinatinginsightintothesignificanceofthe
“lovefactor”forlateL2proficiencydevelopment.Intheirpaper“L2Proficiency
asaFunctionofCulturalIdentityinInterlingualCouples”DavidSingletonand
SimonePfenningerofferacomprehensivereviewofanumberofqualitative
studieswhichdemonstratehowsignificanttheaffectivedimensioncanbeboth
fortheultimatesuccessinacquisitionofL2proficiencyaswellasfortheadop-
tionofculturalidentitybyoneofthepartners.Thefacilitativeroleofout-of-
classimmersionactivitiesispresentedbyJorgePintointhesecondarticle,en-
titled“ImmersionLearningActivities:DevelopingCommunicativeTasksinthe
