APPLES
– Applied Language Studies

is a new international, refereed electronic journal in applied language studies sponsored by the Centre for Applied Language Studies at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, in collaboration with the Finnish Association of Applied Linguistics.  The journal will appear twice a year, and will include articles  in 

• theory and methodology in applied linguistics
• mother-tongue and second/foreign language learning and teaching, inluding information and communication technology
• language testing and evaluation
• language policy and planning
• language in social life
• applied semiotics

It particularly welcomes manuscripts in new and emerging areas of research.  The first issue will be out in late autumn 2000. The working language of the journal will be English but papers and other contributions can also be published in other languages. APPLES  is published for free on the World Wide Web.  In the future readers will, however, have an option of entering a free subscription. The information about the subscribers will let APPLES demonstrate the amount of support it has. 

Editors in Chief
Kari Sajavaara
Sauli Takala 

Editorial Consultant
Christopher N. Candlin 

Editorial Secretary
Riikka Alanen 

Editorial Board
Charles Alderson 
Ellen Bialystok 
Ulla Connor 
Malcolm Coulthard 
Norman Fairclough 
Diane Larsen-Freeman 
Leo van Lier 
Per Linell 
James Martin 
Pirkko Nuolijärvi 
Jan-Ola Östman 
Srikant Sarangi 
Richard W. Schmidt 
Peppi Taalas
Elaine Tarone 
Jenny Thomas 
Nikolai B. Vakhtin 
Marilyn Vihman 
Dieter Wolff 
Geneviève Zarate