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Preface
WeresolvedtostartpublishingTheoryandPracticeofSecondLanguage
AcquisitionthinkingthatdespitethefactthatPolandhadastrongpositionin
secondlanguageacquisitionresearchandthatquitealargenumberofmono-
graphicpublicationsinthisareacameouteveryyear—oftenpublishedabroad
withMultilingualMattersorSpringer,amongothers—yettherewasnoacadem-
icresearch-orientedjournaldevotedtothetheoryandpracticeofSLAwhich
wouldbewidelyavailabletoPolishacademia.Followingthepublicationofthe
firstissue,however,itbecameclearthatitsscopewouldattractsubmissionsnot
onlyfromPolishscholarsbutalsointernationalacademics.Thusfar,TAPSLA
hasfeaturedarticlesbysuchrenownedcontributorsasDavidSingleton,Tammy
Gregersen,Jean-MarcDewaele—andmanyotherscholarsrepresentinginnova-
tivetrendsinSLAresearchworldwide.Thejournalhasbecomethevenueof
thoughtexchangeforacademicsathomeandabroad,focusingonoftenun-
researchedissuesandfairlynewdevelopmentsinSLAstudies.TheEditorial
BoardconsistsofbothPolishscholarsandforeignexpertsinthearea,and
representsthewiderangeofresearchinterestsofitsmembers.Allupdated
informationonthejournalisavailableontheInstituteofEnglish(University
ofSilesiainKatowice)webpageatwww.ija.us.edu.pl(viaaspeciallink)and
thejournalwebpageathttp://www.journal.us.edu.pl/index.php/TAPSLA.
Thepresentissueconsistsofarticlesinvariousareasofsecond/thirdlan-
guageacquisition,buthasastrongfocusonforeignlanguageinstructionand
materialsusedforthispurposeinavarietyofcontextsandfordifferentage
groups.Theissuestartswithapresentationofafairlynewcontextofforeign
languageteaching—aprofessionalenvironment—inthetextbyDorotaLipińska
“TheInfluenceofAgeandL2onThirdLanguageAcquisitioninaCorporate
Environment.”Itfocusesmainlyontwoimportantvariables,ofageandtheinflu-
enceofaformerlyacquiredforeignlanguageonthecurrentlearningpractices
ofadultlearnerswhoareprofessionallyactive.KatarzynaBańkainthearticle
